Pixazza expands “product in the picture” service
Pixazza Inc., Mountain View, Calif., an Internet service which claims to “turn static images into engaging content,” announced a new e-commerce offering turning any publisher’s website into a shopping destination. Pixazza’s existing ‘product in a picture’ service enables publishers to offer engaging content, commerce and interactive advertising through the images featured on their website. Pixazza’s [...]
New Walgreens.com launches, featuring enhanced photo options
Walgreens, Deerfield, Ill., re-launched its website, www.walgreens.com, offering users a variety of new products, along with expanded yet simplified shopping tools and services. With an average of more than 13 million visits per month, Walgreens.com is the most popular website among all drugstore-based retailers, the company says. Walgreens photo services are second only to its [...]
eMarketer predicts increases in online holiday sales
Online holiday season sales will reach $30.0 billion (excluding travel) in 2009, up 5.4 percent over 2008, predicts eMarketer.com. Although this is tepid growth compared with the double-digit rates seen for most of this decade, it is a strong improvement over last year’s 5.7 perecnt decline and signals a brighter outlook. “Holiday shoppers will spend [...]
Corel: takeover necessary
Software maker Corel Corp., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, says the takeover of the company by Vector Capital is necessary to prevent Corel from defaulting on loans. While it has money on hand to pay $15 million in principal, Corel says this would leave it short in working capital to support the business. Yesterday, Corel made an [...]
Skinit, Photobucket team up to offer personalized CE product skins
Skinit Inc., San Diego, Calif., and Photobucket have teamed up to allow Photobucket users to use their personal images on “skins” for the 3,000 consumer electronics devices. Skinit has set up a dedicated landing page for the service. Photobucket users can access the site through their Photobucket Album Page by clicking on the phone image [...]
JCPenney extends “Cyber Monday” to two-day online sale
J. C. Penney Co. Inc., Plano, Texas, will offer its Cyber Monday online specials a day earlier this year, making Sunday, Nov. 29 to Monday, Nov. 30, JCPenney’s biggest online in company history. The two-day online sale will feature special offers — exclusive to jcp.com — on more than 30,000 items. Designed to enhance customers’ [...]
Innovations stimulate The Future of Imaging at the 6Sight Conference
Nearly 200 imaging leaders from around the world came together at the 6Sight Future of Imaging Conference in Monterey, Calif. on Nov. 10-12 to witness the launch of 2 new technologies, learn about computational photography, understand 3D imaging, learn of a research report on the prosumer market – and spend 3 days forming alliances that will [...]
New CEO at Hasselblad
Dr. Larry Hansen, Chairman of the Board of the professional camera spezialist, Hasselblad, was appointed new CEO of the company in addition to his current responsibilities. In this function, he succeeds Christian Poulsen, who has decided to leave Hasseblad to pursue other activities, but will remain as Strategic Technology Adviser to the Board. Hansen has [...]
Kodak signs distribution agreement with D&H
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., announced a new agreement between Kodak’s document imaging business and D&H Distributing, Harrisburg, Pa., targeting small-to-medium sized businesses. D&H, a major North American computer products and consumer electronics distributor, adds Kodak scanners to its existing lineup of Kodak Digital Cameras and Kodak All-In-One Printers. D&H will carry Kodak’s entire distributed [...]
