A.C. Moore reports sales decrease
A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts Inc., Berlin, N.J., announced results for the three and six month periods ended July 3, 2010. Sales for the second quarter of 2010 were $99.9 million, a decrease of 4.3 percent compared to sales of $104.4 million during the second quarter of 2009. This decline was primarily due to a [...]
hhgregg opens Berwyn/King of Prussia store
Indianapolis, Ind-based appliance and electronics leader hhgregg will open a new store in Berwyn, Pa., on Thursday, Aug. 12th. The new store located at 400 West Swedesford Road brings the company’s total number of stores in the Philadelphia and Greater Delaware Valley area to 13. hhgregg currently operates locations in Dover, Newark and Wilmington, Del.; [...]
DigitalPost Interactive to acquire Rovion
DigitalPost Interactive, Irvine, Calif., announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Rovion Inc., a privately held Boston-based developer of the InPerson virtual spokesperson ad unit. Founded in 2001, Rovion offers a broad range of online advertising products and services to its active client base of more than 1,000 companies in the automotive, e-commerce, [...]
aVinci Media signs agreement with Circle Graphics to offer large-format prints
aVinci Media Corp., Draper, Utah, announced an agreement with Circle Graphics coupling aVinci’s multimedia technology with Circle Graphics’ printing expertise to offer any customer the ability to create a large-format photo poster at price points ranging from $9.99 to $29.99. Originally released for its ESPN branded line, aVinci intends to add poster designs for special [...]
Hoya announces 11.2 percent increase in first quarter net sales
HOYA Corp., Tokyo, Japan, announced financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2010. Net sales were 105.5 billion yen for the quarter, a 11.2 percent increase from 94.9 billion yen in the same period last year, and operating income was 20.1 billion yen, a 116.6 percent increase from 9.2 billion yen in the [...]
PMA DataWatch: Megapixels in soft display world
Lowering camera resolution can lead to higher camera sales In our November/December 2009 article, we explained how resolution is the main obstacle to consumers taking more pictures with cam-era phones, with 4-5 megapixels being the critical level. That was the resolution level at which most consumers gave up their film cameras for digital cameras. Why [...]
Fujifilm returns to profits in first quarter
Fujifilm Holdings Corp., Tokyo, Japan, reported an Y46.9 billion operating profit for the quarter, compared with an operating loss of Y2.71 billion. Revenue rose 9.0 percent to Y547.4 billion from Y502.4 billion in the same period a year earlier. The company, which reports its earnings based on U.S. accounting standards, left its net profit forecast [...]
Photobooks an “enormous” growth market, according to Australia’s Momento
Australian photo printing specialist Momento has said there is still “enormous potential” in the photobook market despite the threat of online, according to a report at ProPrint. Momento marketing manager David Watson told ProPrint: “There’s still enormous potential for growth there. There’s a large portion of the market that isn’t quite aware how easy it [...]
Wi-Fi-enabled devices to exceed 1.9 billion units by 2014
In-Stat, Scottsdale, Ariz., estimates the next 5 years will see an increase in the number of Wi-Fi-enabled devices, from more than 500 million in 2009 to nearly 2 billion in 2014. Devices leading the pace of adoption include Blu-ray players/recorders, e-readers, and digital televisions. “The reality of 802.11n-enabled devices being available is that many of [...]
ESPN Consumer Products launches X Games PunkMyPic
ESPN Consumer Products launched X Games PunkMyPic, giving action sports fans the ability to put themselves into an authentic X Games poster. Consumers simply text or email a personal image to xgames@punkmypic.com to create a free customized poster that can be shared with one click via social networks, mobile phones or online. Fans can also [...]
