Kayell celebrates 40th anniversary
More than 140 industry luminaries attended a 40th anniversary dinner celebration of Australia’s Kayell. Co-founder John Koens, former Chairman Ross Adair, John Bourne, onetime managing director of former Kayell owner Hagemeyer Group, and current managing director Robb Gatto gathered to thank customers, industry associates and former employees for their 40 years as a company. Co-founder [...]
LifePics launches online photo service for Roberts Imaging
LifePics, Boulder, Colo., and Roberts Imaging, Indianapolis, Ind., announced a new online photo service for Roberts Imaging customers. The new service, provided by LifePics, allows Roberts Imaging customers to order prints and photo products online and pick up the orders at a Roberts Imaging location later that day, or have the orders shipped to a [...]
Apple adds cameras — <1MP cameras — to iPod touch
The new iPod Touch from Apple will add front and rear cameras, making the popular media player something of an HD video camcorder as well. The iPod Touch is “packed” with features, Apple says, including a Retina display, FaceTime video calling, HD video recording, Apple’s A4 chip, 3-axis gyro… “all combined in the thinnest and [...]
TransferBigFiles.com launches first iPhone app to send HD videos wirelessly
TransferBigFiles, Scottsdale, Ariz., launched an iPhone app enabling iPhone users to send full-quality HD videos and photos wirelessly from an iPhone. The files are kept in cloud storage provided by TransferBigFiles.com, where users and their friends and family can then easily share or retrieve the files using any web browser. Currently, iPhone users must plug [...]
The September/October issue of PMA magazine is now online
The September/October issue of PMA Magazine – Connecting the Imaging Communities is now available in an interactive format. The browser-based digital edition preserves the publication’s layout, as well as includes hyperlinks and search features. Readers can share and print individual articles, as well as download a PDF for offline reading. Clicking on an article’s headline [...]
PPFA launches Consumer Awareness Committee
The Professional Picture Framers Association (PPFA) has launched a Consumer Awareness Committee to raise the profile of the custom picture framing industry, and to help PPFA members attract customers. Mary Fender, MCPF, Frame Nation, Richmond, Va., will chair the new committee. “I’m so excited about what we’ll be able to do, and know we’ll accomplish [...]
Eighty percent of consumers shop online at least once a week
Compete, Boston, Mass., a Kantar Media company, released the findings of its quarterly Online Shopper Intelligence Study, revealing that 83 percent of consumers are shopping online at least weekly. Study results exposed a number of consistent trends: Consumers are seeking out retailers on Facebook and Twitter in growing numbers, 31 percent report checking out Facebook [...]
Help your customers take great pictures
Retailers and labs can help customers take better photos and build loyalty with newsletters from PMA, Jackson, Mich. “It’s a challenge to find the time or ideas for a twice-monthly or monthly newsletter,” says Laura Covey, Executive, PMA Membership Sales & Services. “PMA+ offers newsletters that can be customized to include a retailer’s logo and [...]
Sentina offering LED signage for retailers
Sentina, Kenilworth, N.J., announced its Sentina uSign LED Display is now available at Costco.com, allowing small businesses to instantly update their consumer messaging by displaying 8 1/2-by-11 transparencies mounted on uSign displays. The uSign LED displays can be stacked or hung in different configurations within a retail or office environment. Designed to replace fluorescent-based signage, [...]
Target launches new electronics services
Target, Minneapolis, Minn., announced three new consumer electronics services that will provide guests with an enhanced shopping experience both in-store and at home – 1-877-myTGTtech, Target Mobile and Target Electronics Trade-In. 1-877-myTGTtech is a free product support hotline for all Target electronics purchases. Target Mobile offers a convenient in-store and online cellular shopping experience. Target [...]
