In this issue we begin our review of IPIC 2024, featuring three interesting sessions:The Secret to Producing Low Cost High-Quality Photobook In-House; Online Sales Unspun: Practical Tips And Examples To Increase Sales Online; and Film Processing. Phototalk focusses on Hahnemühle Hemp Paper at Olympics & Paralympics 2024. The Business Review contains an extensive review of Cimpress and a shorter review of Ringfoto.Brief News of the Photofinishing Industry includes:
• The new ISO 200 Phoenix color film from Harman Photo is now available in 120 format
• “New reports from Rise Above Research include: 2024 US Photo Prints Forecast: 2023-2028
• “The Ultimate Guide to Digital Marketing for Manufacturers,” a free ebook
• Xerox® PrimeLink® C9200 Series color production printers use a new toner formulation
• Getting Noticed with Direct Mail: Strategies for Success
• Seiko Epson recently won a WorldStar Global Packaging Award for its high-performance cushioning material made from used copier paper
• Epson has entered into an agreement, to acquire all interests in Fiery, LLC
• EFI Cretaprint S.L.U., has licensed its Building Materials digital printing business to its current global strategic partner, DPI
• “Artificial Intelligence in eCommerce: Consumer Expectations and Top AI Trends”
• The new portable Canon Selphy QX20 printer prints square 6.86 cm (2.7”)
• Nikon’s president, Muneaki Tokunari, acknowledged that smartphones may contribute to the demand for high-end cameras
• Understanding the Subjectivity of Color Correction
• 340,000 negatives spanning 57 years of Cayman Islands were scanned by the B2B Division of ScanMyPhotos
• Buyer Personas, Revised and Expanded: Gain Deep Insight Into Your Customers’ Buying Decisions
• Would you like to finance reforestation and name trees after your clients and employees
• What makes B2B ads effective on LinkedIn?
• How to Write a Disaster Recovery Plan for Your Business
• The results of a Fiverr Int’l/Censuswide global survey involving 2,500 consumers and over 2,500 SMB leaders
• Electricity already represents 40%-60% of data center infrastructure costs.
* Printful has a strategic partnership in the promotional products market with Brikl
* Copyright registration is a critical step in protecting your work as a professional photographer
• In Australia, privacy and security measures within organizations are not measuring up
• Pixami, Inc., has released Yearbook Pro 2024-25 with new features for the current school year
• Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots shows that they are more inclined to generate wrong answers than to admit ignorance
• Novel process known as photo-driven oxygen-atom-grafting process o chemically transform carbon dioxide and methane into carbon monoxide and green methanol