PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities articles from February 2002

PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities archives from February 2002

Calendar.
February 1, 2002... February 2002 21-23 PSPA Annual Convention Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. 22-23 DIMA Annual Conference Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. 24-27 PMA 2002 Annual Convention and Trade Show, Orange County...

Jessops goes "new tecno": U.K. retailer launches new digital concept store. (Profile).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Jessops Ltd. (www.jessops.com), Leicester, England, with more than 200 stores and on target for 450 in six years, has always been at the forefront of digital imaging. For instance, Jessops was the first U.K. retailer to offer online...

CPC of the Year Award goes to John "Reds" Lynch: 40-year veteran plans party to honor those who've helped him. (Feature).(Certified Photographic Consultants)
February 1, 2002... The 2001 CPC of the Year Award and $1,000 cash prize go to John "Reds" Lynch of Ritz Camera Centers Inc. Jackie Miner, Eckerd Corp., was runner-up and receives a CPC jacket. The third-place award and CPC pen go to Tom Crews, Reed's Cameras &...

Church directory photos: the AC finds the experience wasn't at all what she thought it would be. (Anonymous Consumer).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... One day the Anonymous Consumer sorted through the mail, hoping to dump at least half of it in the trash at the back door. Her church's weekly bulletin caught her eye, because it was thicker than usual. Opening up the bulletin, the AC spied a...

Two books offer sound team-building strategies: nuggets of wisdom are contained in sweet outer shell. (Feature).
February 1, 2002... "Fish!" Authors: Stephen C. Lundin, Ph.D., Harry Paul, John Christensen "Fish!" is a marriage of fact and fiction. Fact: Pike Place Fish is an actual fish market in Seattle, Wash. Its unique business style seems designed to attract...

PMA redesigns website. (Association News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Photo Marketing Association International, Jackson, Mich., redesigned its website (www.pmai.org) with an emphasis on usability. Visitors to PMA's new site will now see a consistent and intuitive interface and will be quickly guided to three...

Kodak executives visit PMA. (Association News).
February 1, 2002... In December, four executives from the Consumer Imaging division of Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., visited Photo Marketing Association International headquarters in Jackson, Mich., to discuss industry issues. Pictured from left to right are...

Organize your PMA 2002 trade show stops with MyList. (Association News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The website of Photo Marketing Association International, Jackson, Mich., is currently offering a tool called MyList, developed to help PMA 2002 attendees organize their visit to the vast trade show floor ahead of time. The show is scheduled...

Do you understand digital behavior? Usage habits differ, but old needs still exist. (Photo & Digital Retailing).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Would you like prints with your pixels? At this point, the general consumer response would be "no." In fact, digital camera users make prints of only 11.8 percent of their digital images, according to the 2000-2001 PMA Industry Trends Report --...

Rising above the competitive clutter: the importance of finding and supporting your niche. (Photo & Digital Retailing).
February 1, 2002... "In today's business environment, where there is a tremendous amount of competitive clutter, companies have to find a niche that allows them to stand out above it all," says branding and strategic marketing consultant Bob Liljenwall, president...

The consolidation of specialty retailers. (Photo & Digital Retailing).
February 1, 2002... In the September and October 2001 issues, Photo Marketing examined consolidation in the wholesale photofinishing and professional lab industries. Now the magazine looks at the consolidation of specialty retailers. Next month, the series will...

PMA marketing research looks at retail digital services. (Retailing news: a look at recent news for photo retailers).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Among several topics covered in PMA's recently released 2000-2001 Industry Trends Report: Retail Markets (available to members on PMA's website at www.pmai.org) is an extensive look at retail digital services. Here are highlights from the...

Who's buying CD-RW writers? Perhaps who's selling what is the more pertinent question. (Feature).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... As thousands of photo dealers and lab owners descend upon Orlando, Fla., for PMA 2002, many have come to see the latest and greatest in digital technology, and to make those perennially difficult decisions about which new items to add to their...

Eastman Kodak Co.(several company executives)(Interview)
February 1, 2002... Coming from a very difficult year, executives at Eastman Kodak Co. remain optimistic about industry opportunities. The continuing economic recession, as well as changing technologies and markets, have meant the company has had to adjust both...

Pioneers of photography: International Photography Hall of Fame & Museum names inductees. (Feature).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The mission of the International Photography Hall of Fame & Museum (www.iphf.org), Oklahoma City, Okla., is to promote public awareness and education regarding the innovators, technologies, arts and chronology of photographic imaging. ...

Quick print industry grows by 13 percent; sales increase amid consolidations. (Photo & Digital Processing).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)(Industry Overview)
February 1, 2002... As advancements in large-format printing technology create new opportunities for producing commercial photo and graphic products, the lines are blurring between traditional quick printers and commercial photo labs. The 2000-2001 PMA Industry...

Digital minilabs as short-run presses: retailers share how they earn more with equipment they already have. (Photo & Digital Processing).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The typical consumer probably does not associate small printing jobs with the minilab on the corner -- yet. But that may change as more retailers discover there is money to be made offering short-run printing services on digital minilabs to...

Corbis goes underground; company wraps up moving Bettmann Archive to underground storage this month. (Photo & Digital Processing).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... All photographs break down with time. No one knows that better than photography professionals who advise customers on what albums or storage procedures to use to protect their treasured images. On a much grander scale, Corbis, Seattle,...

It was a banner year for "painterly" designs on new fabric substrates; innovations in wide-format printers and inks fuel increase in cloth media. (Photo & Digital Processing).
February 1, 2002... A beached fish generally doesn't survive too long, unless less, of course, it was among the 200 6-foot, artist-designed fish, to scale new heights last summer in Baltimore, Md. That was just one example of how last year proved cloth media...

Fuji opens imaging center at Alkit in Manhattan. (Processing news: a look at news for photo processors).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc., Elmsford, N.Y., in December opened the first Fujifilm Professional Imaging Center at Alkit Inc.'s location in Manhattan, N.Y., on Park Ave. South. The purpose of the center, located prominently in the middle of the...

I.T. Strategies says 184,000 digital printers to be installed as proofing devices by 2005. (Processing news: a look at news for photo processors).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... I.T. Strategies Inc., Hanover, Mass., estimates more than 31,000 digital printers were sold as proofing devices in the United States in 2000 and predicts that number will reach almost 50,000 in 2005, bringing the installed base to almost...

The Quick Print Show & Annual Conference 2002: Feb. 22-27, 2002 Wyndham Orlando Resort and the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. (Quick Print 2002).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... (Current as of Dec. 17, 2001) Friday, Feb. 22 All events on this day take place at the Wyndham Orlando Resort unless otherwise noted. 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration/Hospitality Area Open 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m....

PMA 2002 plus the Quick Print Show. (Cover Story).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Feb. 24-27 Orange County Convention Center Orlando, Fla. Join us for the 78th PMA Annual Convention and Trade Show The 78th PMA Annual Convention and Trade Show is back in Orlando, Florida -- that city of ultimate creativity, an...

PMA 2002 Exhibitor List.
February 1, 2002... PMA 2002 EXHIBITOR LIST Exhibitor Company Booth # (* Denotes PMA member) * AAA Imaging & Supplies Inc. 3868 * ACD Systems Ltd. ...

Fire safety and emergency planning in the photo lab. (Compliance Corner).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Q: My local fire marshal wants me to develop afire and emergency action plan for our photo lab. Are they really necessary? A: Since photo-processing chemicals are not flammable by themselves, it might be easy to overlook the need for fire...

Interview: Pentax Corp.: Pentax Corp. marketing manager Reid Laurens recently spoke with Photo Marketing about the current business climate and what Pentax has in store for its dealers. (Interview).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Photo Marketing: PMA research shows more consumers are buying cameras with a higher pixel count. What trends have you seen? Laurens: We haven't found the upper limit of how many pixels consumers think they need. Every higher pixel count...

Dot-com shutdown: is the worst over? (Newsview).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Last year at this time, the big news was the dot-com free fall, as companies shut down nearly every day, it seemed. The troubles were just starting to catch up with the photo dot-coms offering photo sharing and printing to consumers. A...