Web Clicks: Mobile Marketing, Anyone?
While the mobile industry is having a profound impact on just about every industry imaginable, the retail market may be the one space that...
Remembering Eddie Ritz
In early 1997, pioneering photo retailer Ed Ritz, who passed away on March 30, was talking with a reporter about his long career in...
Getting the Inside Edge: Sony Gets the Word Out
With Sony’s recent emergence in the photo specialty category with their range of Alpha, Cyber-shot and Handycam products, Sony was faced with the challenge...
Strategy Session: Pentax Ricoh Levels the Playing Field
On April 1, 2012, the merger between two venerable brands, Pentax and Ricoh, became solidified with the formation of Pentax Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation,...
Reflections on DSLR Mirror Technology
As retailers and consumers marvel at the amazing advances in performance and features in each successive digital SLR that comes down the pike, there...
Beyond the Tie for Father’s Day: Yogi, Betty and Jack, a Father’s (and Mother’s)...
“Ninety percent of this game is half mental,” Yogi Berra once said, and it turned out to be apropos even though I wasn’t talking...
Tech Trends: Interchangeable-Lens Cameras Continue to Drive Growth in 2012
Despite global supply issues over the past year, interchangeable-lens cameras continue to thrive. According to NPD’s Retail Tracking Service, interchangeable-lens cameras accounted for 17%...
PIR May 2012 Editorial: A Billion Dollars???
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of that behemoth known as Facebook, decided last month that Instagram, a photo app that has “zero” revenue on its books,...
Lensbaby Composer Pro Now Available for Mirrorless System Cameras
Lensbaby has expanded their Composer Pro SLR creative effects lens to work with Panasonic, Olympus, Sony and Samsung compact system cameras. The Composer Pro...
