Dealer Of The Year

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Featured in Digital Imaging Reporter’s January 2024 Issue

FEATURED CONTENT Volume 32, Number 1 • January 2024 Features Digital Imaging Reporter’s 2023 Dealer of the Year: Action Camera Formidable Professional Mirrorless Cameras: High-Tech Imaging Workhorses CES...
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Digital Imaging Reporter’s 2023 Dealer of the Year: Action Camera

Growth Keeps on Coming for This Expanding Imaging Retailer One of the larger camera stores in the country is under construction just 30 minutes northeast...
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Editor’s Note: We Love Our Photo Dealers

There are two stories I hope you will all appreciate in our December issue. First, we’re pleased to celebrate our 2022 DIR Dealer of the...
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Digital Imaging Reporter’s 2022 Dealer of the Year: Colonial Photo & Hobby

Three generations have successfully maintained an exemplary ambiance and shopping experience for more than 68 years. Orlando, Florida, is known for make-believe tourist attractions. However,...
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Strategy Session: For the Rausch Family, It’s All About Having Fun

The Rausch family has an amazing history in the photo and hobby businesses. Don Rauch started the dream when he opened his first store in...
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Editor’s Note: With Gratitude

We’re thrilled to honor Service Photo as our 2021 Dealer of the Year. I’ve known Burke Siem for several years and have always found...
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Digital Imaging Reporter’s 2021 Dealer of the Year: Service Photo

Originally Catering to the Professional Photographic Community, This Unique Retailer Continues to Thrive. Thirty camera stores existed in Baltimore, Maryland, when Burke Seim told his...
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Strategy Session: A Family History That’s Not What It “Seims”

There’s a great twist to the story of the Seims and Service Photo. Burke Seim’s grandfather, Bill, was not happy at the camera store where...
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Editor’s Note: The End of 2020 and the Beginning of Hope

As I write my last Editor’s Note for 2020, I am going to resist reflecting on what we all just experienced. I’ll just say...
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Precision Camera & Video: Digital Imaging Reporter’s 2020 Dealer of the Year

This Data-Driven Store Excels with Core Values and Relationship Building Precision Camera opened in 1976 as a camera repair shop in then laid-back Austin, Texas....
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Strategy Session: At the Crossroads of Lifelong Passions

My first question to Phil Livingston when he picked up the phone was something to which we all can relate: “What were you thinking...
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Horn Photo: Digital Imaging Reporter’s 2019 Dealer of the Year

Horn Photo succeeds through inventive marketing and a dedication to not only their customers but the art and craft of photography. When the flight attendant...
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Clicking Caravan’s Nine Rules for Success

In a digital world where almost everyone over the age of 12 has a camera in their back pocket, it’s increasingly vital for retailers...
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Strategy Session: Horn Photo Celebrates the Future

Who knew putting together a world-class cattle photographer with an Ag science degree and another Fresno State Ag science major working on a dairy...
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December 2018 Editor’s Note: Congrats to Art’s Cameras Plus, Dealer of the Year

December is always a fun month here at Digital Imaging Reporter. We get to shine the light on one dealer in the country who...
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Digital Imaging Reporter’s 2018 Dealer of the Year: Art’s Cameras Plus

Don’t worry about the future of specialty photo retailing. Art’s Cameras Plus understands the need for optimum customer and employee experiences to foster their...
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Strategy Session: Art’s Cameras Plus—50+ Years of Success

You know there’s a strong bond between a father and son when the father insists his son, at 11 years old, should pay for...
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Retail Intelligence: The Dos and Don’ts for Opening & Operating a Successful Camera Store

So, you want to open a new camera store? Or maybe you are considering taking over an existing business? However, you’ve been told that...
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DIR December 2017 Editor’s Note: Saluting Our Dealers

We are so proud to present our 2017 Dealer of the Year Award to Midwest Photo. As we think about which retailer to acknowledge...
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Midwest Photo: DIR’s 2017 Dealer of the Year

A family-owned business with traditional values, Midwest Photo has thrived by embracing change and focusing on relationship building. “He’s like a rock star. Customers would...
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Strategy Session: Midwest Photo

Stu Appelbaum was a pretty tough act to follow. According to his son Moishe, it wasn’t unusual for his dad to have  phones on...
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DIR’s 2016 Dealer of the Year: B&C Camera

Wildly Optimistic about the Future of Photo Retail, B&C Camera Is Focused on Bringing Customers Superb Value, Great Community and the Widest Possible Selection At...
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Strategy Session: B&C Camera

When I called Joe Dumic, president of B&C Camera, to talk about his selection as our 2016 Dealer of the Year, my first question...
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DIR’s December 2015 Editor’s Note

When we ponder our selection each fall for Dealer of the Year, we oftentimes revisit the most recent PRO Group meeting to reflect upon...
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DIR’s 2015 Dealer of the Year: Mike’s Camera

Fostering success with a dedicated, knowledgeable staff and a wide-ranging, deep inventory—as well as creating customer loyalty by providing that little something extra Why has...
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Strategy Session: Mike’s Camera—A Black Friday to Remember

When we think about our Dealer of the Year choice every fall, there are no real hard-and-fast rules for making the determination. It’s not...

Digital Imaging Reporter’s 2014 Dealer of the Year: National Camera Exchange

It is tempting to assume that National Camera Exchange was selected as Digital Imaging Reporter’s 2014 Dealer of the Year because they just happen...

Strategy Session: As Times Change, So Does Unique Photo

In what can best be characterized as a challenging time for the photo retail business, Unique Photo is the perfect picture of optimism. And...

Digital Imaging Reporter’s 2013 Dealer of the Year: Unique Photo

When you drive up to Unique Photo’s single-location store on busy Route 46 in Fairfield, New Jersey, you might be instantly impressed by the...

Photo Industry Reporter’s 2012 Dealer of the Year: Paul’s Photo

Paul’s Photo may not be our typical choice for PIR’s Dealer of the Year, but after visiting this 50-year-old family business in Torrance, California,...

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