Camera sales decline slows, interchangeables grow
The slump in camera sales which started in the Australian market in 2011 and hit hard in 2012, is beginning to be arrested, with the GfK Temax figure for the first quarter of 2013 ‘just’ 8 percent off in dollar … Continue reading
Local retailers share ideas
Two Australian retailers featured this month in the popular PMA feature Marketing Ideas Exchange with Bill McCurry. Brett Peters, Peters Camera House North Lakes, Qld, has launched a online auction site, Digital Camera Exchange (DCE), concentrating on used, antique, end-of-line, … Continue reading
Olympus moves away from budget cameras
Olympus Imaging in Tokyo has said it will drop its low-end V series of compact cameras – the cheapest in its lineup – and has lowered its 2013 target for camera sales to 2.7 million units, dramatically down from the … Continue reading
BRIEFS: May 23
Become a Pro for just $29!…Who stole my fur hat?…Appointment at Canon…CeWe continues to kick goals… Become a pro for just $29! Group buying website LivingSocial had a deal which caught our eye this week – a Diploma in Photography. … Continue reading
Improved Lifepics iPhone app released
An updated version of the LifePics iPhone app is now available on the Apple app store. The new version of the Lifepics app is smaller, faster and includes updated support for iPhone 5 so the app fits seamlessly to the … Continue reading
Corel exploits Adobe’s hubris
Imaging editing software developer Corel is exploiting the dissatisfaction from a proportion of the Adobe customer base forced on to a subscription-only model with special offers to current Adobe Creative Suite users. While some Adobe customers will have no issue … Continue reading
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