Enthusiast magazine Photo Review’s recent reader survey gives retailers an insight into the buying habits and technology preferences of a representative group of dedicated picture-takers and printers. The readers survey was well-supported, with the size of the survey group (5 … Continue reading
The decline in the dollar value of the Photo sector for 2012, driven largely by a 30 percent slump in sales of compact cameras, amounted to 15 percent in 2012, the same percentage decline experienced from 2010 to 2011, according to … Continue reading
The Japanese Camera & Imaging Products Association has announced its outlook on camera shipments from Japanese manufacturers for 2013, predicting a big boost in shipments of interchangeable lens cameras and lenses within an otherwise shrinking market. Based on CIPA figures, … Continue reading
While consumers are less likely to buy single-function electronic products in the next year, according to an Accenture survey of 11,000 consumers around the world, digital cameras haven’t entirely fallen off the consumer technology buyers’ wish lists. The Accenture ’2013 … Continue reading
(Just in case you hadn’t noticed), rising expenses are cutting into retail profits in specialty retailing, according to an in-depth report from BDO and BIS Shrapnel, moving retail giants Wesfarmers and Woolworths further in front in terms of profitability. The … Continue reading
Leading economic forecasters Deloitte Access Economics expects inflation-adjusted retail sales to grow 3.7 per cent this calendar year (4.4 percent in raw terms), with solid Christmas sales. ‘Interest rates have been slashed, wages growth is solid, house prices are stabilising, … Continue reading
While a long line of consultants and pundits are urging retailers to throw themselves into the latest developments in ‘omnichannel’ retailing, a survey from North America provides a reality check on customers’ responses to that headlong rush. ‘Channel Preference for … Continue reading
Revenue from third quarter sales of cameras, printers and camcorders is off by almost one dollar in five (18.3 percent) compared to the third quarter of 2011, according to the quarterly GfK Temax index. For the full year from January … Continue reading
The ARA has backed up its call for time-and-a-half rather than double time for Sunday work with a recent piece of research from Monash University which indicates that rate is the optimal incentive for employees. The Monash University (Australian Centre … Continue reading
Onlines sales growth outstripped total retail sales by a factor of four in the 12 months to June, according to to the latest Roy Morgan Research ‘State of the Nation Report’. The report said online sales were up 14.2 percent … Continue reading
