Posts published in “Retail”

Even though photo kiosks have been around for a decade or more, systems for  transferring image files from a customer’s smartphone or device to a… Read more

There’s been a lot of often hyperventilated discussion about how local retailers should prepare for the coming of The Grim Reaper Amazon Australia.   So it… Read more

Phil Gresham (Fotofast, Taringa) has kindly passed on a new schedule of depreciation for equipment used in photo processing businesses.  This was in turn supplied… Read more

  The latest issue of Photo Imaging News International (May, 2017) reported on the Business Forum Imaging, Cologne, March 1-2 (or as we prefer to… Read more

We warmly thank Larry Steiner, Spectrum Photo & Digital Services, Ohio, for this ‘reality check’ on the likely impact of Amazon’s arrival as a direct retail… Read more

After months of teasing, Amazon will reportedly ‘greatly expand’ its online offer in Australia over the next year. The move has been predicted to ‘decimate… Read more

When you walk through an Australian mall you are bombarded with signs saying ‘buy one, get one free’ and ’70 percent off’, and shops seem… Read more

In February, we asked a range of retailers how they traded through Christmas, their views on 2017, and where sales might come from this year,… Read more

The niche markets of telescopes and binoculars aren’t supported by all photo specialists, but according to Twin City Camera House (which also trades as Adelaide… Read more

At the recent Photokina in Cologne, Australia’s John Swainston spoke to Rainer Schortt, the chairman of the Supervisory Board of European Photo retail Giant, Ringfoto.… Read more