Photofinishing boosts retail firms
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Specialty photo/video retailers that also offer on-site film processing have posted among photo/video retailers the greatest increase in sales from the previous year at 9.3%, according to the 1998 PMA Cost of Doing Business Survey. In comparison, photo-video retailers that do not offer on-site, one-hour film processing posted a 0.7% decline in sales from the year earlier and saw a 2% decline in net profit before tax. While operating expenses of photo/video retailers without on-site processing declined to 30.6% in 1998 from 36.8% in 1994, this was negated by an increase in cost of sales to 67.3% in 1998 from 60.9% in 1994. Typical photo/video retailers with on-site processing posted a drop in sales of some merchandise but posted an increase in photofinishing sales.
Publication Name: Photo Marketing
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0031-8531
Year: 1998
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New York style
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Alpharetta-based Wolf Cameras opened a photography-themed superstore in Manhattan, New York City. The store was designed in such a way that photography would feature prominently in the layout. Lenses are used as multi-colored light fixtures while colored filters found their way into the counter tops. Wolf Cameras CEO Chuck Wolf said that if the novel concept succeeds in New York City, the company will roll it out in other cities.
Publication Name: Photo Marketing
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0031-8531
Year: 2000
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Living online
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Cameraworld.com, a Portland, OR-based company established in 1996, relies on the Internet for almost 50% of its business. The company, formerly called Camera World Co, was acquired by its current President and CEO Alessandro Mina on Mar 1, 1997. Mina said cameraworld.com was only a store with a mail-order site when the acquisition took place. Today, cameraworld.com is a Web business with a catalogue order and a store.
Publication Name: Photo Marketing
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0031-8531
Year: 1999
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