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Articles in January, 2004 issue of Photo Marketing Newsline

• Buckeye Color Lab.(People on the move)
• Ashton Photo closes doors.(Brief Article)
• Ritz Camera Centers Inc.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• MOTO Franchise Corp., Dayton, Ohio, the franchisor of MotoPhoto digital minilabs and portrait studios, was selected as the Dayton Business Journal's Rookie Business of the Year for 2003.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• ACD Systems International Inc.(People on the move)(president resigns)(Brief Article)
• Ontario Minister of the Environment approves Blue Box Program Plan.(Brief Article)
• Brandess-Kalt-Aetna Group.(People on the move)
• PMA online store now open for business.(Photo Marketing Association )(Brief Article)
• Uniden America Corp., Ft. Worth, Texas, announced an agreement with World Wide Licenses Ltd. (WWL) to exclusively distribute the Polaroid line of digital cameras to U.S. retailers.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• PhotoWorks Inc.(Industry notes)(Seattle FilmWorks Inc. will cut 38 jobs)(Brief Article)
• Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc.(People on the move)(appoints Nate Green Jr.)(Brief Article)
• Kodak reports decrease in earnings; will cut 20 percent of work force by 2007.(Eastman Kodak Co.)
• Reports say digital cameras help fuel best online retail season.(Brief Article)
• Kmart Holding Corp.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• Pixel Magic Imaging.(People on the move)(Brief Article)
• FedEx to buy Kinko's for $2.4 billion.(Brief Article)
• Pixology plc, London, UK, signed a multi-year agreement with Noritsu America Corp., Buena Park, Calif., to integrate a jointly developed version of Pixology- and Noritsu-developed software into Noritsu's consumer terminal hardware.(Industry notes)
• Veer, New York, N.Y., has been named the sole North American reseller of CSA Archive, CSA Plastock, CSA Printstock, and CSA Snapstock rights-managed collections.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• Texas Instruments Inc. (TI).(People on the move)(appoints Dr. Hans Stork)(Brief Article)
• Kodak exiting reloadable cameras in U.S., Canada, but commits to film market.(Brief Article)
• SD Memory Card sales surpass CompactFlash Card.(Brief Article)
• Media Arts Group Inc.(People on the move)
• The Noteworthy Co., Amsterdam, N.Y., a supplier of photo packaging, celebrates 50 years in business this month.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• According to the JPEA's Photo Electro News, as of April 1, Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, will merge two affiliates, Fujifilm Axia that manufactures and markets image recording media, and Fujifilm Battery that domestically markets batteries.(Indu
• Rayovac Corp., Madison, Wis., will acquire 85 percent of the equity interest in Ningbo Baowang Battery Co., Ninghai, China, for $24 million.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• Photoflex.(People on the move)(photography company Photoflex Inc. appoints Ric Deliantoni)(Brief Article)
• Rite Aid Corp.(People on the move)(Brief Article)
• Post-holiday sales not as strong as hoped.(Brief Article)
• Manufacturers, retailers react to Kodak's decision to end distribution of cameras.(Advanced Photo System cameras)
• Revenues from printer, media, ink sales to reach $92 billion by 2007, says forecast.(Brief Article)
• European specialty retailer Jessops is now selling cameraphones in a joint agreement with Vodafone.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• Agfa Corp.(People on the move)(Brief Article)
• Imerge describes digital SLR market growth of 172 percent in 2003.(digital single lens reflex cameras)(Brief Article)
• Mackay Photopak, Minneapolis, Minn., named Pakor Inc., Plymouth, Minn., its top dealer for the year 2003 for the ninth consecutive year.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• As of Feb. 1, Gentec International, Markham, Ontario, Canada, will become the exclusive distributor of ToCAD America's Sunpakbranded photographic and digital imaging products.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• Source Two Inc.(People on the move)(William A Orr)(Brief Article)
• PhotoLynx Inc.(People on the move)(Brief Article)
• Eckerd CD explains digital "print at retail".(Brief Article)
• Boise Cascade Corp., Boise, Idaho, expects to close 40 to 45 retail stores in 2004 and open 12 stores, including OfficeMax Express stores.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• Schawk Inc., Des Plaines, Ill., acquired certain assets of Pixxon Inc., San Francisco, Calif., a graphic services provider in Northern California.(Industry notes)(new name Schawk San Francisco)(Brief Article)
• Oce N.V..(People on the move)(new president of Oce Display Graphics Systems Inc.)(Wilbert Verheyen)(Brief Article)
• Camera retailers should beware of relay phone scams.
• Retail Markets volume of PMA 2002-2003 Industry Trends Report now available.(Photo Marketing Association )(Brief Article)
• Allegra Network LLC.(People on the move)(Brief Article)
• Photo Marketing Association.(Industry notes)
• Independent Photo Imagers (IPI), Charleston, W.V., welcomed its 500th store-front location.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• Alamy Images.(Industry notes)(New York City office planned)(Brief Article)
• Eastman Kodak Co..(People on the move)(appoints Nachum Shamir)(Brief Article)
• Mobile Imaging Pavilion new to PMA 2004.(Photo marketing association (PMA), )(Brief Article)
• Duane Reade sale makes Eckerd sale more likely.(Brief Article)
• Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., and Penske Performance Inc. announced Kodak will be the primary sponsor the Penske-Jasper Racing Company's No. 77 Dodge driven by Brendan Gaughan for the 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• In memoriam.(Obituary)
• Canon4Kids, which helps locate missing children, again will be part of the PGA Tour in 2004.(Industry notes)
• Dell Inc., Round Rock, Texas, signed deals with South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., Fuji Xerox and Eastman Kodak Co. to expand its printer and imaging business, Reuters reported.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• Pictographics International Corp., Burnsville, Minn., signed an agreement with new company PictoColor Corp., Burnsville, Minn., assigning distribution and naming rights for its iCorrect color correction and editing software products and inCamera and scann
• Durst Image Technology U.S. LLC.(People on the move)(recent appointments)(Brief Article)
• Noritsu Canada to open new facility.(Brief Article)
• The U.S. Justice Department cleared Eastman Kodak Co.'s $250 million purchase of Scitex Digital Printing, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scitex Corp. Ltd.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• Ultimate Electronics Inc.(People on the move)(Brief Article)
• Schawk Inc., Des Plaines, Ill., acquired the Virtualcolor prepress division of Fort Dearborn Co., based in Elk Grove, Ill.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• The OpenPanorama Consortium will present its new file format to the digital imaging community as part of the PMA 2004 events in Las Vegas, Nev.(Industry notes)
• Bogen Photo Corp., Ramsey, N.J., a photographic and video equipment distributor, changed its name to Bogen Imaging Inc., effective this month.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• Tension Envelope Corp.(People on the move)(appoints Wendell B. Johnson)(Brief Article)
• Photo retailers experience post-Christmas sales in line with last year or higher.(Brief Article)
• Olympus America Inc., Melville, N.Y., commissioned Web Photo School to develop an educational CD-ROM providing instructions and illustrations on its new E-1 Digital SLR camera.(Industry notes)(Brief Article)
• Whitech USA Inc.(People on the move)(Brief Article)
• OmegaSatter to hold celebration of Charlie Satter's life Jan. 17.(OmegaSatter Co)
• Hi-Touch Imaging Technologies.(Industry notes)(Hi-Touch Imaging Technologies relocated its headquarters to a larger facility)(Brief Article)
• HP Co., Palo Alto, Calif., will be a strategic technology provider to Getty Images, a provider of imagery, film and digital services.(Industry notes; Hewlett-Packard Co.)(Brief Article)
• Technotape.(People on the move)(photo imaging company appoints David C. Reynolds)(Brief Article)