Tag: Buying
Independent Photo Imagers and Foto Source Schedule Meetings at 2013 PMA@CES
Jackson, MI—The Independent Photo Imagers (IPI), North America’s largest buying group for photo service specialty retailers, and Foto Source Canada, the largest photo buying...
Buying Groups: Survival in Numbers
Why join a buying group? Because you need every edge you can get. Because buying groups help generate margin at all levels, and...
Group Gift Buying Rises Online
Group gift buying is certainly nothing new but the ability to organize the group gift buy online certainly is. The website lolligift.com has developed...
Hot Picks Session Added to PMA
We wanted to note an interesting addition to the PMA menu as they have added what we think will be a fun and informative...
Consumer Confidence Improves
Some good news: The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) improved slightly in November, up 6.1 points to 44.9. The flip side is that...
Best Buy, Target, Introduce Very Gadgety Gift Cards
A couple of Big Box retailers have introduced a unique way to sell gift cards to their customers. They’re not just gift cards for...
On Purchases, Offline Advice Trumps Online
While consumers making purchases do gain some knowledge from the Internet, it is just one of many resources people use in ultimately making a...
Dealerscope/Picture Business Webinar: Web 2.0: Taking Your Retail Site To The...
In this “Web 2.0” world, it’s hard for retailers (even CE/Imaging retailers) to stay ahead of the curve - especially when it comes to...
Digicams Tops “Must Have” Holiday Toy List
According to the most recent issue of Toy Wishes magazine, the Fisher Price Kid Tough Digital Camera will be one of the hot holiday...
Ad-Supported Media Works
As in-store advertising gets more and more sophisticated with educational videos and on screen demos being used to support on floor sales teams, it’s...
