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Marketing research reports and other resources for businesses involved in selling photo imaging products, printing and personal publishing services by PMA.
PMA serves over in 100-plus countries. In addition to the United States, there are membership offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, Italy, France and Russia.
PMA members represent almost every segment of the photo/imaging industry: photo/video retailers; wholesale and mail-order photofinishers; retail minilabs; photo retail/studio operators; electronic imaging service centers; commercial, people and corporate/institutional labs; professional school portrait companies; and photo/video repair technicians.
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Download: $249.00 Includes digital cameras and spending, photo services, digital service market outlook, value proposition of custom products revisited, corporate performance, economic briefing and industry milestones.
A review of the major photo categories in 2008 and forecasts through 2011.
The digital-camera market experienced its first decline in 2008.
Online ordering is the fastest growing photo print ordering method.
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Download: $75.00 The Future Image Report is a trusted resource in the photo-imaging industry for news, opinion, and analysis of new technology, opportunities or challenges. Inside this issue: 3D going mainstream - Lead by Hollywood and Fujifilm, 3D capture and display is moving beyond niche status.
Finding Faces in Video & Photos - Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition advances facial detection in all forms of imaging. HD Video - Conferencing Microsoft debuts affordable hi-res camera for two-way TV talking. Eye-Fi expands Markets - Imaging News Inside Out. Bob M cKay’s insider’s view.
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Download: $75.00 The Future Image Report is a trusted resource in the photo-imaging industry for news, opinion, and analysis of new technology, opportunities or challenges. Inside this issue:
Canon weathers recession - President Tsuneji Uchida explains how the market-leading camera company plans to stay there.
Kodak makes instant photo books at retail - Kodak general manager Nicoletta Zongrone discusses how the photography giant is spreading the word on custom albums and more.
Time Capsule - from the Future Innovative photo book publisher Rick Smolan teams with HP on the latest in customized book publishing.
Light Crafts eases enhancing - Founder Fabio Riccardi interviewed.
Imaging News
Inside Out - Bob McKay’s insider’s view.
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Download: $75.00 The Future Image Report is a trusted resource in the photo-imaging industry for news, opinion, and analysis of new technology, opportunities or challenges. It has now also become the voice of our leading 6Sight® Future of Imaging executive conference. Inside this issue: Creativity and photo books Joe Byrd finds they fill the bill.
Blurb smartens self-publishing.
Founder and CEO Eileen Gittens provides the details.
LifePics’ photo book sales surge.
An interview with marketing vice president Ken McDonald.
eXanet shrinks sharing costs.
Founder Patrick Serex explains how using low-res proxies can increase photo sharing and printing.
Imaging News - Inside Out - Bob McKay’s insider’s view of the industry.
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Download: $75.00 The Future Image Report is a trusted resource in the photo-imaging industry for news, opinion, and analysis of new technology, opportunities or challenges. It has now also become the voice of our leading 6Sight® Future of Imaging executive conference. Inside this issue: Scallop Imaging combines multiple small sensors for one big view. An interview with Ellen Cargill, D irector of Product Development.
Eye-Fi automates photo geotagging, image uploading.
An interview with Yuval Koren, Chief Product Officer.
ImageSpan shares profits with picture licensing platform.
An interview with Iain Scholnick, founder and CEO.
Imaging News - Inside Out - Bob McKay’s insider’s view of the industry.
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Download: $249.00 In April 2009, PICA and PMA conducted a survey of consumers in Australia. The objective was to measure the progress in consumer adoption of digital cameras, camera phones and printing, as well as, digital storage methods, and demand for photo publishing products and gifts. The report summarizes and discusses the survey's main findings.
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Download: $49.00 *Download* Everything you need to know to evaluate your photo kiosk strategy: the latest trends in the photo kiosk market, and more than 120 pages of photos, specifications, pricing information and screenshots, contacts and descriptions of each of the 23 kiosks from 11 different companies that participated at the DIMA Photo Kiosk Shoot-Out, held at PMA 09.
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Download: $49.00 The PMA 09 International Convention and Trade Show, March 3-5, 2009, in Las Vegas, Nev., featured some of the most innovative thinkers in today’s business world. With the worldwide global economy in distress, it’s more important than ever to consider new ideas and tactics. PMA 09 brought together strategists like Geoffrey
Moore, author of “Inside the Tornado” and “Dealing with Darwin: Breaking the Back of the Innovator’s Dilemma,” and Jeremy Gutsche, of Trend Hunter.
The PMA 09 Strategy Guide is designed as a reference tool to provide an overview of the key official business and general sessions. Visit PMA TV at www.pmai.tv to watch videos of some of these presentations.
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Download: $999.00 Today's crop of next generation photographers use cameras differently than even those from five years ago. This study addresses whether or not Generation Y's future photographic behavior will differ from Generation X's today. The study also looks at how behavior will be different in these areas: Image capture, post-capture activity, and specifically, printing. The study was conducted in three stages: focus groups, a web survey and analysis. The premium version includes commentary and video on the customer of the future by Dr. Glenn Omura, focus-group videos and detailed data.
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Download: $99.00 The 2009 PMA U.S. Portrait Report provides businesses with an overview of the custom framing market. The report is designed to aid firms in business planning. The report measures the spending of U.S families and consumers on custom framing services. Locations where custom frames were made, uses for custom frames and previous purchasing patterns were also discussed in the report.
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Download: $99.00 The 2008 PMA Photo Book Report displays the results of The Second DIMA Photo Book Showcase, held at the PMA 09 International Convention and Trade Show Mar. 3 through Mar. 5, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nev. This event is designed to allow attendees to compare various aspects of photo book production including user interface, templates and binding options, and overall quality. The four categories that were evaluated include Software, Covers & Paper, Binding, and Finished Books.
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Download: $75.00 Inside this issue:Google:
Panning for Images across the Globe
Peter Birch,
Product Manager, Google Earth.
Geoimaging with Virtual Earth and Photosynth
Bill Crow,
Group Manager,
Microsoft Live Labs.O
vercoming
obstacles to
Geoimaging
Panel discussion
Making the biggest pictures
xRez innovates in large-scale imaging
Imaging News
Inside Out
Bob McKay’s insider’s view of the industry.
6Sight speaker
photos this issue are thanks to Bill Fitz-Patrick.
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Download: $75.00 The Future Image Report is a trusted resource in the photo-imaging industry for news, opinion, and analysis of new technology, opportunities or challenges. It has now also become the voice of our leading 6Sight® Future of Imaging executive conference. Inside this issue: What’s Next for Imaging?
6Sight co-founder Joe Byrd walks the aisles at the PMA tradeshow and contemplates what the future of photography holds. Mobile Imaging
Growth Continues: Analyst Tony Henning presents an overview of the industry.
He is joined in a panel discussion by HP, Kodak, ArcSoft, and Aptina. Digital Output Changes Commercial
Printing: Kodak, Fujifilm, and HP join print expert John Larish. Kodak and OLED CTO Bill Lloyd discuses the display technology. Imaging News
Financial Activity: Inside Out
Bob McKay’s insider’s view of the imaging industry. 6Sight photos
primarily thanks to Bill Fitz-Patrick.
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Download: $299.00 Today's crop of next generation photographers use cameras differently than even those from five years ago. This study addresses whether or not Generation Y's future photographic behavior will differ from Generation X's today. The study also looks at how behavior will be different in these areas: Image capture, post-capture activity, and specifically, printing. The study was conducted in three stages: focus groups, a web survey and analysis.
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Download: $99.00 The Photo Industry 2009 Review and Forecast Report is a useful tool to give U.S. retailers and photo labs an idea of what is going on in the industry and what is expected in the near future. The report is designed to aid firms in business planning. The basic version includes a brief overview of the major photo categories such as digital cameras, digital printing, photo books, other custom items, as well as, home digital printing consumables and other forecasts.
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Download: $75.00 The Future Image Report is a trusted resource in the photo-imaging industry for news, opinion, and analysis of new technology, opportunities or challenges. It has now also become the voice of our leading 6Sight® Future of Imaging executive conference.
Inside this issue:
The 6Sight Perspective: Future Opportunities - Future Image founder Alexis Gerard opened the conference with an overview of changes to the imaging industry — and the challenges and new value propositions it faces.
The Future of Digital Cameras - A panel discussion with Canon, DigitalBenchmarks, Kodak, Fujifilm, and DxO Labs.
Video: A pproaching HD resolution - Pinnacle, Kodak, and Arcsoft discuss changes in video.
Analyst View: What impacts the imaging industry? - Kristy Holch; Liz Cutting, NPD; Steve Hoffenberg, Lyra; Marion Knoche, GfK Marketing Services; Ed Lee, InfoTrends; Gary Pageau, PMA; Paul Worthington.
Imaging News and Views Inside Out - Bob M cKay’s insider’s view of the imaging industry.
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Download: $149.00 Mobile imaging is one of the major trends driving the future of imaging. It has become a huge phenomenon for both the imaging and the mobile industries. This report is adapted from Tony Henning’s “State of the Mobile Imaging Industry” presentation at the 6Sight Future of Imaging Conference, Nov. 19, 2008, in Monterey, Calif. 6Sight 2008 will be Nov. 10-12, 2009, in Monterey, Calif. For more information, visit www.6Sight.com.
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Download: $199.00 In August 2008, PMA conducted a survey of 3,430 photographers and studios. The objective was to see what types of portraits photographers and studios focus on, what products and output they offer, factors that affect profit, online ordering, copyright distribution and more.
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Download: $149.00 In May 2008, PMA conducted a survey of consumers in the U.S. The objective was to measure the current consumer involvement in scrapbooking, develop profiles of the major consumer segments, evaluate the emerging role of computers in the scrapbooking process, record purchasing patterns and spending, and gauge interest in other photo related products and craft projects. The PMA 2008 U.S. Consumer Scrapbook Report details the findings from the survey. This premium edition supplies companies with a complete look at survey results, saving them the time and expense of conducting their own survey. In addition to the basic report, this edition includes over 100 pages of data tables with a breakdown of the answers to each question cross-tabulated by demographic variables including household income, presence of children, age, employment, and ownership of digital camera.
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Download: $99.00 In May 2008, PMA conducted a survey of consumers in the U.S. The objective was to measure the current consumer involvement in scrapbooking, develop profiles of the major consumer segments, evaluate the emerging role of computers in the scrapbooking process, record purchasing patterns and spending, and gauge interest in other photo related products and craft projects. The PMA 2008 U.S. Consumer Scrapbook Report details the findings from the survey.
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Download: $149.00 As every year, in January 2008 PMA conducted a survey of consumers in the USA. The objective was to measure the spending and demand of U.S. families and consumers on various portrait services, such as spring and fall school portraits, portraits of children at sports events, wedding portraits and more. Demand for portrait in digital formats, as well as, portraits as means of personalizing greeting cards, calendars and more, among the U.S. population were also explored in the survey. This premium edition supplies companies with a complete look at survey results, saving them the time and expense of conducting their own survey. In addition to the basic report, this edition includes over data tables with a breakdown of the answers to each question cross-tabulated by demographic variables.
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Download: $99.00 As every year, in January 2008 PMA conducted a survey of consumers in the USA. The objective was to measure the spending and demand of U.S. families and consumers on various portrait services, such as spring and fall school portraits, portraits of children at sports events, wedding portraits and more. Demand for portrait in digital formats, as well as, portraits as means of personalizing greeting cards, calendars and more, among the U.S. population were also explored in the survey.
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Download: $299.00 E-BOOK
Results from our January 2008 U.S. national consumer survey of 4,550 households.
- Purchasing of New Cameras and Camcorders
- Digital Camera Ownership, Purchasing and Use
- Digital Image Printing, Storage
- Custom Items
- Memory Cards
- Photo-Quality Printers
- Cameraphones
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Download: $199.00 The premium edition of Consumer Imaging in Canada 2008 consists of the basic edition and a full set of data tables. The basic report includes digital camera ownership, digital images captured and printed, share by print method, camera phone ownership and usage, and film processing numbers for the twelve months ending in July 2008. The additional data consists of over 100 pages of cross tabulations of each response by key demographics including: region, gender, age, employment and language. The data tables are invaluable to a business wishing to conduct their own survey in Canada. These results save companies the time and expense of creating their own questionnaire and conducting research. The premium edition is the fastest and easiest way to obtain a comprehensive look at the imaging industry in Canada.
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Download: $99.00 In July 2008, PMA conducted a survey of consumers in Canada. The objective was to measure the progress in consumer adoption of digital cameras, camera phones and printing, as well as, digital storage methods, and demand for custom photo products and gifts. The report summarizes and discusses the survey’s main findings.
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Download: $249.00 In April 2008, PICA and PMA conducted a survey of consumers in Australia. The objective was to measure the progress in consumer adoption of digital cameras, camera phones and printing, as well as, digital storage methods, and demand for custom photo products and gifts. The report summarizes and discusses the survey's main findings.
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Download: $249.00 Includes more charts regarding DSLR sales, adoption of digital cameras, memory cards, digital frames, home photo printers and online prices for prints and custom products.
- A review of the major photo categories in 2007 and forecasts through 2010.
- U.S. digital photo spending is expected grow by 3.2 percent in 2008.
- After topping 2007 estimates, U.S. digital camera unit sales are expected to grow only
slightly in 2008. Revenues will be soft.
- Online ordering is the fastest growing photo print ordering method.
- Custom photo merchandise value expected at just less than $1.5 billion in 2008. Specifically... (list of charts)
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Download: $50.00 A review of the major photo categories in 2007 and forecasts for 2008.
- U.S. digital photo spending is expected grow by 3.2 percent in 2008.
- After topping 2007 estimates, U.S. digital camera unit sales are expected to grow only
slightly in 2008. Revenues will be soft.
- Online ordering is the fastest growing photo print ordering method.
- Custom photo merchandise value expected at just less than $1.5 billion in 2008. Specifically... (list of charts)
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Download: $249.00 The premium version of the 2008 PMA Photo Book Report includes the overview of the photo book market and the fact sheets as well as an in-depth photo book trends review, written by Future Image Inc. Senior Analyst Paul Worthington. The premium version of the 2008 PMA Photo Book Report is designed to provide a look into the state of the industry through the eyes of market leaders immersed in the photo book segment, adding the perspective of an industry analyst as well. Worthington's section details an inside look at trends, consumers, pricing, printing, software and other factors that make up the photo book market.
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Download: $99.00 The 2008 PMA Photo Book Report displays the results of The First DIMA Photo Book Showcase, held at the PMA 08 International Convention and Trade Show Jan. 31 through Feb. 3, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nev. This event is designed to allow attendees to compare various aspects of photo book production including user interface, templates and binding options, and overall quality. The four categories that were evaluated include Software, Covers & Paper, Binding, and Finished Books.
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Print: $162.97 Download: $49.00 *Paperback book* Everything you need to know to evaluate your photo kiosk strategy: the latest trends in the photo kiosk market, and more than 250 pages of photos, specifications, pricing information and screenshots, contacts and descriptions of each of the 28 kiosks that participated at the DIMA Photo Kiosk Shoot-Out, held at PMA 08. Price listed does not include shipping. Available to members at the discounted price of $99.00 (plus shipping).
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Disc: $99.00 *CD* Everything you need to know to evaluate your photo kiosk strategy: the latest trends in the photo kiosk market, and more than 250 pages of photos, specifications, pricing information and screenshots, contacts and descriptions of each of the 28 kiosks that participated at the DIMA Photo Kiosk Shoot-Out, held at PMA 08.
Price listed does not include shipping.
Available to members for the discounted rate of $19.95 (plus shipping)
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Download: $49.00 *Download* Everything you need to know to evaluate your photo kiosk strategy: the latest trends in the photo kiosk market, and more than 250 pages of photos, specifications, pricing information and screenshots, contacts and descriptions of each of the 28 kiosks that participated at the DIMA Photo Kiosk Shoot-Out, held at PMA 08.
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Download: $149.00 Mobile imaging is one of the major trends driving the future of imaging. It has become a huge phenomenon
for both the imaging and the mobile industries. This report is adapted from Tony Henning’s “State of the Mobile Imaging Industry” presentation at the 6Sight Future of Imaging Conference, Nov. 9, 2007, in Monterey, Calif. 6Sight 2008 will be Nov. 18-20, 2008, in Monterey, Calif. For more information, visit www.6Sight.com.
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Download: $75.00 The Future Image Report is a trusted resource in the photo-imaging industry for news, opinion, and analysis of new technology, opportunities or challenges. Inside this issue: • Social Networking Prompts Photo Sharing • Analyst
Alan Bullock discusses Infotrends’ latest findings. • Social Imaging and Camera Phones • dotPhoto co-founder Glenn Paul reveals what has worked and what hasn’t in mobile imaging. • Monetizing Amateur Images • Author and photographer Richard Weisgrau looks what distinguishes a professional shooter. • Imaging News • Inside Out - Bob McKay’s insider’s view.
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Download: $299.00 E-BOOK
Results from our January 2009 U.S. national consumer survey of 7,637 households.
Purchasing of New Cameras and Camcorders
Digital Camera Ownership, Purchasing and Use
Digital Image Printing, Storage
Custom Items
Memory Cards
Photo-Quality Printers
Cameraphones
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