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P U B L I C AT I O N S
R E TA I L E R N E W S S N I P P E T S
LUMIX SEEKS GREAT BRITAIN JESSOPS
THE CARAVAN GALLERY LAUNCH LATEST BOOK USING LUMIX G1
JOHN BRITTEN
TECHNOLOGY
TO OFFER
1931 - 2009
With sadness we report that John
Panasonic’s Lumix cameras have depends on where you stand.”
INTEREST-FREE
Britten passed away on 24
been used to capture 109 images Panasonic’s relationship with November 2009, after a long
for The Caravan Gallery’s latest Williams and Teasdale began illness. John Britten founded Tecno
book, Is Britain Great?. The with the purchase of the DMC-
CREDIT
and Fox Talbot camera shop
Caravan Gallery is a mobile FZ30 camera. The pair now use Jessops has launched its new online chains in 1971.
exhibition and visual arts project the latest generation Lumix DMC- consumer finance program. The new They were then sold to Jessops in
run by artists Jan Williams and G1 technology. program will enable Jessops online 1988. Britten died peacefully in
Chris Teasdale who are on a customers wishing to spend over £250 his sleep, at home.
mission to record the ordinary the ability to apply for between 6 to 12
and extraordinary details of life months interest-free credit.
in 21st century Britain. Looking Jesssops is currently the only UK HARMAN’S FINDS
at everything from concrete Photographic specialist to offer an THE STARS OF THE
buildings to religious works of online application for interest-free credit FUTURE
art, Williams and Teasdale are on its products. Harman Technology has
adamant that “what you see For Jessops online customers to qualify announced the winners of its
for the interest-free credit, they must Student Competition.
E V E N T S
make a purchase of between £250 and Open to UK photography
£799 for the 6 month offer, and over students, the competition asked
PMA 2010 (CON’T)
£800 for the 12 month offer. To access entrants to deliver their creation –
retailers stand out and thrive. The
this customers are required to complete from two key themes, ‘Interaction’
presentation will "educate retailers,
a short online application where they or ‘Today’ – with submissions
information and coming soon is the My sales reps, suppliers, photographers,
will receive an instant decision. made on the new Harman
PMA event-planning tool, which will and framers with insights and
Simon Joseph, head of e-commerce at Crystaljet RC inkjet paper.
help attendees create their event plan actionable ideas anyone in the
Jessops said: Students were in with a chance of
and exhibitor list. photo/imaging business can use to
“With online shopping now an integral winning a digital print workshop
Recently announced is expert retail grow and to prosper, even in a
part of people shopping behaviour with renowned photographer
strategist George Whalin as the Official recession."
offering an online application for Keith Moss, alongside £100 worth
Business Session Keynote speaker, on Whalin himself was a retailer for 25
interest-free credit made sense. of Harman Crystaljet RC inkjet
Feb 22. Whalin, author of the book, years before founding Retail
Whether it is offering the latest products products. Six runners-up won £50
“Retail Superstars: Inside the 25 Best Management Consultants. One
or best advice, Jessops is always worth of Harman CrystaljetRC
Independent Stores in America,” will highlight of his retail career was
looking for ways to improve the inkjet paper.
provide strategies, ideas, and business- managing the original Guitar Center
customer experience and this will do
building tools to help independent on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.
just that.”
FOUNDER OF
WIDGET UK:
MONTHLY
ENTREPRENEUR
OF THE YEAR
AWARD
NIGEL MCNAUGHT, UK DIRECTOR PMA,
Mark Needham of Widget UK
DELIVERS HIS MONTHLY COMMENT
Ltd has been named as the
Entrepreneur of the Year in
Give them a Reason
British Chambers of
Commerce Awards 2009,
In last month’s Pixel I talked about attracting customers by PMA TV contains videos of informative presentations made sponsored by Staples.
bringing the “fun” back to photography. But how can you do at PMA Conventions, acting as a valuable source of The company, which employs
that? What tools are available for you to use? educational material. 20 staff at its base in
Have you looked at the PMA web site recently? And there are videos for you to use in-store aimed at helping Stevenage spotted the sat nav
www.pmai.org If you haven’t then now is the time to check your customers to take better pictures. trend and became the first
out the latest offerings. The marketing tool kit contains a Looking further ahead for ongoing promotional ideas you company in the UK to
whole range of marketing materials, posters, leaflets, flyers can sign up to PMA + , giving you a programme of year- distribute Tom Tom products.
and email newsletters for you to use to promote your long promotional materials. In 2009 it became the UK
business. Innovative designs, complete ad campaigns, direct PMA is your association, here to help you to promote your distributor for the Flip Video
mail campaigns; pod casts with industry personalities talking business. The PMA marketing tool kit is your marketing tool range of handheld
about what worked for them and a library of royalty free kit. camcorders, now part of
photos for you to use. I hope you enjoy using it and that it brings rewards. Cisco.
Its customers include DSGi,
For more information telephone Nigel McNaught at PMA on
Amazon, Ebuyer, Comet and
Maplin as well as TV shopping
01438 840 367 or email nmcnaught@pmai.org
channels.
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