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SNIPPETS PROCESSING
FIRST MOBILE PHONE
PHOTOGRAPHY FUJIFILM TO DISCONTINUE
COURSE
Photography Made Simple QUICKLOAD FILMS
launches the UK’s fi rst ever mobile
MANUFACTURE TO CEASE IN APRIL 2010
phone photography course this
month with prices starting at £40
for a course. Fujifi lm Professional has “We remain fully committed popular formats.”
Class schedule includes practice announced that Fujifi lm Japan to the continued support of Fujifi lm has stocks of Quickload
sessions on composition, making is to cease its manufacture of photographers who appreciate Pro 160S, Provia 100F, Velvia
the most of natural light, using the Quickload fi lms in April 2010. the quality and fl exibility of real 100 and Velvia 50 in storage
fl ash, timing and focus. Fujifi lm’s Senior Product Manager fi lm but sadly this means slower and, depending on demand,
Phil Hibberd, co-founder of for Professional Film, Russ Gunn, selling fi lms have had to be there should be suffi cient
Photography Made Simple explained the move: sacrifi ced to enable us to continue quantities to last for another 12
said, “Kids have a real interest “It is with great sadness that to produce and market our more months.
in photography but can’t always we have taken the decision to
afford an expensive camera so we withdraw our Quickload range RETAIL
thought it would be a good idea.” from the market.”
“Unfortunately the volume of
SWAINS 75% SALE
WINTRY WEATHER OPENS
Quickload sales has dropped
Swains is running a sale, starting off to such an extent that
today (18 January), offering 75% they are simply not viable
CAMERA BUYERS’ WALLETS
off a huge selection of frames and products.”
CHRISTMAS CAMERA BUYER LIFTS VALUE SALES BY A FIFTH
albums. Brands in the sale include Gunn continued: “We need
Ashberry, Cambridge, Eversham, to consolidate our range of Christmas week sales (20th-26th – the opposite performance to
Hanna, Kingston, Valencia, and professional films in order to December) proved strong for some other key technology sectors -
many others. support our remaining lines.” the digital cameras sector, with mobile PC’s saw sales growth slow
sales of cameras racing ahead through December to being fl at in
of other key technology products. Christmas week, and LCD TV was
SELL THE BEST!
GfK’s leading weekly audit of down 18% in units on the same
retail sales across 4,500 outlets week in 2008.
recorded volume sales of digital Allied to this is the fact that retailers
SELL ENERGIZER!
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same week in 2008, with value like the same degree – the average
up a mammoth 19% on the same price of a fi xed lens camera fell by
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