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SHOPFRONT: How to lift your average sale value

Impulse merchandising near photo kiosks or on the counter is a great prompt for customers.

Is your store maximising its sales potential? Lorraine Nicholson from First Retail looks at a key metric to help photo businesses lift volume and boost profitability.

Suppliers on the case for system cameras

Kata's D-Light Marvelx-20.

Kata and Lowepro cater for the mirrorless crowd.

Home photo printing on the slide around the world

Home printing of photos is on the decline everywhere according to a new research study.

JB Hi- Fi expands online service in challenging market

JB Hi-Fi CEO Terry Smart said sales of games, music and videos were down 9.1%.

JB Hi-Fi says its online sales have increased by more than 50% (but won't say what that amounts to in dollars).

Canon cuts prices on 95 products, reviews PR

Canon's EOS 550D has had a price cut of $500.

Canon's Jason McLean explains why the company has dropped prices on 95 products.

Lower GST-threshold rests with customs overhaul

FIA's Brad Kitschke says the Government should start now on a revamp at Customs.

While the Productivity Commission agrees that the current GST threshold is inequitable, someone first needs to sort out the paperwork at Customs.

Electrical stores keep their customers satisfied

The Good Guys are good guys according to the Roy Morgan survey.

Good news for The Good Guys in new customer satisfaction survey.

Ricoh's sign of the times relies on solar power

Ricoh's new solar-powered sign at North Sydney.

Ricoh sees the sunny side of outdoor advertising.

Australians among global online 'power shoppers'

Australians are big online shoppers by English-speaking standards.

Smartphones a real menace to camera society

New surveys highlight the multi-purpose strengths of smartphones.

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GPS upgrade for two LUMIX models

Panasonic Australia has announced updated firmware for its LUMIX DMC-TZ20 and DMC-FT3 models.