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ISSUE NO. 899
NX300 - WINNER BEST ADVANCED CSC
NX300 - WINNER BEST ADVANCED CSC
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News The Big Interview Pixel speaks to Paul Zhu of Allcam innovative hardware, accessory and peripherals distributors who have recently acquired the Jeff Scowen Photographic business, for a true picture of how electronic and imaging add-ons are bringing additional margins to the high street (and how retirement is treating Jeff)!
Making the Case for Mobile Accessories According to GfK (www.gfk.com), mobile cases drove the mobile accessories market’s 3-5% year on year value growth, accounting for around 30% of sales. “Within this category, there is a price polarisation of sales, with both the sub £10 price point and £30+ price points growing year-on-year,” wrote GfK’s Hannah Frost. “The majority of this growth has come through the £30+ price point, which accounted for nearly 50% of all sales value in June 2013. The polarised growth in this market suggests that this category is widening its appeal.”
Wood You Believe it? Hasselblad have launched a new 20MP compact camera, the Stellar, which features a wooden-handle deisgn that contrasts with its up-tothe-minute imaging technology. The Stellar will be sold primarily through high-end retailers such as Harrods and comes with a Carl Zeiss VarioSonnar T* lens and 1.0-type Exmor CMOS imaging sensor.
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3rd July 2013
ChINa’S ChaiN reaCtioN Canon and apple amongst those affected by slowdown of the Chinese economy China’s manufacturing industry’s loss of momentum continued in July, leading to a weakening in the nation’s job market. As the world’s secondlargest economy, any dips in consumer spending power and confidence have knock-on effects worldwide, as China is now such a major importer of goods. China’s new leaders have announced plans to push the national economy further towards domestic consumption, and have said that gentler growth is to be expected in thus time although the have also stressed that the economy will not be allowed to slip too far during this restructuring. China’s economy grew 7.5 percent in AprilJune from a year earlier and is expected by some to fall below 7 percent later in the year.
The knock-on effects are already being felt around the world: despite the comparative weakness of the yen, growth in Japanese exports have slowed down. Japanese exports to China grew by 8.3 percent in May, but this growth slowed to 4.8 percent in June. In response Canon was amongst the companies with operations based in Japan to scale down its sales targets and annual profit forecast. “Chinese consumers tend to be very fond of cameras, especially high-end ones such as SLRs, but an economic slowdown has hit just as sales were recovering from last year,” Chief Financial Officer Toshizo Tanaka said in a recent earnings briefing. Similarly in the United States, Apple reported quarterly revenues from Greater China had dropped by 43 percent from the previous quarter - 14 percent year on year.
the £1200 Customer how much is the average enthusiastic photo consumer worth to your business? you might be surprised...
Enthusiast photographers spent an average of $1,824 - approx £1200 - on cameras, equipment and software in 2012, a 16% increase over 2011, according to PMA’s 2013 “Rise of the Amateur” report. The report was launched to keep track of the huge opportunity represented by enthusiast and advanced amateur photographers, their purchasing and activity, and the resulting growth in the imaging industry. As behaviours are so closely mirrored by buying habits, it’s interesting to note that the average time enthusiasts took pictures per week increased more than 9% in 2012 compared to 2011. Ownership of mirrorless system cameras increased almost 13% in 2012 compared to 2011, and in 2012, more respondents made income
from their photography compared to 2011. It’s also interesting for our trade to note that spending on photo services printing, photo books, photo cards, etc. declined in 2012, both in the U.S. and outside the U.S, but that the number of enthusiasts who took pictures with mobile phones daily or several times a week grew by 10%.
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