On October 15, friends and members of the PMA met at The Digital Show in Melbourne. Thanks to the team at IDEA, we were given… Read more
Posts published in “Opinion”
The new photo industry, the new PMA, and Australia
Have we ever seen PMA executives with the priceless combination of passion, intellect and energy displayed by Georgia McCabe and Scott Brownstein? We need people… Read more
Editorial 302: Wonder Stuff
This will be our last newsletter prior to The Digital Show, so here’s a reminder that there will be a meeting at the show on… Read more
Long wait for GST fairness
John Swainston, who produced a 15-page submission for The Productivity Commission’s enquiry into the Low Value Threshold issue and backed that up with a public… Read more
IPIC: Al and Catherine’s excellent adventure
Alan Logue (Hutt St Photos) contributes his impressions of IPIC 2015 for PhotoCounter readers: We missed last year to my other travel commitments so we… Read more
Thoughts on a trade association…
It was back in March that PMA asked me (and presumably others in Australia) to contribute answers to the following questions: ‘What do you perceive… Read more
DIY the key in local photo retailing
Alan Logue, Hutt Street Photos, Adelaide, responds to last week’s lead story on store closures: I know the numbers of stores have dropped, and I’m… Read more
PMA in Australia
This past June, writes Paul Atkins, chairman, PMA Australia, Kate and I made our annual pilgrimage to Rochester for Kodak Alaris’ pro lab workshop. We… Read more
PMA ‘will remain international’
Georgia McCabe, CEO of the Photo Marketing Association, responds to John Swainston’s observations last week in PhotoCounter: First, I want to thank John Swainston for… Read more
Add to offering, take (calculated) risks
Here in the US, I have seen the same bad pattern of photo stores liquidating rather than being sold to new owners when the owner… Read more