Feb 14, 2012 | Uncategorized, VPG Innovation
The e-commerce world is abuzz with rumors about plans for Amazon to open a physical retail location. This goes against Amazon’s current business model, which has been successful since its first online book sold in 1995. Amazon originally started off as an online book...
Jan 13, 2012 | Uncategorized, VPG Innovation
If you didn’t receive our emails and you didn’t read our blog “Lights, Camera, Daguerreotypes!” you may not know that Vanguard Protex Global attended PMA@CES this year. In January 2012, the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) teamed up with the Consumer Electronics Show...
Dec 20, 2011 | Uncategorized, VPG Innovation
Where did the month of December go? Wasn’t it just Black Friday? Now it’s almost the New Year and we are fully immersed in the holiday season. Retail stores are packed with shoppers looking to pick up the last few items on their list. According to Robert Klara (staff...
Nov 30, 2011 | Uncategorized, VPG Innovation
Since 1924 the Photo Marketing Association International (PMA) has been the key trade association in promoting the importance of marketing photofinishing and retailing services. They have updated their identity over the past 87 years to include everything from...
Oct 28, 2011 | Uncategorized, VPG Innovation
When you think about the history of consumer electronics, names like Zenith, RCA, LG Electronics, Motorola, Apple, Vizio and Samsung immediately come to mind. In the not so distant past, four of those six companies were based in the United States. Up until the late...
Jul 14, 2011 | Uncategorized, VPG Innovation
As eReaders have gained tremendous popularity over the past few years, many library administrators have been inundated with a variety of e-book related requests from their patrons. People want answers to questions like: • Does the library rent or check out eReaders?...
