Harry Reiter, president of Town and Country, today announced a strategic partnership with LifePics, Inc. to offer Town and Country members a comprehensive private branded imaging solution. Town & Country was started 30 years ago when two dealers, in an effort to help each other, exchanged ideas and merchandise. Today they are a group of 200 photo dealers, all independent, that have joined forces to buy collectively and share ideas and buying power.
Now, Town and Country members can capitalize on the significant number of digital camera users and consumers asking for digitization services. With the LifePics private branded online imaging solution, members will be able to offer fast, local, digital print fulfillment from the Internet. Customers can upload their digital photos into online albums for long-term storage. They can view their photos online, edit, share digital albums and order photos online for pick-up at the customers favorite Town and Country photo dealer.
"We are proud to recommend LifePics to our members," said Harry Reiter, president of Town and Country. "Online imaging services add significant value, offering new revenue sources while ensuring customer retention."
"We are pleased to expand our national fulfillment network by partnering with Town and Country. We feel confident that our service will offer a competitive advantage and will be a lucrative investment for their dealer members," commented Vahe Christianian, president and chief executive officer for LifePics.
The mission of LifePics is to become the leading provider of Internet digital photography infrastructure, e-commerce technology and intellectual property based on the company's proprietary LifePics architecture for online image storage, retrieval and fulfillment to retail partners in the imaging field. The company's business areas include integrated digital photography and web based applications and e-commerce software, as well as licensing of the LifePics architecture to its network of dealers. Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, LifePics is a privately held Delaware corporation. LifePics was founded in April 2000 by leading imaging industry visionaries. For additional information regarding LifePics, please visit our web site at www.LifePics.com.
Town and Country is a collective of independent photofinishers across the US that specializes in offering complete imaging resources to their members. Through their collective bargaining power, Town and Country provides significant savings to its members on photo related products including photographic paper, chemistry, film, albums, frames, lab supplies, cameras and equipment. Other resources include marketing tools, training support; educational content and members only trade shows. For more information about Town and Country, visit www.tcphotodn.com.
