Navarro Discount Pharmacies today announced that it has entered the online photofinishing
business by using the LifePics online solution for retail photofinishers. Navarro
will use the LifePics system to allow consumers to order from home and pick up the
prints that same day at any of Navarro's twenty stores. The prints will be produced
on-site using state-of-the-art Noritsu and Fuji photofinishing labs. LifePics' LabCenter
software will drive and automate the fulfillment process at every location. Consumers
will also be able to order holiday cards, photo gifts, magazine covers, and a variety
of other products online facilitated by LifePics multiple wholesale marketplace
offerings.
"Ordering from home and picking up at the store has become a large component
of the photofinishing market so it was critical for us to have the best solution
available," stated Gabe Navarro, Vice President of Navarro Discount Pharmacies.
"The LifePics platform supports our goal of driving online orders from home
into the stores where we can print them on the highest quality photofinishing labs
available. Because we have a mix of different photofinishing equipment, we really
needed LifePics' open platform."
"Navarro has a great presence in the Miami area," said Vahe Christianian.
"They are a very technologically sophisticated company, and we are thrilled
to help them grow their online photofinishing business."
LifePics is the market leader in online imaging solutions for photofinishers and
professional photographers. Using LifePics' technology, photofinishers and professional
photographers are able to accept orders from consumers via the Internet and send
those orders directly to a photofinishing lab that is most convenient to the consumer.
More retailers use LifePics than any other online imaging solution. LifePics' customers
range from mass merchants and large food and drug chains to local camera shops and
independent photofinishers. These retailers offer the service at more than 3,500
stores across the U.S. and Canada. LifePics works closely with these retailers to
help them build their online photo businesses.
LifePics is an open solution that works with a variety of photo software providers
and photo web sites. In addition, the service supports a number of different print
options - orders can be sent directly to stores for 1-hour service or routed to
major wholesalers, gift providers, photo book manufacturers or a variety of other
printers.
For more information, visit LifePics at www.lifepics.com.
Navarro holds 17 percent market share in South Florida with its 19 stores in Miami-Dade and one in Broward County, ranging from 9,000 to 32,000 square-foot stores, with 1,300 employees and annual sales in the $220 million, making Navarro the most profitable performer on a sales per square foot basis than any other drug chain in recent years. The company is still expanding, with plans to open additional stores each year.
