LifePics has teamed up with Ritzpix.com and Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) to offer U.S. military service men and women a discounted online photo service. The new service provides U.S. military personnel with a place to store and share their digital photos with friends and family around the world, as well as order photos through Ritz at a special discounted rate.
"Our mission is to provide retail services to Soldiers, Airmen, and their Families, and we are thrilled to launch this new online photo service from LifePics and Ritzpix.com," said Matt McCoy, manager of the Exchange Online Mall at AAFES. "Photos are such a personal way of sharing and communicating with friends and family, especially when your loved ones are on the other side of the world. Our troops deserve a fun and easy outlet to share and order photos, and now they have it."
AAFES members can access the new online photo service through the AAFES Exchange Mall. Once they create a free online photo account, military personnel can upload an unlimited amount of photos to store and share for free. They can also order prints, photo books, calendars, cards, and thousands of other creative photo products using the photos in their online account. Orders placed online are sent to a local Ritz store and can be picked up in-store – often in as little as one hour – or shipped anywhere around the world. Military personnel receive a 10% discount on all online photo orders through the new service.
"We are a nation at war in the midst of the worst economic crisis in decades, so it is our hope that we are able to provide a little relief for our troops through a convenient and fun online photo experience," said Vahe Christianian, Vice President of Sales and Business Development at LifePics. "These men and women do so much everyday to protect our country, and we are honored to offer our services to them."
Order Photos Through the AAFES Online Photo Service (via AAFES Exchange Mall)
LifePics is the market leader in providing retail photofinishers and professional photographers with the latest online imaging services and technologies to conduct business on the Web. More retailers and professional photographers use LifePics than any other Internet-enabled photo ordering solution. LifePics works closely with retailers to help build their online photo businesses, driving orders to retailers and professional photographers through a variety of outlets. LifePics is the most open solution on the Web; the service integrates with almost every photo printer and photo lab for in-house order fulfillment, and connects to many specialized wholesalers to offer creative and profitable products that retailers can use to complement their in-house offerings.
Put simply, LifePics is the key conduit in turning images into transactions by connecting billions of digital images captured by consumers to retailers, professional photographers, wholesalers, and other service providers.
Using LifePics' technology, photofinishers and professional photographers are able to accept orders from consumers via the Internet. Orders can be sent directly to stores for 1-hour service, or routed to major wholesalers, gift providers, photo book manufacturers, and an assortment of other service providers. The service allows consumers to order thousands of products, including prints, photo books, personalized greeting cards, photo calendars, enlargements, gifts like photo mugs and mouse pads, and much more. Consumers can also store as many photos as they’d like for free, and share photos with friends and family in a variety of ways.
LifePics' customers include a broad assortment of mass merchants, food and drug chains, local camera shops, and independent photofinishers. The LifePics service is available at more than 20,000 retail stores across North America, Australia, and Africa.
For more information, visit LifePics at www.LifePics.com.
The Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) brings a tradition of value, service, and support to its 11.5 million authorized customers at military installations in the United States, Europe, and in the Pacific.
For 114 years, AAFES has provided support to troops serving around the world. The AAFES mission is to provide quality merchandise and services of necessity and convenience to authorized customers at competitively low prices, and generate reasonable earnings to supplement appropriated funds for the support of Army and Air Force Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Programs. These contributions to the Soldier and Airman and their families make AAFES a major non-pay benefit to customers.
AAFES operates thousands of facilities worldwide; including more than 12,000 facilities in more than 35 countries and in all 50 states. These include 3,150 retail facilities of which 160 are main stores on Army, Air Force, and Marine installations around the world.
AAFES is in business to serve Soldiers, Airmen, and their Families around the world. Now in their second century of service, AAFES is dedicated to adding to the quality of life of our customers and serving as a partner with the Army, Air Force and the MWR community.
For more information, visit AAFES at http://www.aafes.com/pa/Default.asp.
Ritz Camera Centers, headquartered in Beltsville, MD, is the largest specialty camera and image chain in the United States with approximately 300 locations nationwide. The chain of stores includes Ritz Camera & Image, Wolf Camera & Image, Kits Camera & Image, and Inkley's Camera & Image. All stores feature Print Bars where customers can order digital prints and many other imaging products and pick them up in one hour. The Ritz Camera & Image website, www.ritzpix.com, offers customers these same imaging products in one hour with in-store pick-up or mail delivery.
For more information, visit www.Ritzpix.com.
