The Pixi Photo group was put into administration yesterday. They operated photography and printing services in major retailers across the country. The administrator said that the use of digital devices for sharing photos had hurt revenue.
Connect this story with the downturn in ink sales reported by ink retailers and the decline in copy paper sales and you get a sense of the shift to digital content being shared in that form more rather than hard copy.
Often here I write about the disruption to print media from digital platforms. We are seeing an equal level of disruption to other print related activities such as printed photos and printed documents.
Newsagents need to take these trends into account in their business planning.