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From: "Bill Owens"
Subject: Re: Wow, maybe film *is* dead!
At the Wal-Mart photo lab where I work, at least 70% of the film we
process is from one time use cameras. It's now to the point where close
to 50% of our prints come through the Fuji kiosk, and many of the orders
from it are in excess of 100 prints. To do these prints, we have to push
one button, and, when the prints come out of the printer, on Fuji crystal
archive paper, package and price them (.19 cents per print). I have been
surprised though at how few online orders we get since this service became
available in January.
Our online stuff is picking up, but it's being a bit slow to get going.
The online orders tend to be smaller.
I suspect that the online order penetration is going to be tied fairly
closely to high speed internet connection penetration in the market area
that lab is serving.
William Robb
