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Fujifilm photo pickup at Walgreens
Nic Rossmüller : November 26th 2006 - 18:38 CET
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 Fujifilm Photo Pickup at Walgreens : Walgreen Co. has teamed with Fujifilm USA, Inc. to make in-store pickup of digital photos even more convenient. Consumers can now order photos for in-store pickup at more than 5,500 Walgreens locations nationwide utilizing Fujifilm’s “Get The Picture Online Service” network. Photos can be picked up at any Walgreens location starting at just 19 cents per print. More than 1,500 Walgreens stores are open 24 hours and offer this photo service around the clock. Fujifilm’s network of “Get the Picture Online Service” partners includes Cingular, ALLTEL, Sprint (Nextel) Photoshare Service, Sprint Picture Mail Service, MSN communities, Microsoft XP Online Print Wizard, Microsoft Digital Image Library.
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 Walgreen photo service pickup
By adding Walgreens to this network, customers of all these services will be able to print digital photos from their computer or mobile handset at any Walgreens store. “Digital photo customers across the country can get the convenience of in-store pickup at Walgreens, with the quality of prints associated with the Fujifilm name,” said Dean Jarrett, Walgreens divisional merchandise manager for new business technology. “For example, a child’s birthday party photos sent through one of Fujifilm’s partners from Chicago can be picked up the same day by the grandparents in Florida at their local Walgreens.”
Fujifilm photo pickup - Walgreen drugstore
“Consumers are embracing picture-taking, from both cameras and camera phones, as a part of their lifestyle and want convenient ways to create prints from these captured memories,” said Hiro Sakai, senior executive vice president and general manager for the Imaging Group of Fujifilm USA, Inc. “We are very pleased to include Walgreens as part of our growing network of partners that are committed to making digital photo printing simple for consumers.”
About Walgreen
Walgreen Co. is the nation’s largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2006 sales of $47.4 billion. The company operates 5,515 stores in 47 states and Puerto Rico, including 76 Happy Harry’s stores in Delaware and surrounding states. Walgreens also provides additional services to pharmacy patients and prescription drug and medical plans through Walgreens Health Services, its managed care division, which includes Walgreens Health Initiatives Inc., Walgreens Mail Service Inc., Walgreens Home Care Inc. and Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy.
About Fujifilm
Fujifilm brings continuous innovation and leading-edge products to a broad spectrum of industries including medical, life sciences, consumer electronic, chemical, graphic arts, information systems, photography and office products based on its vast portfolio of digital, optical, fine chemical and thin film coating technologies. The company provides products and services that contribute to the advancement of culture, science, technology and industry, as well as to improved health and environmental protection. It is the global leader in digital minilabs; Computed Radiography systems; ink dyes, pigments and UV inks for inkjet printers and materials used in the production of flat panel displays. It was ranked number 18 for U.S. patents granted in 2005, employs more than 75,000 people worldwide and in the year ended March 31, 2006, had global revenues of $22.8 billion.
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