December 5, 2013

1 Hour Photo Announces Holiday Sales Growth

Huntington Beach, CA – 1HourPhoto.com, the photo-printing and gifting site, reports triple-digit sales increase during the Thanksgiving shopping weekend. Top sellers were photo greeting cards and canvas prints of all sizes.

“Consumers are responding to 1 Hour Photo’s combination of high-quality, convenience and value in greater numbers,” says Fred H. Lerner, CEO and founder. “This only inspires us to bring more great deals to photo enthusiasts and snap shooters everywhere.”

Ordering from the convenience of your home computer, iPad or iPhone, 1 Hour Photo offers quick and easy ways to use your photos . For more on offers for photo books, calendars, photo cards, photo canvases, and more.

The new 1 Hour Photo app lets users order prints up to 8×10 from their photo albums on their device, on Facebook or on Instagram for home delivery. 1 Hour Photo also makes it easy to create photo prints for convenient same-day pick up at many fine retail locations. For more information, visit 1HourPhoto.com

About 1 Hour Photo

1HourPhoto.com is the pre-eminent site for preserving photo memories as photo books, prints, cards, enlargements and other products. Everyone now has a camera in their pocket with priceless memories. 1 Hour Photo’s passion is to make it easy to upload, share and print your photos.

1 Hour Photo is seamlessly integrated to print your or your friends’ 240 billion-plus Facebook and Instagram photos…and photos from any device, computer or phone.

Fred H. Lerner is the founder and CEO and is Fred’s latest startup. He previously founded Ritz Interactive which included RitzCamera.com, WolfCamera.com and others. Fred also founded two imaging companies which was acquired by Kodak and became the CEO of Kodak Processing Labs. He is a Hall of Fame recipient at the United Nations’ International Photographic Council and Past President of the Photo Marketing Association International. Peter Tahmin, joined as co-founder and COO, 1HourPhoto.com, and was former vice president, Ritz Camera and Image, and SVP and COO of Ritz Interactive. The 1 Hour Photo board of advisors includes Oscar B. (Bud) Marx III, chairman of Amerigon (NASDAQ: ARGN) and is the former President & General Manager, Ford of Mexico and CFO of Ford, Europe; William A. Roskin, board member of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO) and is the former Executive Vice President of Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB); Ted McGrath former President of Fujifilm, USA and General Manager of Kodak’s Consumer Imaging Division; James Joaquin, former president and CEO of Ofoto, leading that company from its start through the successful acquisition by Kodak; and Gary Pageau, of InfoCircle and former Publisher, Content Development and Strategic Initiatives at Photo Marketing Association International (PMAI).