Costco has announced that it will be closing the Photo Centers in all its locations by February 14, 2021. The announcement was made known to Costco Photo Center patrons via email early this morning.
In March of 2019, Costco announced that it was closing some of its in-store photo departments, citing plummeting print sales and […]. petapixel.com
American wholesale retailer Costco informed customers in an email sent earlier today that it will be closing all remaining photo centers inside of its U. S. and Canadian warehouses by February 14, 2021. dpreview.com »
2021-01-13 22:07
I received a letter from Costco that the location I frequent for my 8 pounds of ground beef and jumbo bottle of vodka is closing their photo department. Why? Because in spite of more pictures being taken now than in any time in the history of photography, people are simply not printing their snapshots and, […] petapixel.com »
2019-03-04 20:56
American retailer Costco is shutting down the photo labs in a growing number of its stores, according to letters the company has sent to its customers. The most recent letter to surface comes from the company's store in Woodland, California, which plans to close its photo department on April 25. dpreview.com »
2019-03-03 01:21
Costco’s wholesale warehouse stores used to be an ultra-affordable place to get film developed, as it charged less than $2 a roll while competitors often charged several times as much. But film processing started disappearing from Costco locations a few years ago (to the dismay of many). Now the entire in-store photo departments may be […] petapixel.com »
2019-03-01 20:11
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