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The death of the one hour photo lab

Adam Tinworth

Adam Tinworth

04 May 2015 — 1 min read
The death of the one hour photo lab

Sometimes we in media think we’ve been hit hard by digital. Be profoundly glad you don’t run an independent one-hour photo shop:

The dying photolabs

No other business over the past 15 years has died off with the near-totality of the all-American photo shop. There are now just 190 left

Source: Twilight of One-Hour Photo, America’s Fastest-Fading Business – Bloomberg Business

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