Polaroid to Shutter Photo Site
Polaroid Corp. is pulling out of the online photo
processing market less than a year after entering it, the company confirmed. The
instant photo pioneer launched PolaroidPics.com, a Web site where customers
could order prints of digital photos, in early February, long after many other
companies had established similar sites.
Polaroid sent e-mail notices to members yesterday
announcing its service would be shut down on Sept. 30.
"Online
photo processing is a crowded, competitive category with very thin margins,"
Polaroid spokesman Skip Colcord said yesterday. "We decided to focus our
resources in other areas where the potential for profitability is greater,
primarily in instant film."
In the
notice, Polaroid said any pending photo orders would be shipped as promised. It
will accept final photo orders through Sept. 12.
Customers
can retrieve any images stored on the site until Sept.
29.
Source: MetroWest Daily
News
Posted: Fri - September 9, 2005 at 10:28 AM