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Welcome to IPIPhoto.com!
WHAT is Independent Photo Imagers (IPI)?
IPI is North America’s largest buying group/trade association composed of independent businesses operating in both the image capture (photography) and the image archiving (printing of all kinds and preserving) industries.
As a community of over 650 members owning and operating over 875 locations in all 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Mexico, Canada, and Australia, IPI is THE Network for independent businesses in terms of providing its members with purchasing and expense management, cyber and face-to-face meeting, and educational opportunities.
Founded in 1982 in Southern California and spreading today around the globe, IPI is well recognized in the photo industries and many allied industries as being a leader in innovation and execution of a wide range of programs and initiatives for the benefit of its members and consumers.
IPI members have a unique mix of goods and services they provide to consumers, businesses, and government entities. All goods and services sold fit under the two large umbrellas of image capture and image archiving. IPI members are:
- Providers of digital consumer, commercial and professional photo finishing
- Providers of large format and fine art printing
- Providers of consumer and commercial printing
- Providers of portrait and on location and event photography services including sports, school, dance, church, reunions, wedding and other events
- Retailers of camera and other photo-related goods and services
- Providers of photo gifting, framing, creative archiving, and memory display services and products
- Providers of photo restoration, image scanning, image storage and long term image archiving solutions and services
The future for IPI and its members looks very positive. With the rapid advancement of technology in all business today, IPI members as nimble, independent business units along with guidance provided by IPI, enjoy the benefits that are derived from the early adoption of that technology. IPI members continue to exceed their customers’ expectations with regard to providing goods and services that are state of the art and industry leading.
If you are seeking goods and services in today’s image capturing space or image archiving space, you need to look no further than to your locally owned and operated IPI member and the vast resources available through affiliation with IPI.
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