Kodak Picture Kiosks will allow Kmart customers to easily create personalised products such as photo books, greeting cards, canvas, calendars and traditional prints. Kmart has installed a Kodak Adaptive Picture Exchange (APEX) Dry Lab, up to 10 Kodak Picture Kiosks, the Kodak D4600 Duplex Photo Printer for instant double-sided photo products, and wide-format printers in each of their stores nationwide. With its expertise in and future vision for the Photo Category, Kodak Alaris was chosen by Kmart to help meet customer demand to print both in store via Kodak Alaris’ user friendly Kiosk interface and also from smartphones and tablets. The announcement follows an in-depth competitive assessment by Kmart to select the best partner to drive category transformation in its Photo Centres. By partnering with Kodak Alaris, customers will be able to print photos directly from their phones via Wi-Fi without the need for cables or wires through the Kodak Kiosk Connect App,” said Andrew Brewer, divisional merchandise manager of Kmart. “Currently, more than 20% of orders are coming directly from smartphones and we expect that to increase”. “Kmart is totally focused on making it convenient for customers to shop in our stores. “With more than 110,000 Kodak Picture Kiosks in retail stores worldwide, we’re on a mission to make it easy for consumers to enrich, share and relive their moments, their stories, and their lives. “We’re thrilled to partner with Kmart Australia to help grow photo services in new and innovative ways,” said Nicki Zongrone, president of Kodak Alaris Imaging - Consumer.

Kmart Australia and Kodak Alaris have announced a multi-year agreement that enables Kmart to offer a complete in-store photo shopping experience using the latest photo printing technologies from Kodak Alaris.

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