After months of heightened attention about its growing problem with counterfeiters, Amazon has imposed a fee and new authentication requirements for certain brands in an apparent attempt to address the problem. Growing concerns over counterfeit products being sold on Amazon, along with criticism about the company’s move in recent years to invite Chinese manufacturers to
Samsung Electronics America, Inc. has added eight new models to its lineup of printers that support Amazon’s Dash Replenishment program. Samsung America launched its Dash offerings in February with four printer models (see “Samsung Integrates Amazon Dash Replenishment in Printers”). Earlier this month, we reported that Samsung expanded the program into Germany and the UK
HP is the world’s number-one printer and MFP vendor, but the firm’s dominance is primarily in the A4 segment. The company has long offered a smattering of A3 printers and MFPs, but these products have never been able to successfully penetrate the Business Technology Association (BTA) dealer/office-equipment dealer channel through which the bulk of A3
On Friday, September 9, rumors were swirling that HP would purchase Samsung’s printer and MFP business (see “Is HP Planning to Buy Samsung’s Printer Business?”). By early on Monday, September 12, both companies revealed that the rumor is true and HP Inc. has agreed to acquire Samsung Electronics’ printer business for approximately $1.05 billion. HP
It is a rumor that may have Canon’s top executives feeling some alarm. On September 9, Reuters reported that Samsung Electronics is considering selling its printer business to HP for about $1.8 billion. Reuters’ source was an article in the Seoul Economic Daily. Samsung reportedly would not comment on the story to Reuters. We reached
Five months after launching the program in the United States, Samsung has expanded its printers’ and MFPs’ support for the Amazon Dash Replenishment service into Germany and the UK. Amazon’s automatic re-ordering service allows certain connected printers and MFPs to re-order supplies such as toner cartridges when levels run low. This past February, Samsung announced
Law enforcement officials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) raided a villa in a residential neighborhood in the city of Ras Al Khaimah, seized counterfeit ink and toner cartridges, and arrested three people, according to the Gulf Times. The value of the confiscated product is said to be Dh35 million, which is a little more
In July, Chinese consumables supplier Ourway Image Co., Ltd. announced new replacement toner cartridges for Samsung’s Xpress C430 and C480 A4 color laser devices that were introduced into the United States earlier this year (see “Samsung Entry-Level Color Lasers Offer Mobile Printing Features, High CPP”). Ourway is a subsidiary of Kingway Image Co. and distributes
Earlier this year, Samsung Electronics announced the ProXpress C30 series of color laser printers and MFPs including the C3010ND, C3060ND, and C3060FR (see “Samsung Launches ProXpress C30 Series MFPs for SMBs”). Now, versions of these devices have made their way to the United States. On July 7, Samsung Electronics America announced two new color models
At the end of June, International Data Corporation (IDC) released some findings about the state of the hardcopy peripheral (printer and MFP) market in India in the first quarter of 2016. The research firm reported that shipments of hardcopy peripherals in India fell 2.2 percent sequentially in Q1 to 795,451 units. This follow a steep
