Blacks camera stores across Canada closing Aug. 8

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Blacks, the longtime Canadian camera shop and film developing chain with the slogan "Blacks is photography," will close its stores across Canada in August.

Telus, which acquired Blacks in 2009, confirmed in a statement that all of the company's 59 outlets â€" most in Ontario â€" will be shut by Aug. 8.

Some 485 employees are affected by the closure, Telus said, noting it will try to find new jobs for those employees with Telus or its mobile service, Koodo.

"Technological innovations have changed the way Canadians take and share photographs, with fewer of us using retail photo outlets," Telus said in a statement.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/blacks-camera-stores-across-canada-closing-aug-8-1.3106137

[TheFugitive]

Not a shock as film photography is almost dead in North America.
Ritz Cameras here in the States met this fate several years ago.
Have to say I understand as my new cell phone takes pictures just as good
or better than even the most expensive cameras I've bought.

Film photography was my entry into retail.  I had a darkroom as a teenager.
David Weis Catalog Showroom hired me for their photo and electronics department
because I knew a lot about cameras.