KODAK Gallery and Best Buy Team Up to Offer Customers New Ways to Enjoy Digital Pictures

April 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KODAK Gallery, one of the most popular online photo services with more than 50 million members, and Best Buy, the nation's leading specialty retailer of consumer electronics products, have announced that they have expanded their partnership to introduce new and easy ways for customers to do more with their digital photos.

On May 3, the two companies will launch Best Buy Photo Center, accessed at www.photocenter.bestbuy.com, where consumers can send their digital images for storing, sharing, printing and creating unique photo gifts such as personalized greeting cards, calendars, mugs and photo books. These items will be displayed in select Best Buy store locations across the country so that customers can see the merchandise first-hand and be inspired with ideas for being more creative with their own pictures. Best Buy sales associates will be trained to assist customers as they look for ways to get the most enjoyment from their digital cameras and captured images.

"Our presence in Best Buy stores offers shoppers a unique opportunity to see the range and quality of photo products that we offer for personalization and display," said Madhav Mehra, general manager, KODAK Gallery. "We share a common goal of making digital photography fun and easy, and the combination of Best Buy sales staff and our easy-to-use design tools will help our customers express themselves with their images."

"By working closely with Kodak Gallery, we are able to give our customers even more choices for how they share their memories with friends and relatives," said Kevin Winneroski, vice president of merchandising for Best Buy Digital Imaging. "Best Buy Photo Center brings the best of the web with our customized retail store experience to make storing, sharing and printing digital photos fun and easy."

The Best Buy Photo Center @ KODAK Gallery retail display will also feature pre-paid cards for product merchandise and services. They include a one-year subscription for Premier membership, which offers benefits such as; four unique kodakgallery.com/your name web addresses; unlimited high-resolution photo downloads; and the recently-introduced Picture Protection Plan. Information about Premier membership can be found at BestBuy.com following the site's launch.

More information about Kodak is available at www.kodak.com.

SOURCE Eastman Kodak Company