PhotoSì SpA is an Italian company based in Riccione, province of Rimini, specialising in photographic printing.[1]

PhotoSì SpA
Company typeJoint stock company
IndustryPhotographic printing
Founded1973
FounderBasilio Mainetti
HeadquartersRiccione,
Key people
  • Andrea Mainetti (CEO)
  • Alberto Cofrancesco (COO)
  • Catia Bronzetti (CFO)
  • Walter Montanari (COO)
Revenue€37 million (2021)
€719 thousand
Number of employees
170
Websitephotosi.com

Founded in 1973 as Suprem SRL,[2] the business was renamed PhotoSì SpA in 2006. It has more than 7,000 outlets across Italy,[3] and serves more than three million customers in Europe. PhotoSì delivers personalised products such as photobooks, calendars, and gadgets, as well as home décor products such as canvases, panels, and other wall prints.[4]

PhotoSì products are available in major Italian retailers, including Conad, Coop, Unieuro, Despar, Esselunga, and Carrefour. The company's partners include Vodafone, Fastweb, Enel, Pampers, Sephora, Narciso Rodriguez, Nivea, Nexi, Bauli, and Nestlé.[5]

History

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In 1973, Basilio Mainetti founded Suprem SRL, a B2B 24/7 analogue printing lab in Riccione catering for professional photographers who photographed summer tourists along the Romagna Riviera.[6] The 1980s-90s were the boom years for analogue photography. The company expanded domestically, opening plants in Mestre, near Venice, and Guidonia Montecelio, near Rome.[7][8]

In 2006, the company was rebranded as PhotoSì SpA with the current corporate structure. It began its conversion from analogue to digital printing.[9]

In 2007, the Album Epoca brand was trademarked by the company. It offers products and technologies designed for wedding photographers. The brand's main markets are Italy, the United States, Canada and Spain.[10][11]

PhotoSì's website launched in 2009. Three years later, its app was launched on Android and iOS in five languages.[12][13][14][15]

References

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  1. ^ "PhotoSì, 2015 chiuso con 23,9 milioni di fatturato. Al via campagna di comunicazione" [PhotoSì: 2015 closed with 23.9 million in turnover. Communication campaign underway.]. newsrimini.it (in Italian). 12 September 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  2. ^ Speziali, Andrea. Mario Mirko Vucetich (1898-1975): Architettura, scultura, pittura, disegno (in Italian). Silvana editoriale. ISBN 978-88-366-4682-1.
  3. ^ "Arredare con le fotografie". Casa & Design (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  4. ^ "The Best Online Photo Printing Service". The New York Times. 2020-11-04. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  5. ^ "Brand Experience, la nuova frontiera del co-marketing firmata PhotoSì | Engage". www.engage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  6. ^ Cavalli, Mauro (1998). Via Ceccarini Riccione: Dai primi del Novecento agli anni Quaranta (in Italian). Silver Books Edizioni.
  7. ^ Belli, Gemma; Capano, Francesca; Pascariello, Maria Ines (2018-11-06). La città, il viaggio, il turismo: Percezione, produzione e trasformazione (in Italian). FedOA - Federico II University Press. ISBN 978-88-99930-02-8.
  8. ^ di Laurea, Tesi. "La fotografia digitale: memoria e condivisione, un rapporto che cambia". Anno Accademico (2015/2016) – via Corso di Laurea magistrale (ordinamento ex D.M. 270/2004) in Economia e Gestione delle Arti e delle Attività Culturali.
  9. ^ Cesare, Francesca De (2020-11-25). "App Review: PhotoSì - Stampa le tue emozioni!". Mobile Marketing Italia. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  10. ^ "Stampa con noi il tuo fotoalbum | BeRaw Photography". www.berawstudio.com. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  11. ^ "Album matrimonio: rendilo unico e speciale - Art Foto". Art Foto - Un amore di reportage (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  12. ^ TG24, Sky. "5 app per ordinare la stampa di foto dallo smartphone". tg24.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ AppsFlyer. "PhotoSi: From mobile traffic to profitable app installs". AppsFlyer. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  14. ^ Italia, Mobile Marketing (2019-11-25). "Startup nel mobile: PhotoSì". Mobile Marketing Italia. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  15. ^ digital (2019-03-21). "Trends case history: copywriting and graphic design for PhotoSì". Menabò Group. Retrieved 2023-04-13.