Kodak Alaris Extends Longstanding Relationship with Bartell Drugs

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Kodak Alaris announces that it has renewed a multi-year agreement with Bartell Drugs, the oldest, family-run drug store chain in the nation. The agreement enables Bartell's to provide consumers with a complete photo shopping experience, and designates Kodak Alaris as Bartell's exclusive partner within the photo category for all retail and online printing solutions.

Founded in 1890, Bartell Drugs owns and operates 62 stores in the Seattle, WA area. The drug store chain began working with Eastman Kodak Company 99 years ago when the two companies were newly starting out, and now continues on with the new Kodak Alaris, founded in September of 2013. Bartell's provides its customers with access to more than 200 KODAK Picture Kiosks, giving consumers the convenience and ease to create personalized photo products in minutes.

"Bartell Drugs is a valued partner of our business and we're very pleased to extend our relationship with them as together, we offer consumers the highest quality products and services," said Dennis Olbrich, president of Kodak Alaris' Personalized Imaging business. "We thank Bartell's for their longstanding partnership and are excited to help them grow their photo services business in new and innovative ways."

With the extension of the relationship, Kodak Alaris and Bartell Drugs will continue to make photo products more convenient to access and simpler to create for Seattle area residents. For example, the recently introduced My KODAK MOMENTS App enables consumers to easily access and print from their mobile devices. KODAK quality prints, photo books and greeting cards can be ordered directly from their smartphones and picked up the same day at Bartell Drugs.

"We invest in photo innovation products from Kodak Alaris because our customers value the ease and convenience of services provided," said Howie Cohen, category manager for Bartell Drugs. "Kodak Alaris is a significant partner and through our relationship we have become the go-to destination for consumer photo printing needs in the Seattle area."

About Kodak Alaris' Personalized Imaging Business
This business combines a unique heritage, expertise and ongoing innovation to market high-quality imaging products and services online, in store and on mobile devices. Kodak Alaris' Personalized Imaging business consists of Retail Systems Solutions, the world leader in retail photo kiosks and dry lab systems, offering retailers a competitive advantage in the photo services market; Paper & Output Systems, offering photo specialty retailers, professional and wholesale labs, and photographers the broadest portfolio of traditional photographic paper and workflow solutions; Film Capture, offering consumers and professionals an award-winning range of still-camera film products; and Event Imaging Solutions, providing digital souvenir photography services and solutions at theme parks, iconic destinations, resorts and other markets worldwide.

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