(June 2025) Photo books are one of the most popular photo merchandise products among US consumers, but can be time consuming and difficult to create and order. This report takes a closer look at photo book buying barriers over the last three years of US Photo Merchandise Surveys. It also highlights the reasons why a photo book project was stopped, and non-buyers were asked what would make them more interested in buying photo books.
(May 2025) The 2025 US Photo Printing Study provides the results of an extensive online survey of 1,289 US consumers that focuses on printing habits and behaviors for traditional photo prints. The study provides an in-depth analysis of retail, online, and home printing methods, as well as use and attitudes toward AI. Non-printers were also asked about why they choose not to print and what could be done to make prints more attractive.
(April 2025) The photo merchandise market in the US is a mature market , but will still bring in steady business over the next few years. According to Rise Above Research’s new 2025 US Photo Merchandise Forecast, sales of cards, books, calendars, and wall/tabletop décor are expected to generate $2.9 billion in 2024 and increase to just under $3.2 billion by 2029.
(February 2025) Rise Above Research expects that the number of photos taken and stored will increase in 2025 and continue to rise at a steady linear rate through 2029, with smartphones accounting for most of those photos. This will lead to a 6% increase in photos taken this year to around 1.9 trillion photos worldwide.
(February 2025) In this analysis, photo merchandise prices from leading vendors in the market are compared. The companies include online vendors and major retailers who have physical and online stores. This report tracks the prices of five popular paper-based photo merchandise products that are sold in the US market, including photo books, cards and calendars in popular sizes.
(February 2025) This analysis tracks photo print prices for 4″ x 6″, 5″ x 7″, and 8″ x 10″ prints to provide a comparison among leading retail and online print vendors. It also gives an update on print promotions from each of the vendors covered.