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PNI Digital Media

Logo: PNI Digital Media, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

US company that operates an on-demand photographic printing service based in Vancouver, founded in 19951

PNI Digital Media, Inc. is a company that operates an enterprise-class e-commerce platform which allows retailers to provide print-on-demand personalized products and services to their customers. Retailers who license the PNI platform use PNI's software to offer photo prints, photo gift merchandise, small business marketing products, document printing services and other print-on-demand merchandise.3 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1995Founded1
  • IndustryServices-Prepackaged Software1
  • HeadquartersVancouver1
  • Websitewww.pnimedia.com
  • Listed onToronto Stock Exchange1
  • Incorporated inBritish Columbia, Canada5
  • Business address590 ? 425 Carrall Street, Vancouver, A1 V6B 6E35

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PNI Digital Media, Inc. is a company that operates an enterprise-class e-commerce platform which allows retailers to provide print-on-demand personalized products and services to their customers. Retailers who license the PNI platform use PNI's software to offer photo prints, photo gift merchandise, small business marketing products, document printing services and other print-on-demand merchandise.3

What it owns

What PNI Digital Media reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, net5.1M CAD7 Sep 30, 20115.2M CAD7 Sep 30, 2010−1.7%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents3.9M CAD7 Sep 30, 20114.7M CAD7 Sep 30, 2010−16.1%

Intangibles and goodwill

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Goodwill576.8K CAD7 Sep 30, 2011658.9K CAD7 Sep 30, 2010−12.5%
Finite-lived intangibles, net680.4K CAD7 Sep 30, 20111.1M CAD7 Sep 30, 2010−39.0%

The story

PNI Digital Media was formerly known as PhotoChannel Networks Inc., and the name was officially changed in June 2009.

On July 11, 2014, the company was acquired by Staples, Inc. for $74 million.

Commencing July 14, 2015, the online photo centres for Walmart Canada, CVS, Costco, and Rite Aid, all operated by PNI, were investigating credit card fraud. After being down for several weeks, the photo sites began to be re-launched in September 2015, rebuilt with enhanced security measures.

From Wikipedia’s article on PNI Digital Media, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6

Products and brands

The company launched in Vancouver, B.C., in 2001, taking on Walmart Canada as their first major photo site client in 2002. From 2003 to 2007, the company also provided its software platform for photo sites for Costco Canada, Blacks, Chapters, Loblaws and others.

PNI later expanded into the U.S. marketplace by licensing its software platform to CVS Health (then CVS/pharmacy), Costco, and Sam’s Club, although these contracts were lost several years later.

As of February 2017, PNI licensed its software platform to retailers such as Staples, Staples Canada, Tesco, FedEx Office, and Quill. As of June 6, 2022, PNI licensed its software platform only to Staples US and had faced severe downsizing, with most offices worldwide being closed.

From Wikipedia’s article on PNI Digital Media, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6

Former names

  • PHOTOCHANNEL NETWORKS INCSep 26, 2000 to Aug 14, 20095

Timeline

  1. 1995Founded Founded1

SEC filer profile

How PNI Digital Media is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARPNI DIGITAL MEDIA INC2
  • CIK0001036642
  • Employer ID (EIN)94-32757112
  • Incorporated inBritish Columbia, Canada2
  • Fiscal year endsSeptember 302
  • Industry code (SIC)7372 Services-Prepackaged Software2
  • Business address590 ? 425 Carrall Street, Vancouver, A1 V6B 6E32
  • Phone604-893-89552
  • Shares outstanding34,010,958 as of Sep 30, 20117
  • On EDGAR sinceSep 20, 20002
  • Filings160 in all: 6-K (109), 20-F (13), SC 13G/A (8), UPLOAD (6), CORRESP (5), SC 13G (4), 20-F/A (2), 6-K/A (2)2
    All 18 form types

    CT ORDER (2), 15-12G (1), 425 (1), F-10 (1), F-10/A (1), F-X (1), REGDEX/A (1), SC 13D (1), SC 13D/A (1), SUPPL (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (20-F) Dec 10, 2013

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