2024: Ströer Achieves Record Revenues March 20, 2025March 6, 2025 by Florian Rotberg Ströer, the leader in Germany’s out-of-home market, reported strong results for the past financial year. Its core OoH business grew organically by 11.5%, while total revenue rose by 7% to EUR 2.05 billion. The main drivers of growth were DooH and pDooH, which increased by 34%. Future growth is expected from AI, software, and data, …
France: Framen Expands with New Coworking Screens March 6, 2025March 5, 2025 by invidis Redaktion The German DooH Start-up Framen is expanding its network in France with 100 new screens in 15 coworking spaces run by Wojo and Mama Works, reaching up to 3.5 million visitors annually.
Eiffel: Vertiseit with New Investor March 6, 2025March 1, 2025 by Florian Rotberg The digital signage group Vertiseit (which includes Grassfish, Dise, and Visual Art) is gaining a new investor, Eiffel Investment Group, alongside its existing Swedish investors. By issuing new shares through warrants, Vertiseit is raising nearly 7 million euros in new capital for further acquisitions.
Bütema: “Wedeko is an Ideal Addition” March 6, 2025March 1, 2025 by Florian Rotberg The German digital signage retail specialist Bütema acquired fellow digital signage provider Wedeko. A small but fine digital signage hidden champion with a focus on bakeries, QSR and municipalities. The transaction complements Bütema’s ongoing growth rate of 30+ percent annually. invidis talked to Bütema COO Lutz Hollmann-Raabe.
2024: Zetadisplay Grows by 19% March 6, 2025February 28, 2025 by Florian Rotberg The Swedish digital signage integrator Zetadisplay concludes 2024, a year marked by restructuring, with a 19 percent revenue growth. For the full year, Zetadisplay generated sales totaling 54.5 million euros, with 42 percent of that coming from recurring revenue.
Sharp/NEC: Leading in the Far North February 27, 2025February 23, 2025 by Florian Rotberg Reykjavik | The Icelandic language has 20 different words for snow and apparently only two for digital signage. After four days of meetings and site inspections in the capital region, Sharp/NEC’s dominance in Iceland’s small but notable digital signage market became apparent. Whether in offices or retail, nearly every second display is from Sharp/NEC. Here’s …
Flyover Iceland: More Than a 5D Cinema Experience February 24, 2025February 23, 2025 by Florian Rotberg Reykjavik | It takes some time to discover Iceland’s breathtaking landscape – after all the second largest country in Europe by area. For those on a stopover or dealing with bad weather, there is Flyover Iceland – a 5D cinema experience where viewers fly across the country in just 30 minutes. While sitting on movable …
Iceland: Naturally Cool February 24, 2025February 23, 2025 by Florian Rotberg Reykjavik | Choosing a sustainable data center is essential for every green signage strategy. Even in Europe, many data centers are still powered by fossil energy. Iceland has renewable energy sources (geothermal and hydroelectric) in abundance and benefits from its location and the AI-driven data center boom.
Gas Stations: Where Remote Device Management is Mandatory February 24, 2025February 22, 2025 by Florian Rotberg Reykjavik | Digital price displays are mandatory in most countries – especially at gas stations with frequently fluctuating prices. A typical case of business critical signage and remote device management. Hamburg-based digital signage specialist Accenta enables Icelandic gas station chains to operate safely with Kiosk IQ.
M&A: IM Vision Acquires Visual Art LED Business February 20, 2025February 20, 2025 by Florian Rotberg The Swedish LED specialist IM Vision is acquiring the Scandinavian LED business of Vertiseit Group’s subsidiary Visual Art. By divesting part of its hardware business, Vertiseit is refocusing on software and services following the Visual Art takeover. Meanwhile, IM Vision is expanding its LED business in event rentals and retail installations.