Dubai Mall: The Globe’s Most Visited Place is a Mall June 5, 2024June 4, 2024 by Florian Rotberg In 2023, Dubai Mall has become the globe’s most visited place with more than 105 million visitors. The world’s second largest mall is now set to become even larger with 240 new luxury stores. Dubai also announced a new drive-through mall for EV cars only and a new mega skyscraper.
M&A: Stratacache Acquires German Scala Partner June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Stratacache is investing in Europe’s largest digital signage market by acquiring Scala partner Master Point AG. The Cologne POS and digital signage expert is a long-standing Scala partner and develops, installs and maintains POS concepts primarily in retail. Stratacache plans further acquisitions in Germany.
Zetadisplay: Almost Every 2nd Euro Recurring June 4, 2024June 3, 2024 by Florian Rotberg The Swedish digital signage integrator Zetadisplay increased revenues by 6.4% to 11.1 million euros in the first quarter of 2024. With a SaaS share of 47.8%, Zetadisplay generated almost every second euro with software licenses and services. Since autumn 2023, the new management has been restructuring the company while acquiring integrators in UK and Austria.
Stephen Joseph Succeeds Tim Bleakley: Ocean Outdoor Appoints New Group CEO June 3, 2024 by Balthasar Mayer European DooH network owner Ocean Outdoor announced a leadership change: Stephen Joseph, currently the COO and CFO, will become the Group CEO on January 1, 2025. He will succeed Tim Bleakley, who will become the Chairman of the Board. Ocean stated that this transition is part of a long-planned CEO succession process.
M&A: AVI-SPL Expands into Europe and Latin America June 2, 2024June 1, 2024 by Florian Rotberg One of the global top 3 ProAV and digital signage integrators is getting even bigger: AVI-SPL announced the acquisition of ICAP Global, one of the market leaders in Latin America and Spain. Even though ICAP is more active in the classic ProAV integration and distribution business than in the digital signage market, the takeover shows …
APG|SGA: NZZ Invests into Swiss Out-of-Home May 31, 2024May 30, 2024 by Florian Rotberg The booming out-of-home media remains a very attractive investment sector for publishing groups – the renowned NZZ newspaper group acquires a 25% stake in the Swiss OoH market leader APG. NZZ is acquiring the shares from APG major shareholders JC Decaux and Pargesa, who are subsequently reducing their shares.
Retail Media: Walmart to Share Performance Data with Advertisers April 19, 2024 by Antonia Hamberger Walmart takes one step further in expanding its retail media offering: the world’s largest retailer connects its advertising platform, Walmart Connect, with its latest performance reporting system, previously accessible only to suppliers.
LED Hardware: Vanguard LED Comes to Europe August 22, 2024April 12, 2024 by Balthasar Mayer Vanguard LED Displays wants to gain a foothold in Europe with a newly opened branch in Barcelona. European Managing Director Christopher Backhaus wants to consolidate the US manufacturer’s presence with well-known ProAV experts.
UK: Zetadisplay Acquires Beyond Digital Solutions June 3, 2025April 9, 2024 by Balthasar Mayer The M&A machine in the European digital signage industry is slowly gaining momentum again: Zetadisplay strengthens its presence in the UK and acquires integrator Beyond Digital Solutions.
Infocomm 2024: Avixa Brings Back Enterprise IT Program March 27, 2024 by invidis Redaktion Infocomm 2024 is set to highlight the latest advancements in enterprise IT alongside its regular program. The organizer Avixa will feature an Enterprise IT program focusing on topics like AVoIP, IoT, and network design across two days of the event.
