McDonald’s Ending AI-Driven, Drive-Thru Voice Ordering Trial With IBM June 19, 2024 by Super User While there is no end of buzz about AI and its ability to take over and optimize some human tasks, one of the world’s largest and most influential quick service restaurant chains is lapsing atrial it was running that used AI for automated order-taking in its drive-thru lanes. McDonald’s has told franchisees it is shutting …
Bluefin, Intel Collaborate On New Ocean Series That Adds ChromeOS Support For All-In-One Displays June 6, 2024 by Super User Atlanta-based Bluefin has broadened its range of supported operating systems for its built-in displays – launching a new Bluefin Ocean series that is a direct collaboration with Intel and allows them to run on Windows, Linux or Chrome OS. Bluefin already had an Intel/Windows solution through Seneca, but Arrow’s decision earlier this year to wind …
Google – InfoComm 2024 Digital Signage Industry Mixer Sponsor Profiles June 5, 2024 by Super User InfoComm is next week in Las Vegas, and Sixteen:Nine has partnered with Experience United Social Club to run what is a very sold-out networking event. This one is at a darts-themed bar called Flight Club, in the Palazzo complex. There will will be a little discussion about what was seen on the show floor, then networking …
How To Make In-Store Retail Media Responsive To Consumer Moments May 22, 2024 by Ron Levac Guest Post: Ron Levac, Spectrio The core idea of digital signage in retail is putting screens where shoppers go, and hoping the messages on them get noticed and influence purchasing decisions. But what if you could tune the messages to that moment when consumers notice, and respond to what they do? A new generation of …
Lowes Strips Down To One Security Camera Platform; Multi-tasks It To Also Do In-Store Audience Analytics May 7, 2024 by Super User Security camera deployments in retail don’t get a lot of attention here, but a post in the publication Chain Store Age got my interest because of the way DIY giant Lowes is multi-tasking its newly upgraded and harmonized network of in-store cameras – including using them for in-store analytics. Lowes already had security cameras all …
7-Eleven Japan Rolling Computer Vision-Informed Retail Media Network Across 500 Stores May 3, 2024 by Super User The Japanese wing of convenience store giant 7-Eleven is rolling out what looks and sounds like a retail media network in 500 locations around that country, placing a big emphasis on in-store analytics by using a Sony computer vision platform. The retail giant is using the edge AI-sensing platform AITRIOS developed and supported by Sony …
Design Huddle Curates, Integrates Key AI-Based Workflow Tools Into Its Graphic Design Software May 3, 2024 by Super User Visuals generated by artificial intelligence seemed like something that would be quickly adopted for use by digital signage companies, but most of the software and solutions people who’ve been showing or at least talking about AI tools have used them much more for back-end purposes – notably using it to do the more mundane aspects …
AI And The Other Technologies Helping Shape Experience In Auto Retailing April 25, 2024 by Robert Orndorff Guest Post: Robert Orndorff, Spectrio Customer experience, both pre and post sale, has always been at the heart of successful auto dealer operations, and steadily evolving display technologies are an increasingly big part of how those experiences are delivered and optimized. Screens in showrooms and waiting lounges are mainstays in most dealer environments, but emerging …
Glass Media Now Marketing KrowdSense Retail Analytics Tech Designed To Optimize In-Store Visual Merchandising April 12, 2024 by Super User Glass Media is now formally marketing a new retail analytics platform the Dallas company was previewing late last year at Digital Signage Experience. At last I think so … founder Daniel Black showed me a few things, and that was four months ago. KrowdSense is positioned as a wireless occupancy scanner that can measure shopper …
Acquire Digital Partnership Adds Real-Time Customer Ratings To Airport Wayfinding And Directory Displays April 5, 2024 by Super User Wayfinding and directory displays at big footprint airports have long been there to help travelers find their way to gates and to services like shops and restaurants, but a new technology partnership has added a new information means to boost both experience and non-airline revenues: real-time customer ratings. UK-based CMS software firm Acquire Digital has …
