The ISLE LED Trade Show On Now In Shenzhen. Not There, But We Have Pix And Observations From The Floor March 1, 2024 by Super User One of the biggest LED display trade shows on the planet is on right now in Shenzhen, China, with north of 100,000 people exhibited to walk the floors of what’s called ISLE – short for International Signs & LED Exhibition. Here’s a Day 1 highlights video that provides a sense of what the event looks …
LA Developer Makes Big 90-Degree LED Billboard Key Architectural Feature Of New Commercial Block March 1, 2024 by Super User Commercial property owners in big markets are pretty regularly now scheming digital billboards into the building designs as revenue sources, particularly when the site has a lot of profile and traffic. That’s the certainly the case with a small but interesting development in LA that has a big 90-degree screen kind of jutting out at …
New JCDecaux-Funded Research Validates Airports As High-Impact Media Environments February 28, 2024 by Super User The French but global out of home media firm JCDecaux has released new research intended to validate airports as particularly strong and opportune advertising environments. The study, called First Class Advertising – The Enduring Magic of Airports, was carried out by the research firm Ipsos – providing what Decaux says is an updated perspective on air …
New Denver-area McDonald’s Doesn’t Even Have Digital Menu Boards, Just Self-Order Kiosks February 28, 2024 by Super User Here’s an interesting counter-argument to the idea that dynamic or even surge pricing increases the relevance and need for digital menu displays in QSR – a QSR giant that’s removed in-store menu displays, relying instead of self-service ordering kiosks. This is from Craig Keefner, who runs the Kiosk Manufacturer Association and writes all the time …
Whether Or Not Wendys Is Really Considering Surge Pricing, The Implications Are Good For QSR-Focused Digital Signage Tech February 28, 2024 by Super User I was re-animating myself with coffee this morning, and watching the news, when a report came on about how Wendy’s is planning to introduce surge pricing at its restaurants next year. I thought, “That’s a business decision that depends on digital signage.” But it turns out the term “surge pricing” never left the lips of …
Specialty PC Maker Seneca Shutting Down As Owner Arrow “Exits The Sale” Of Product Line February 27, 2024 by Super User The specialty computing firm Seneca is being shut down, almost 10 years after it was acquired by the huge Denver-area distributor and VAR Arrow Electronics. An Arrow VP sent around an email to customers Tuesday making them aware of the corporate decision to “exit the sale of Seneca-branded products.” Product will be available to buy …
Chinese Manufacturers Now Have Almost 3/4s Of Flat Panel Display Market: DSCC February 26, 2024 by Super User You have undoubtedly read or at least heard plenty of stories about how the display market shifted first from Japan to Korea, and more recently from Korea to China, and this new data from the analyst firm Display Supply Chain Consultants really backs that up. China’s share of the display glass market – LCDs and …
What Does The Walmart-VIZIO Deal Mean For Retail Digital Signage? Both Not Much And Maybe A Lot February 22, 2024 by Super User News of retail giant Walmart buying TV manufacturer VIZIO has promoted lots of discussion about what this means for in-store digital signage and retail media networks, and the answer is both not much and probably quite a lot. Walmart is buying VIZIO for $2.3 billion to get quick access to some 18 million active accounts …
MRI Now Producing LED Billboards In New Facility Outside Of Charlotte, NC February 22, 2024 by Super User The Toronto-area LED display manufacturer and services provider Media Resources Inc. (MRI) is really doubling down on the idea of controlling the supply chain and production by doing as much as possible in North America. The company already has an automated LED display module production line at its head office facility in suburban Oakville, which …
PPDS Plans Solutions And Tech Summit For April In Amsterdam February 20, 2024 by Super User It is tech expo and road show season, the gap in big trade show schedules that sees some of the larger display vendors and distribution companies doing their own events – fixed site expos and touring events. Sony did one in San Diego right after ISE and now PPDS, which markets Philips pro displays, has …
