CRI, Reflect Merger Now Official; Blended Firm Now CRI And Run By Mills February 18, 2022 by Dave Haynes News of a merger between Creative Realities and Reflect Systems tracks back to Nov. 2021, but it has taken until now for the deal to get through various hurdles and close. The blended companies will now operate as Creative Realities, or CRI for short. Rick Mills is now CEO of the combined, Louisville-based organization, while …
CMS Firm Raydiant Closes $30M In New Funding For Key Hires And More M&A February 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes San Francisco-based CMS software shop Raydiant is making investment moves that set it apart from the many, many, many small digital signage platform developers competing in a hyper-crowded space – taking on $30 million in new funding that will be used for new hires and more acquisitions. The company has announced “a $30 million Series B funding …
DOOH-Focused AI Computer Vision Start-up Alfi Adds CMS Partner Amidst Legal Issues February 14, 2022 by Dave Haynes I’d put this in the category of rabbit-holes one can sometimes end up down when looking into something – in this case an AI computer vision startup serving DOOH companies that has found itself in a post-IPO class-action lawsuit. I was doing a never-heard-of-them look into a company called Alfi because a press release out …
Real-Time Virtual Smog Visualizes Air Quality On Warsaw Billboard February 10, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Polish digital OOH media firm Screen Network has an interest and knack for blending its campaigns with real-time data from systems and sensors, and has now done that for an information campaign about air quality running on one of its primary LED display locations in central Warsaw. The in-house campaign was built around the …
Wing Stop Rolls Out Smart Digital Menu Displays Across Growing UK Footprint February 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes It now seems odd to see a QSR chain that is NOT using digital menu boards and other displays in their stores and in drive-thrus, but a deployment of screens across the UK estate of a wings and fries chain is interesting on a couple of counts. Wingstop UK (managed by Lemon Pepper Holdings ltd) …
Louisville’s Bus Routes Add GPS-Updated Rider Kiosks February 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes The LA-area digital signage solutions provider Red Dot Digital Media has an interesting technical case study out on a project done with Silicon Valley media player shop BrightSign for the Transit Authority of River City (TARC), a major public transportation provider in Louisville, KY. The project saw a network of digital kiosks located at each …
Locating Graves Made Easy By Putting Digital Wayfinding Kiosks In A Norwegian Cemetery February 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to Peter Ødemark for pointing me to this … There will be people who will utter the old “Now I’ve seen everything” phrase when they read about a Norwegian cemetery using interactive digital wayfinding screens, but I think it is clever way to address a tangible and very familiar problem. A Norwegian firm located …
SF Startup Starts Marketing Its Own Take On Flip-Disc/Split-Flap Displays February 3, 2022 by Dave Haynes I don’t know if the modern takes on old-school flip-disc or split-flap sign technology would qualify as digital signage, but I’ve always liked the kinetic, noisy nature of signs that have madly spinning characters that eventually lock in and present a message – whether that’s revised train arrival times at a rail hall or drink …
New Walmart Store Design Builds In Interactive Merchandising Displays January 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes The biggest physical retailer in the world has designed digital displays into its newest take on a store look and feel, with flat panel displays and contextual, triggered messaging part of large form merchandising displays. The tech-centric publication Fast Company got a preview from Walmart of the store design it is testing and tweaking – …
StratosMedia Adds QR Code Tracking, Management To Digital Signage CMS January 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes The lowly QR code – for many years seemingly more the subject of discussion than use – got a huge boost from the pandemic, with those more detailed bar codes popping up as a means to relay information and links during times of steady change, and also enable touch-free interactions. That jump is usage happened …
