Samsung, Chevron Testing AI-Driven Virtual Advisor For Buying Wine … At A C-Store??? January 22, 2024 by Dave Haynes Buying wine at a convenience store strikes me as the kind of thing semi-desperate, had-a-bad-day people do when regular options like grocery or liquor stores are unavailable, or not on the way. C-stores aren’t really the sort of place where the buying decisions are gratefully shaped by the recommendations of a sommelier. But that’s kinda …
Proto Launches RetailSage, Pairing Hologram-ish Displays With Conversational AI January 18, 2024 by Dave Haynes The company that originated (as far as I can tell) the idea of using transparent LCD displays as life-sized hologram-ish visual illusions has now worked conversational AI into its expanding product offer. LA-based Proto, known in its earlier days as Portl, was at NRF in New York earlier this week and announced what it calls …
ISE 2024 Sixteen:Nine ISE Mixer Sponsor Profile – Ergonomic Solutions On How And Why It’s A World Leader In Advanced Technology Mounting Solutions January 18, 2024 by Dave Haynes Integrated Systems Europe is coming on very quickly, and Sixteen:Nine is again doing a Barcelona version of the networking mixers it has been doing since forever. The sold out event happens because of eight great sponsors who help cover the considerable costs of the evening, including tapas and an open bar. I like to thank …
PPDS Launches Free Content Creation And Scheduling App For Its B-Line “Business TVs” January 17, 2024 by Dave Haynes PPDS has added entry-level, on-premise CMS capabilities to update and manage content on its Philips B-Line series of 4K Business TVs – enabling users to create and schedule content off of a new and free app called PPDS Publisher. The B-Line series – available in 43 to 75-inch variants – involves 16/7-rated consumer TVs that …
Missed This: Perch Was Acquired By Raydiant Back In Sept. 2022 January 12, 2024 by Dave Haynes Old news, but not to me – the San Francisco software and solutions firm Raydiant acquired Perch back in September 2022. I missed that, but had been wondering recently what had become of NYC-based Perch, which was early in the game packaging up interesting lift and learn merchandising solutions using sensors, overhead projection and displays. …
Visplay, Videri Collaborate On Visual Merchandising System That Snaps Screens Into Electrified Slat Wall January 12, 2024 by Dave Haynes There are companies like Instore Screen and Bluefin manufacturing custom displays that work with the physical set-up of store fixtures, but I don’t recall seeing a set-up that works larger displays into a retail-focused slat wall. That’s one of the modular options that a German visual merchandising company, Visplay, is marketing with a product called …
Big Electronic Shelf Label Vendor SES-imagotag Rebrands As VusionGroup Ahead Of NRF January 12, 2024 by Dave Haynes One of the better-known names in the electronic shelf labels market will have to do some work on building back awareness after announcing a re-brand, with SES-imagotag changing its handle to VusionGroup. The new brand rolls the ESL side of the French company’s business in with a broader solution called Vusion. From PR: SES-imagotag will …
Cybersecurity Firm Deploys Some 150 Sony Pro Displays For Multiple Uses Across Global Offices January 5, 2024 by Dave Haynes Here’s an example of a company heavily adopting display technology across its workplaces, and standardizing on a manufacturer for everything from control room video walls to menu displays in the break areas. The cybersecurity company ReliaQuest has offices in Tampa, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Dublin, London and Pune, India, and has recently deployed roughly …
Hologram-ish Santa Offers Gift Ideas To Holiday Travelers At A Toronto Airport January 4, 2024 by Dave Haynes I’ve not seen a lot of real-world retail uses for those big transparent LCD shower stall-like displays marketed as holograms, but here’s an interesting pop-up example of one used during the Christmas season in the T3 terminal of Toronto’s main airport. Retail operator Paradies Lagardère – which has a big footprint in airports, hotels and …
McDonald’s In Barcelona Adapts Queue Management-Style Window Screens To Enforce Order For Scooter Delivery Pickups January 3, 2024 by Dave Haynes I was intrigued two or three years ago to learn about a QSR operation – I forget which one – that was using digital signage displays in the back-0f-house food prep area to let staff know the anticipated arrival time of delivery vehicles that were tied to GPS and apps, notably Uber Eats. Now that …
