COS Apparel Stores Boosting Shopper Experience With Smart Mirrors July 20, 2022 by Dave Haynes Retailer H&M is testing smart mirror technology in US COS stores (a sub-brand for apparel) as a way of driving the shopper experience. The mirrors are interactive LCDs that can recognize products brought into a room via RFID and allow customers to request different items (like same blouse, smaller size or different color) and have …
Increasing Use Of MiniLED For TVs Has Spinoff Effect For Fine Pitch LED Video Walls: Research July 20, 2022 by Dave Haynes The research firm Omdia says the increasing use of miniLED backlights in higher quality consumer TVs is having the spinoff effect on the commercial LED display business – driving the production of increasingly fine pixel pitches for video walls. The TV industry has been increasingly using miniLEDs for backlighting in LCD TVs because that technology …
Austria’s C SEED Takes Its Folding Screens Inside, Touting $190K LED TV As Residential Bling July 18, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Austrian company that has marketed for a few years now big displays that unfold by the infinity pools, patios and yacht decks of the super-rich now has a variation on that aimed for inside the home, using microLED. The C SEED N1, says the company, lives in your room as a minimalistic piece of …
Nutrislice Expands Messaging To Include Digital Food ESLs In Non-Commercial Dining Venues July 18, 2022 by Dave Haynes Denver-based Nutrislice continues to broaden its offer well beyond its school menu and nutrition display roots, with the latest option in its food services technologies a spin on e-paper electronic shelf labels (ESLs) aimed at relaying important food item information at serving lines and food stations, on shelf displays, and even in coolers. Called Spotlight, …
Orlando’s New Terminal C Will Open With Nearly 900 Screens July 15, 2022 by Dave Haynes The new Terminal C at Orlando’s airport will open in a few weeks with 874 connected displays put in place to inform and guide travelers. The airport authority engaged Synect Media, which is based in Orlando and is largely focused on airports, to develop and activate what the company calls its Passenger360 approach to communications. …
US Grocer Giant Kroger Makes Big Commitment To EV Charging Stations July 13, 2022 by Dave Haynes America’s largest grocery retailer, Kroger, is making a big commitment to electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, working with several companies to add new infrastructure in store parking lots across the U.S. This is interesting in the context of digital signage and Digital Out Of Home advertising because at least some of the companies with charging …
Finnish Interactive Display Firm MultiTaction Bankrupt, Prompting Re-Org Move In US, Bundled Solutions From Competitors July 11, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Finnish firm MultiTaction, known for slick multitouch display hardware and software, has gone under, compelling an evidently separate US wing of the company to says it will buy the assets and do a re-organization. Multitaction Americas Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire the assets of the group, it says, and will …
LA Startup Toli 360 Marketing Interactive Try-On Mirror Displays … For Home Use July 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes A small LA start-up called Toli 360 is marketing interactive full length bedroom mirrors as AI-driven shopping malls that would allow consumers to source and try on clothing at home – borrowing on what has mostly been a concept in retail for the last few years. While there have indeed been flagship stores and stores-of-the-future …
Touchscreens Represent Biggest Slice Of $18B Revenue Pie In Digital Signage July 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes The biggest revenue generator in the digital signage hardware side of Pro AV right now is, surprising to me at least, the interactive/touchscreen market, according to new research from the research firm Omdia. 2022 industry revenues are forecast to hit $18B, and Omdia suggests more than a third of that revenue went to investments in …
LED On Film Getting Tighter And Brighter July 5, 2022 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to industry vet Alan Brawn, who noted this transparent LED tech on Linkedin … As he said in sharing this, transparent LED on glass is getting steadily tighter and generally better. A Chinese firm, Shenzhen MVX Device, has started marketing Muxwave transparent LED displays that can have pixel pitches as tight as 4mm …
