Preset DSE Mixer – first details January 17, 2011 by Dave HaynesWe have settled on the core details for next month’s Preset Group DSE mixer in Las Vegas. It will be Feb. 22, at The Pub in the Monte Carlo hotel/casino/resort. It will run 6-9ish, and we’ll have room for about 250 people, up from 180 or so last year. New venue – Last year at …
Intel on its Connected Store (video) January 12, 2011 by Dave HaynesSpotted this video on Intel’s YouTube channel. It is built around the NRF show and shows how Intel, from its point of view, pretty much IS the eco-system of digital signage in retail. It’s a solid presentation about the many ways screen-based technology is and will be implemented in retail environments, but someone new to …
Intel shows off future digital retailing ideas at NRF January 10, 2011 by Dave HaynesIntel made some noise last year at NRF with its interactive station, and the chipmaker is going for it again at the retail trade show. Intel unveiled its Connected Store concept – a two-story, 2,400 sq. ft. retail storefront concept – with an assortment of whiz-bang technologies. Powered by 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processors, previous-generation …
Christie announces managed services for digital signage January 10, 2011 by Dave HaynesChristie Digital has a pile of resources and experience in place from the work it does supporting its projection business, and the company has decided to “sweat those assets” a little more by introducing an end-to-end digital signage management offer aimed at retail. The company has a presence at NRF this week in New York …
Acronym Alert: YCD and HP show RAMP at NRF January 10, 2011 by Dave HaynesYCD Multimedia is at NRF this week showing off some technology that at least suggests it auto-generates content to screens based on the integration with a partner’s POS back office system. “YCD’s solution will be changing the playing field for grocery and convenience store retailers. We are allowing retailers’ digital signage campaigns to be fully …
Wow: LG's 4 by 30 video wall at CES January 7, 2011 by Dave HaynesI was way too busy to go to CES this year, and it is such a crazy,exhausting show I kinda look for reasons why I can’t go. Hotel prices shoot up. Cabs are hard to get. There is sooo much walking. But, there’s always stuff you wish you could see in person, instead of reading …
Happy New Year and Best Wishes for 2011 December 31, 2010 by Dave HaynesMay all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions! – Joey Adams, comic Best wishes and have a fun, safe evening if you are out. See you on the other side in 2011.
Smart Network's Marketing Director Talking Results At NRF December 30, 2010 by Dave HaynesPete LaFond, the director of marketing for Walmart’s Smart Network, is slotted to do a 45-minute session on Jan. 10th at the National Retail Federation’s annual expo in New York. Retail Info Systems News says he will explain how in-store digital marketing delivers results for both the world’s largest retailer and major CPG manufacturers. He …
Preset Group's DSE 2011 Mixer In Works December 29, 2010 by Dave HaynesL-R: Jose Avalos (Intel), Denise MacDonell and Carre Dawson (Harris), and Pat Hellberg (Preset Group) Thanks to Adrian @ DailyDOOH for the kind words about the Preset Group’s inaugural DSE mixer in February. We thought it went off well and obviously others agree. Many people have been asking me about the DSE 2011, so I …
DSF lines up sponsors for pre-DSE golf touney December 27, 2010 by Dave HaynesSeatacDigital Resources and Saddle Ranch Productions have stepped up as title sponsors of the first Digital Signage Federation Annual Golf Tournament on February 21, 2011 in Lost Wages – the Monday of DSE week. “The DSF golf tournament is going to be an exciting event bringing together professionals in the digital signage industry for a day …