Coffee chain gets major sales bump from simple screens at cash September 23, 2008 by Dave Haynes I was just blabbering away at a poor client, stuck in a room with me, about how this stuff actually works when it is done well.I wandered back to my desk at head office (up in Montreal for a coupla days), and saw this on Google Reader.When you order a morning coffee at a café owned by …
Titan is also rolling out digital bus screens in NYC September 23, 2008 by Dave HaynesHi Dave, There was a news item the other day here in New York announcing Titan’s Digital “Bus King” LEDs as well. Lou Giacalone, SVP at Titan was a speaker at Strategy Institute’s Brand Activation Summit a few weeks ago and spoke about the roll-out. The LED panels are 30″ x 140 inches, uses cellular …
Chicago trying out screens on buses, platforms September 23, 2008 by Dave HaynesThe Chicago Tribune is reporting that city’s transit authority is working outdoor giant Titan to install digital advertising panels on the sides of some buses and eventually along the rail service.The Chicago Transit Authority will test the durability and power consumption of the digital display board on a bus operating along the No. 124 Navy …
I second that… September 22, 2008 by Dave HaynesWas there for about an hour before leaving- what was shocking was the promotion behind NEXT YEAR’S event in DC. Think they may want to reconsider the plan…
Stratacache announces fund targeting struggling start-ups September 19, 2008 by Dave HaynesI have heard a few times lately that some software deals are getting done with companies at least in part by the vendor effectively buying into the company to win the deal.I think that just happened to me, actually, with a happy client nonetheless changing dance partners.So it was interesting to read on aka that …
Raji Kalra hitting the road September 19, 2008 by Dave HaynesA lot of people in the industry will know Raji Kalra from his days with Artisan, and earlier on through his efforts to pull together a DS industry sales rep house.He is leaving Artisan in a week, step one in a transition that will see him go to England to take over his father’s business. …
C-store network generating average lift of 26 per cent September 19, 2008 by Dave HaynesNote – client of my mastersNew England-based Digital Promo Network is one of not enough companies that does proper research and, more to the point, shares it around to help advance the industry as a whole.DPN just released some new research that paints a very encouraging picture of what happens when screen networks are established …
DSE East September 19, 2008 by Dave HaynesGreat picture, which could have been taken hours earlier. Is someone going to address the persistent rumor that this show was organized under pressure from Scala in order to boost attendance at their own user group meeting? DSE East was an unnecessary and expensive travesty. At best, a show of greed and arrogance by Exponation. …
DSE Day 1 Recap September 17, 2008 by Dave HaynesDay 1 of the show was actually not too bad.I know more than a few people who were thinking maybe they needed to bring a beach book with them to kill time. In fact, it was reasonably busy – my own impression being I was doing more yakking than I was at InfoComm.There were many …
