McKinsey Opening Test Lab Store In Mall Of America September 26, 2019 by Super User The huge management consultant firm McKinsey & Company is opening a retail test lab store tomorrow that’s designed to try out and analyze different technologies touted to transform shopping experiences. The store – called Modern Retail Collective – opens Friday at the vast Mall of America, in suburban Minneapolis. McKinsey says this differs from other …
And Now We Have Nonsense Research On “Procurement Market Intelligence” September 26, 2019 by Super User Following the search term “digital signage” on Google Alerts means getting a daily email with headlines and links to endless forecasts from Indian research factories about the state and prospects for the industry. I ignore them because they’re almost all nonsense – data borrowed or dreamed up by analysts who the next day will be …
DSCC Research Shows Asian Panel-Makers Had Tough Couple Of Quarters September 23, 2019 by Super User Research firm DSCC’s Quarterly Display Supply Chain Financial Health Report suggests the major display panel makers in China, Korea and Taiwan are in the midst of a rough patch, with nine of the 13 panel makers tracked having year to year revenue declines. The industry tracking also suggests many of the companies recorded losses in the …
Research: Menu Board Testing Shows Differences Images And Motion Make On Sales September 16, 2019 by Super User Atlanta-based High Street Collective has now released the results of a first round of testing at a local store that doubles as a “Living Retail Lab” for digital initiatives. The owner of Citizen Supply, located inside Atlanta’s Ponce City Market, built a bar and lounge inside his store in early 2019 and called it Likewise, …
New Research Suggests Projector Market Booming September 13, 2019 by Super User I don’t follow the projector market very carefully, but have assumed that business is, at best, poking along because of the increasing large scale of LCD displays and the rise of super fine-pitch LED. But new research suggests the front projector market is doing just fine, thank you very much. PMA Research’s latest quarterly report …
Digital Leading Best OOH Media Growth In US In 12 Years August 22, 2019 by Super User New Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) numbers suggest OOH ad revenues in the U.S. went up 7.7 percent in the second quarter of 2019 compared to the previous year, accounting for $2.69 billion in media spend. Year-to-date, the OAAA says the OOH industry is up 7 percent, and quarterly growth is as …
Narrow Pitch LED Video Wall Market Grew By 33% In 2018; US Tariffs Have China’s Manufacturers Looking Elsewhere August 21, 2019 by Super User The global LED video wall market is booming, according to new research, but the predominantly Chinese manufacturers are pivoting to open up new markets as the Trump government continues to apply (or threaten to apply) new tariffs. The global market hit revenues of $5.7 billion last year, with year-on-year double digit growth expected out to …
Controlled Retail Tests Show 800%+ Sales Bump Using Triggered Digital Signage Messaging August 20, 2019 by Super User Digital signage end-users in hyper-competitive sectors like retail and quick service restaurants have always tended to keep their cards really close to their chest when it comes to talking about the actual impact of digital signage networks. Why would they want to share results that inform and guide competitors? There’s also the problem of all …
Display Market Analysts Expect 10% Cost Bump If Trump’s China Tariffs Kick In Sept. 1 August 7, 2019 by Super User The analyst firm DSCC, which focuses on the supply chain for the display industry, is suggesting the trade tariffs US President Trump will be imposing Sept. 1 on China could raise end-user costs by 10% across the range of electronics products coming out of that country. But it also suggests over-supply in the industry might …
NanoLumens’ Joe’ Lloyd On How Integrators View The LCD vs LED Video Wall Decision July 31, 2019 by Super User I sometimes get white papers and research that a vendor hopes I report on or talk about, and then decide against it because the information is hopelessly skewed in favor of that vendor. It’s a bit like those recipe pamphlets that suggest you don’t just add a cup of this, it has to be specifically …
