John Ryan bags 5-yr digital signage deal with global Top 20 bank December 2, 2011 by Dave Haynes With Europe and Spain in a bit of a financial pickle, it’s interesting and perhaps telling that a massive Spanish bank is going ahead with a digital screen network across its estate. Madrid-based BBVA, one of the Top 20 retail banks on the planet in terms of scale, has entered into a five-year agreement with …
ADFLOW Health announces massive 4,700-store network November 30, 2011 by Dave Haynes ADFLOW Health Networks has done a very nice deal with the Rite Aid retail pharmacy chain to put its biometric screening kiosks – branded as Personal Health Centers – in all US locations. The deal quickly turns ADFLOW’s network into the largest network of its kind, and represents what sounds like a very aggressive push into this sector. …
Cell phone consumer tracking at US malls shut down November 30, 2011 by Dave Haynes There was a substantial fuss stirred up last week with word that a couple of shopping malls in the US (the Promenade Temecula in Southern California and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, VA) were doing a little consumer intelligence using cellphone-tracking technology. That technology just established shopper patterns as people moved around the malls …
Saks lights up holidays with 3D projection map on NY flagship store November 29, 2011 by Dave Haynes I am in New York for part of next week and along with a couple of meetings, I hope to see a lot of ambitious holiday celebration stuff that starts with very big trees and includes some interesting digital work in windows and on the sides of buildings. One of the tour stops will be …
UK firm debuts Android-driven tablet for retail digital signage November 28, 2011 by Dave Haynes When the iPad was first announced, lotsa people started musing about how these sleek screens could be used in retail settings at the shelf edge and on counters. But the rather big caveat was that the things were not designed for steady public use and abuse. Even Apple has done some protective work and bolted …
Fashion retailer’s dressing room mirror adds firefighter surprise for women November 25, 2011 by Dave Haynes Stu Armstrong of ComQi posted a tweet this morning about a women’s apparel store in my neck of the woods that took an entirely different approach to the whole augmented reality-virtual dressing room mirror thing. Instead of letting women try on different virtual outfits, they try on real outfits and then go over to a …
Missed it by THAT much November 23, 2011 by Dave Haynes Display Daily has an insightful piece out today about the iconic Christmas windows at Macy’s on 34th Street in New York, and an attempt at introducing glasses-free 3D into the displays. As Maxwell Smart would often say, the people who pulled it together apparently “missed it by THAT much.” Macy’s put a 132-inch autostereoscopic 3D …
Guest Post: Measuring the Advantages of Retail Digital Signage November 9, 2011 by Rich Ventura Shipments of digital signage displays to the retail sector are expected to triple by 2013, according to market research firm iSuppli Corp. That’s encouraging news in an industry that faces an uncertain holiday buying season. Yet digital signage alone won’t transform a particular retail store or chain. A thoughtful approach must accompany any digital signage …
ADFLOW strikes retail marketing deal with subsidiary of CPG giant Acosta November 8, 2011 by Dave Haynes ADFLOW Health Networks has done what looks like a very nice little deal to have its personal health stations – blood pressure monitors gone digital – co-marketed by a marketing company with a very deep reach into US pharmacies and grocers. The strategic partnership is with FrontLine Marketing, which provides solutions for front-end, pharmacy, and …
Nike lights up 1,404-image interactive wall in Portland flagship store November 7, 2011 by Dave Haynes My Preset Group partner Pat Hellberg sent me a note, some pix and video from the new Nike Portland store, which has what looks to be a pretty slick and innovative interactive video wall. On the mezzanine level of the flagship store that JUST opened in the city’s downtown, at the top of the stairs, is …
