LED Walls Have Now Been Around Long Enough They’re Aging Out – Like This One At Toronto’s Yorkdale Mall October 26, 2023 by Super User It really doesn’t seem that long ago that LED video walls were just emerging on the market, but we’re already seeing projects with walls that are aging out – like this big set of flanking walls at the entry to the upscale Holt-Renfrew store in equally upscale Yorkdale Mall in Toronto. The original wall went …
VSBLTY Advances Deal To Acquire Grocer-Focused Retail Media Operator Shelf Nine October 25, 2023 by Super User Philly-based VSBLTY has progressed from an LOI to a definitive purchase agreement for retail media network operator Shelf Nine, which has some 4,500 screens running in US groceries. The deal is positioned as a merger and is built around shares, as opposed to a cash transaction. It also appears to get Shelf Nine clear of …
Gucci Uses LED Over Full Facade of Bangkok Airport Store October 23, 2023 by Super User It took some digging but I eventually sorted out that this is a Gucci store opened last year at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, with LED displays effectively being the wall finishings for the full exterior of the store inside the terminal. I’ve seen a few stores – usually in airports – using LED as part or …
Belgian Firm Uses Big LED To Help Customers Build And Visualize Their Dream Bathrooms October 17, 2023 by Super User We’ve seen display technology used to help consumers do everything from configure their ideal cars in digital showrooms to accessorizing outfits on interactive screens in fashion retail dressing rooms, but I don’t think I’ve seen a set-up built with the intent of helping homeowners come up with a visualize their dream bathrooms. The Belgian firm …
Chilean Bakery Uses Digital Split-Flap Displays For Full Five-Screen Menu Board October 16, 2023 by Super User Most of the flip-disc and split-flap installations I’ve seen – old-school mechanical or digital – have tended to be single screens that are used more for the visual novelty than as a functional communications tool – which was the main use for the original spinning and chattering status board displays at airports and rail stations. …
US Grocer Hy-Vee To Use Samsung’s VXT And Retail Ads Solution Across 10,000+ Screens October 12, 2023 by Super User Samsung has announced a big commercial win for its increasingly integrated digital signage solution, providing smart displays, CMS software AND in-store ad sales and placement for a roll-out of more than 10,000 screens in the US grocer chain Hy-Vee. Hy-Vee will use VXT CMS to manage a network of screens installed in aisles, deli, meat …
A Close Look At Transparent LED Foil In Retail, And A Broader Look At Digital In London’s Revitalized Battersea Development October 3, 2023 by Super User One of the work stops I wanted to make while in London recently was the revitalized and re-imagined Battersea Power Station, a huge decommissioned structure along the Thames and just up-river from the central part of the city. It is now a multi-purpose development – with the turbine hall turned into retail and food, and …
How A Dutch Firm Uses Digital Signage And Interactive Displays To Sell High-End Garage Doors September 11, 2023 by Super User We’re conditioned to seeing digital signage into bricks and mortar stores selling things like apparel, beauty products and vehicles, but here’s a digitally-integrated showroom for a company that sells garage doors. Different Doors sells high-end, custom garage doors and it built pro AV technology – like digital signs and interactive, triggered screens – into its …
Mvix Launches Dynamic Menu Board Update Solution, Tied to Dozen-Plus POS Platforms September 1, 2023 by Super User The DC-area digital signage solutions provider Mvix has launched a Menu Maker module for its software that automates menu board updating by integrating with data from more than a dozen restaurant and retail point of sale systems. Says Mvix in PR: Realizing the needs of clients who need live updates of their menus throughout the …
Retail Analytics Firm VSBLTY Evolves Digital Cooler Line; Has LOI To Buy Shelf Nine Grocery Screen Network August 30, 2023 by Super User The Philly retail analytics firm VSBLTY continues to operate in ways seemingly very different than competing firms that use AI and machine learning technology to measure and log consumer activity – growing out a transparent chiller display door product and acquiring a grocery-focused ad screen network. The company has been marketing transparent LCD cooler doors …
