Raydiant Partners With AI-Driven Photo Edit Firm On Virtual Try-on Solution For Fashion Retail January 6, 2023 by Super User The San Francisco-based “digital display experience platform” provider Raydiant has done an interesting tie-up with a London, UK company that offers a virtual clothing try-on solution, extending the capability from online into physical fashion retail stores. The core capability of Zyler is allowing shoppers to see themselves in any outfit, without having to physically try …
Growth In Retail Media Networks Tops 2023 Forecast By Foot Traffic Analytics Firm December 30, 2022 by Super User The Silicon Valley-based foot traffic analytics firm Placer.ai has produced an interesting white paper looking at 2023 retail trends, putting at the top of its list expected growth in retail media networks. Retail media networks, long a staple of the digital world, are becoming an increasingly important part of the brick-and-mortar environment – and the …
Slick Solution Uses AI, Sensors, Projection To Boost Order Pickups At Korean Starbucks Cafes December 21, 2022 by Super User The customer experience kind of falls apart at busier quick service restaurants when guests order their coffees or whatever, and then stand back and wait for someone to holler out their name or order number when their goodies are ready for pickup. I was passing through Boston Logan recently and there had to be 40 …
That Santa Elevator Ride Is At A Boston Mall (Not in NJ), And It Was Created By A Montreal Creative Studio December 19, 2022 by Super User The post I put up about a week ago about a digital Santa Claus display at a U.S. shopping mall has generated a lot of page views, but also a lot of confusion about the location of the exhibit and how it works. After many comments and emails, I finally have some clarity about where …
Retail Store Tour’s 2023 Retail Trends: Social Media-Inspired Shops And More December 16, 2022 by Super User Retail Store Tours, a NY company that does customized walkabouts focused on retail innovation, is doing a press-only 2023 Retail Trends event next month just ahead of the big NRF 2023 retail trade show and conference in New York. Not going to NRF this time around, but I thought the trends the company will be …
Mall Uses Displays, Creative To Create Virtual Elevator Ride For Kids To See Santa December 12, 2022 by Super User Hat Tip to Jay Leedy at Sony for pointing out … And a note … it’s not clear this is running this year. It might be be news from a few years ago, as a reader suggests in the comments. Whatever the case, the application is interesting and well done. AND … it may not …
New K-Pop Fan Mecca In Seoul Has Predictably Manic AV, Including Transparent OLED Floor December 5, 2022 by Super User It stands to reason that a store in central Seoul that’s focused on K-Pop groups and their fans was going to be more manic than minimalist, so there are all kinds of screens at the flagship store of Kwangya. The store was opened by SM Entertainment, which manages and promotes several big K-Pop acts, both …
The Largest MicroLED Display In Latin America Lights Up, But It Probably Doesn’t Look Like What’s In The PR November 29, 2022 by Super User This is either very cheeky or just lazy – press about a big LED video wall installation that probably isn’t as big as the supplied photos from Samsung suggest. I came across news that a shopping mall in Bogota, Colombia had lit up what is billed as the largest Micro LED screen in Latin America, …
Shake Shack Adding Self-Service Kiosks Across Full Chain; Introducing More Drive-Thru Displays November 7, 2022 by Super User Hat Tip to Kiosk Manufacturing Association’s blog for spotting this … The U.S. burger chain Shake Shack is making big investments in digital to deal with shifting consumer expectations and the challenges of hiring and keeping staff. QSR Magazine has a detailed story up about how the chain is investing in self-service kiosks across its …
Creative Realities Gets $2M Loan To Speed Up Software Development Tuned To Automaker And Dealers November 4, 2022 by Super UserDigital signage solutions firm Creative Realities, Inc. has tweaked its deal with a main lender to secure a $2 million term loan it says will be used to speed up an “active software development project” expected to spin out as much as $5 million in annuals revenues within a couple of years. That timeline would …
