Curbside And In-Store Pickup Waning In Popularity With US Shoppers August 5, 2022 by Super User One of the predictions as the pandemic wore on was that consumers who used Buy Online Pickup In Store services out of necessity were being permanently conditioned and converted to that shopping style, which would prompt a lot of retailers to rethink how they designed and ran stores. Turns out that these services are not …
Best Buy Shrinks Big Box To 15% In New Digital-First Concept Store July 26, 2022 by Super User A new reduced-size Best Buy store concept opens its doors today on the outskirts of Charlotte, NC that uses a lot of digital to counteract how the footprint is just 15% of a regular Best Buy electronics location. The store in Monroe, NC is about 5,000 sq. ft., smaller even than a lot of Apple …
Florida Start-Up Uses Self-Service Screens, AI To Automate Cocktail Orders At Sports Venues July 25, 2022 by Super User Vending machines have grown increasingly diverse in what they can offer and the technology used for promotions and transaction, but I don’t think I’ve seen a unit until now that makes cocktails and uses AI to register and screen customers. A Jacksonville, FL start-up called TendedBar has a kiosk unit that has drink vending stations …
LED Mainstreamed: Spanish Shopping Mall Uses Displays In Kids’ Playzone, Toilets July 25, 2022 by Super User In another clear sign that LED displays are now mainstreamed technology, they’re being used in a shopping mall in northern Spain as washroom enhancements and a multimedia topper for a kids’ play zone. The Valle Real shopping center in the Camargo area of north coastal Spain has gone through a big 10M EU+ facelift of …
On-Demand, Custom Greeting Card Kiosks Launched In UK July 22, 2022 by Super User A UK bricks and mortar greeting cards retailer has paired up with Fujifilm to launch standalone kiosks that can spit out near-instant custom cards, wherever the ATM-like units are located. The Scribbler-branded kiosks are network connected to handle transactions, manage uptime and also get updates of new card designs. The units will hold more 1,000 …
Australian Retail Giant Woolworths Expands In-House Digital OOH Business Via $150M Cash Buy Of Shopper Media July 22, 2022 by Super User Digital OOH networks of all different stripes have been trying for 20-plus years now to find a successful model for working with big retailers, so it’s an interesting twist when a big retailer buys a DOOH network to then roll into its own media operations. That’s the story behind the Australian wing of supermarket giant …
COS Apparel Stores Boosting Shopper Experience With Smart Mirrors July 20, 2022 by Super User Retailer H&M is testing smart mirror technology in US COS stores (a sub-brand for apparel) as a way of driving the shopper experience. The mirrors are interactive LCDs that can recognize products brought into a room via RFID and allow customers to request different items (like same blouse, smaller size or different color) and have …
UK Retailer Debenhams Gets Back Into Bricks And Mortar With LED-Filled Beauty Store July 18, 2022 by Super User U.K. department store operator Debenhams, having closed all its stores after more than 200 years on high streets, re-entered bricks and mortar retailing with a digital-filled concept store in Manchester late last year. Called Debenhams Beauty, the store covers two floors in a Manchester shopping mall – using LED displays on bulkheads and above fixtures …
LA Startup Toli 360 Marketing Interactive Try-On Mirror Displays … For Home Use July 6, 2022 by Super User A small LA start-up called Toli 360 is marketing interactive full length bedroom mirrors as AI-driven shopping malls that would allow consumers to source and try on clothing at home – borrowing on what has mostly been a concept in retail for the last few years. While there have indeed been flagship stores and stores-of-the-future …
Newish Vegas Strip Attraction Uses Big Projections, Digital Signage To Drive FlyOver Experience July 5, 2022 by Super User A new theme park-style attraction on the Las Vegas Strip makes heavy use of large format projection to drive the experience in pre-show areas and on a big theatre-style, curved screen. FlyOver Las Vegas opened last fall – taking ticket-buyers on a simulated aerial journey in front of a screen, their legs dangling from suspended …
