Here’s A Chiller Fridge Media Solution That Does The Job But Doesn’t Bust Budgets July 12, 2023 by Dave Haynes Here’s a very different, and probably way less costly and involved demo of going at the idea of adding digital signage to chiller fridges. While companies like Cooler Screens have gone down the path of retrofitting the heavy, expensive and custom-sized chiller doors in high foot traffic retail (and run into a big problem), Fargo, …
Spectrio Acquires inReality, Adding AI-Driven Venue Analytics To Solution Stack July 11, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Tampa-based digital signage software and solutions firm Spectrio has added to its solution stack with the acquisition of inReality, an Atlanta-area company that does audience engagement and analytics. Disclaimer – Spectrio acquired and now publishes Sixteen:Nine. From the announcement: Spectrio, one of the nation’s leading providers of comprehensive digital signage systems, has broadened an …
Store In QSR Giant Chain Uses Printed Labels To Hide Out Of Stock Items On Digital Menu Screens July 11, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is just sad – a major QSR chain using printed labels that staff evidently use to indicate out-of-stock menu items on the digital menu display boards behind the order counter. We have all seen this sort of thing in places like food court malls – but the operators of those tend to be one-offs …
Tim Horton’s Adds Order Status Displays, LED Halo To Stores July 10, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Canadian coffee chain Tim Horton’s was an early adopter of digital menu displays, rolling them out across Canada and elsewhere long before many of its competitors. And it now appears to be making the welcomed addition of order status screens in busy stores. An industry friend sent me a photo of Timmy’s in Bancroft, …
Hollister’s Live Beach Scene Video Wall In Munich Still Active After 10 Years, And It Looks It! July 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes Just a shade more than 10 years ago, shoppers lined up outside a new Hollister store in central Munich to see the California-inspired apparel and marvel at the huge LCD video wall just inside the store glass, showing live video of the Pacific’s waves rolling in Huntington Beach. Ten years later, the screens are still …
Flagship NYC Tiffany Store – The One With Those Vast LED Faux Windows – Had Big Fire This Morning June 29, 2023 by Dave Haynes One of the most ambitious LED video walls in the U.S. may be off for a while after a fire this morning in the basement of the Tiffany & Co.’s newly-renovated flagship store in Midtown Manhattan. Or maybe not … The landmark Fifth Avenue store was just re-opened in April after a lengthy and expensive …
Younger Shoppers Prioritize Technology As Part Of Modern Retail Experiences: CRI Research June 29, 2023 by Dave Haynes Retail-focused solutions provider Creative Realities has pushed out the findings of research on the role technology plays in what consumers would consider a “modern” shopping experience, breaking it down by different industries and generational preferences. Not surprisingly, younger, digitally-native shoppers are driving a push away from the traditionally sought-after qualities of convenient location, clean and …
Vericast, Intel Partner On Context-Driven Retail Media Networks Solution June 27, 2023 by Dave Haynes The marketing solutions firm Vericast has partnered with Intel on what’s described as a new, programmatically-enabled digital in-store retail media network, having come out of a trial deployment in 50 c-stores. The solution pairs Vericast’s “intelligent targeting technology” and Intel’s Edge software platforms “to deliver contextually relevant advertising and product information throughout the shopping experience. …
Grocer Giant Albertson’s Publishes Framework For Establishing Needed Retail Media Network Standards June 26, 2023 by Dave Haynes US grocer Albertson’s has taken the interesting step of publishing a framework for establishing standards and best practices for the rapidly expanding area of retail media networks (RMNs), working from the premise that the lack of commonality across these omnichannel initiatives is a significant barrier to success. The grocer says RMNs are at a pivotal …
Retail Media Network Tech Firms Neptune, Quotient “Combine” In $430M Deal June 26, 2023 by Dave Haynes A couple of retail media network technology firms have “combined” – with NYC-based Neptune Retail Solutions reaching an agreement to acquire the Salt Lake City firm Quotient in an all-cash deal valued at about $430 million. Neptune has a pile of in-store solutions and services that range from stickers and tags on products at shelves …
