MoodMedia Bulks Up In-Store Media Footprint In Acquiring Competitor PlayNetwork September 22, 2021 by Super User Mood Media has acquired longtime competitor PlayNetwork from its owner Octave Group, bulking up Mood’s overall footprint for in-store media solutions like digital signage and streaming ambient music. Terms of the deal were not disclosed in the announcement. Mood says it reaches more than 150 million consumers each day via some 500,000 subscriber locations in …
New Reflect Retail Study Reveals Big Appetite In US For Bringing Online Shopping Features To Physical Stores September 22, 2021 by Super User The Dallas CMS software firm Reflect has pushed out the executive summary of findings generated from a recent survey of 1,600 Americans on their preferences for shopping and the role of technology coming out of this pandemic. The national study – called In-Store Shopping: Hiccups & Hangups of 2021 – showed a significant thirst for …
BroadSign Forms Consortium To Chase In-Retail Software And Ad Opportunities September 21, 2021 by Super User Something of a consortium of familiar vendors and service providers in the digital signage sector have linked up to go after the retail market with a model that could include monetization through third-party and endemic advertising. Broadsign has announced what it calls a “joint effort” with visual solutions company Gable, managed network services and solutions …
LG Reseller Tests Transparent LED Window Film In Maine C-Store September 21, 2021 by Super User I haven’t seen that many examples yet of LG’s transparent LED window film in the wild, so I was intrigued to learn how a C-store was using the technology as a kind of digital window cling. The retail-focused technology integration firm Abierto Networks tested the display giant’s 14mm pixel pitch film was used at a …
New Urban Format For Vienna Ikea Has 100+ Digital Signage Screens September 20, 2021 by Super User The German-language consultancy and publisher Invidis has an interesting post up today that takes an extensive look inside a new urban concept Ikea store in Vienna, Austria. While most people who know Ikea know about giant parking lots and loading areas for flat-packed furniture, but this one is an inner city setting where parking is …
New Nike Flagship In Toronto’s Yorkdale Mall Uses Massive LED Feature Wall September 9, 2021 by Super User This is a recently opened Nike store at Toronto’s lux-oriented Yorkdale mall, a cavernous two-level space that includes a very large LED feature wall backing a central stairway. The store is a partnership between Nike and the Israeli retail fashion chain Fox-Wizel Ltd, which already operates several sports and beauty stores in Canada. The store …
Cannabis Retail Engagement Shop Builds Custom “Cannabus” To Show Capabilities September 3, 2021 by Super User Companies like Colorado’s GreenScreens are chasing the display and management business in the fast-growing cannabis retailing sector, and a competitor based in Kentucky is taking an interesting new approach to retailing – a store on wheels. The company, Enlightened, spent $250K to kit out a 42-foot motorcoach bus, dubbed The Real Cannabus. The bus has …
Fashion Designer Wang Sets Shopper Mood In NYC With 84-Foot LED Feature Wall September 2, 2021 by Super User The fashion designer Alexander Wang’s store design team is using floor-to-ceiling direct view LED in the flagship bricks and mortar location in New York, at 103 Grand Street. The newly renovated flagship in SoHo has an 84 foot long LED video well that can do a resolution of 13,320 x 1,440. The big wall is …
Japanese C-Store Chain Family Mart Has Three-Year For Multiple Screens In 16K+ Stores August 30, 2021 by Super User The Japanese C-store chain FamilyMart has announced a serious investment in in-store digital, with a three-year plan to deploy multiple screens across a footprint of more than 16,600 neighborhood convenience stores. Japan Today reports: This month Family Mart announced a new digital media and advertising plan in which FamilyMart branches around Japan will be equipped with several large-screen …
Witnesses In The Case For Digital Drive-Thru August 30, 2021 by Super User One of the arguments I have been making in the last year or so about COVID and digital signage is how the pandemic really reinforced how valuable instantly or easily updated messaging was to retailers, restaurant operators and venue managers. Here’s a classic case of what happens when you don’t have it – from a …
