LED Mainstreamed: Spanish Shopping Mall Uses Displays In Kids’ Playzone, Toilets July 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
Suburban Seoul Bakery Using 38 Transparent OLEDs To Drive Unique In-Store Experience July 4, 2022 by Dave Haynes I wrote last month about a puzzling, at least to me, deployment of transparent OLED displays in a display window of a bakery/restaurant in Korea. Now there’s more detail available, with word that the store in suburban Seoul has 38 transparent OLED displays around its premises. The bakery in Pangyo is a flagship location of …
Lightbox Expands Beyond Shopping Malls With New Screen Network In Groceries June 29, 2022 by Dave Haynes The media company that made its mark primarily with big digital totem displays in shopping malls is now putting smaller displays at grocery check-out positions, in what is branded as the Lightbox Digital Video Grocery Network. Known for many years as Adspace, the company rebranded as Lightbox about three years ago. It still does malls, …
Self Service Kiosks Up Order Values By 18.5% During Burger Chain’s Pilot; Triggers Rollout June 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes Samsung just got a nice little story to share around about the impact its little all-in-one kiosks can have on sales at for a fast casual food chain – touting pilot results that suggest the units boosted average order sizes by 18.5%. Those results undoubtedly influenced a decision by Florida-based BurgerFi – which focuses on …
