How Digital Signage Helps Build The Future Of Personalized Shopping Experiences April 5, 2022 by Farah Thalji Guest Post: Farah Thalji, Simon-Kucher & Partners According to research by MIT neuroscientists, the brain can identify images seen for as little as 13 milliseconds. In that same time frame, let’s throw in the distraction provided by deliciously addictive smartphones, plus the hustle and bustle of a big city, and you’ll see that grabbing the …
US Grocer Giant Kroger Working With NVIDIA On AI Lab To Reinvent Shopping Experiences April 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is no overt tie to digital signage in retail, but the implications of a partnership between US grocer giant Kroger and the tech firm Nvidia are interesting. They are collaborating on what is described as a “state-of-the-art AI lab and demonstration center” intend to help reinvent the supermarket shopping experience. The largest grocer in …
US Grocer Startup Includes Touchless Self-Checkout In Frictionless Experience Mix March 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes A U.S. grocery start-up that’s pairing healthy foods with frictionless shopping is including touchless self-checkout screens as part of its technology mix. Called Nourish + Bloom Market, the Georgia-based company has plans to include self-checkout terminals that use hand-tracking hardware and related software from Ultraleap as part of the shopping experience. The store is billed …
Swiss Timepieces Store In Vegas Blends Physical With Digital In Clever Window Display March 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes Via Sixteen:Nine’s German content partner invidis … Back when traveling was routine, I tended to stay at the Wynn in Las Vegas, because I’ve long been on some mailing list from the casino resort that regularly offers me room rates that actually work within a pay-my-own-way travel budget. So I have walked countless times down …
Electronic Shelf Labels Being Used In Big Retail To Drive Donations For Ukraine Relief Efforts March 14, 2022 by Dave Haynes There is lots of evidence of the digital OOH media community stepping up to support what’s going in Ukraine through free media on digital billboards and things like sidewalk ad totems. But now there’s a way to offer support and trigger donations in mass merchandise and grocery retail, using electronic shelf labels (ESLs). The firm …
Vendor Alert: Adidas Opening Tech-Filled “Halo” Flagship In Downtown Toronto March 10, 2022 by Dave Haynes Adidas is opening its first “halo” flagship store in downtown Toronto this summer – a whiz-bang immersive store that will likely be filled with visual displays, particularly if the first halo store in Dubai (photo above) is the inspiration. Retail Insider reports that the “concept store merges several of the Adidas sub-brands under one roof …
STRATACACHE, NCR In Strategic Partnership For Services, Software In Hospitality Sector March 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes Payment systems giant NCR has reached a partnership with STRATACACHE that sees it marketing the CMS software company’s capabilities but also providing on-site field services in North American and globally. It’s a big deal on both sides, as STRATACACHE is the incumbent software provider in some giant chains like McDonalds, while NCR’s point of sale …
Digital Explainer Screens Key Parts Of First Whole Foods “Just Walk Out” Store February 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes High-end grocery retailer Whole Foods Market has opened its first store using Amazon’s frictionless Just Walk Out Shopping technology – a 21,500-square-foot store in Washington, D.C.’s Glover Park neighborhood. The store, which opened Wednesday, is the first of two Whole Foods Market stores expected to open this year that use the cashier-free technology developed by …
Hughes Wins BurgerFi Deal Bundling Digital Signage With Network Infrastructure, Managed Services February 24, 2022 by Dave Haynes Here’s a good example of how a service provider can win digital signage deals by also bringing a lot of other capabilities to the dance – Hughes Network Systems enabling the guest experience in the BurgerFi restaurant chain by providing all the networking technology, signage software and managed services. The fast casual chain and a …
Subtle Mini Projection On Tabletop Fixture Helps Market Lab-Grown Diamonds February 14, 2022 by Dave Haynes A lot of what gets attention these days in digital signage and pro AV has to do with scale – the biggest this or that. Here’s something quite effective in retail at small, almost miniature scale. It’s a tabletop projection display by Dallas-based Glass Media for the lab-grown diamond brand Clear Origin. I don’t have …
