LG Reseller Tests Transparent LED Window Film In Maine C-Store September 21, 2021 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
Swiss Timepiece Firm Uses Super-Nice Mosaic LCD Video Wall In NYC Store To Drive Its Brand August 25, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is a great example of how LCD can still do a fabulous job as a signature video wall – a mosaic with sync’d content in a New York store of the Swiss luxury timepiece firm Bucherer. Eric Buterbaugh of New York-based content Show+Tell posted the video (below) on Linkedin, but he is a master …
Asian Fast Food Chain Itsu Does COVID-driven Pivot To Self-Service Order Screens And Meal Status Displays August 24, 2021 by Dave Haynes The pandemic has forced a lot of fast food and fast casual restaurant operators to rethink how they operated – from adding drive-thru capability to reducing the amount of staff-to-customer interactions. What the Asian-inspired Itsu chain is doing in the UK is a good, though certainly not unique, example of how those kinds of restaurants …
LG Now Marketing Full Digital Signage Solution, Inc. Software, For QSR Vertical August 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes If you are active on the software side of digital signage, you’ve undoubtedly seen Samsung evolving its MagicINFO software from a low or no-cost add-on for small jobs to a full-featured enterprise platform that competes against pure-play CMS software companies. LG has also had a product called SuperSign in the market for more than a …
