New Nike Rise Store In Seoul Uses Run Club Data To Drive Visuals On Giant Feature LED Wall August 12, 2021 by Dave Haynes Nike seems to endlessly roll out new tech-driven concept and flagship stores, but one that just opened in Seoul is interesting for the way it blends a BIG LED feature wall with real-time data. The 24,000-square-foot Nike Rise store, which opened yesterday, has a three-story fine-pitch LED display that shows real-time running stats from the …
Consumers Jumpy When Business Entries Have No COVID Guidelines Signage: Research August 12, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Greek/American digital signage CMS software firm Yodeck took the interesting step of commissioning research to learn what consumers think about signs being used for COVID-19 safety messaging, with the big insight being how nervous people got when there was no messaging. The survey, involving some 400 Americans back in Q2, suggested 63% of consumers …
The Digital Storefront At An NYC Zara Is Getting A LOT Of Online Buzz, But You Should Know It’s Not Real August 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes This video keeps making the rounds lately on Linkedin and no matter how many technical people jump in with comments explaining how it is just CGI and not really happening at a NYC Zara store, many more people keep gushing on about how amazing it is. You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. …
LG Using AI-driven Voice Assistants In Mobile Service Provider Stores In Korea August 6, 2021 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip Craig Keefner at kioskindustry.org for flagging this … LG’s mobile retail wing is starting to use voice recognition technology from an Israeli startup to act as digital assistant at its mobile phone service provider stores in South Korea. Kardome announced it will install its voice activation technology in 2,000 LG Uplus store kiosks …
imageHOLDERS, Ultraleap Partner On Touchless Kiosk Solutions July 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes After almost 18 months of a global pandemic I’d suggest the bulk of the population – save for the puzzling people who insist it’s a hoax or that their freedoms are threatened – has a routine down for touching things and then seeking out some hand sanitizer. We also know, broadly, that COVID is much …
Skinny LCD Used As Header On Nice Chain Drug End Cap For Allergy Relief Product July 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is a nice, sleek digital endcap developed by the packaging and fixture giant WestRock for a US chain drug operator (not sure which one). It’s a good use of those stretch or bar-type LCDs that have seen a revival in the last couple of years – probably owing hugely to dropping costs and less …
Samsung-driven Hair Salon Of The Future, With 50 Or So Screens, Opens In NJ July 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes The sheer number of hair and nail salons out there – what strip mall have you seen that doesn’t have one? – has always made the sector attractive as a vertical for digital signage technology. It helps that these environments have lotsa wait time, high loyalty and all kinds of high-margin products and services to …
Tokyo Airport Duty-Free Uses LED All The Way Down To Merchandising Counters July 7, 2021 by Dave Haynes It’s rare to see a new-build store kitted out with digital displays BEFORE it gets merchandised and opened up, so this is an interesting little video showing fine pitch LED used all over a duty-free shop at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. The duty-free is working with the Shenzhen-based but Japanese market-focused LED firm Shisai Optoelectronics. The …
Global Consumers Increasingly Comfy With Return To Physical Stores: Research July 7, 2021 by Dave Haynes The retail-focused solutions provider Mood Media has released new research looking at shopper sentiments globally, finding 80% of consumers are now comfy with the idea of returning to physical stores, up from 71% in 2020. The report – Shopper Sentiments: A June 2021 Global Mood Survey – was done by Censuswide, surveying more than 8,000 …
World’s Most Beautiful (Arguably) Store Re-Opens With Precious Little Digital Display, And That Makes Sense June 30, 2021 by Dave Haynes What’s being described as the world’s most beautiful department store (they’ve clearly never been in the Kohl’s in Amherst, NY) has opened – or more accurately re-opened – in Paris, and what’s interesting to me is how much or how little digital display gets put in when design leads and budget is no serious obstacle. …
