Chinese Beauty Brand Nu Skin Fills Shenzhen Flagship With Digital Screens January 22, 2019 by Super User This is a very ambitious, digitally-rich flagship store for Chinese health and beauty brand Nu Skin, opened recently in Shenzhen. Toronto-based Shikatani Lacroix Design (SLD) worked with consulting firm MetaThink to build a store intended as an experience center that reflected the company’s story and brand culture, and showcased products. The store has more than 50 screens in a …
Nike’s House Of Innovation In NYC Great On Experience, Terrible On Screens January 16, 2019 by Super User When I was at the NRF show this week in New York, I bumped into numerous industry friends – some who encouraged me to get away from the exhibit venue and head over to the new-ish Nike “House of Innovation” flagship on 5th Avenue. It was mind-blowing, I was told. So I grabbed an Uber …
My Impressions Of NRF 2019 – From The Lens Of Digital Signage January 16, 2019 by Super User Sitting at Newark airport, heading back to East Coast Canada, after the National Retail Federation trade show in New York. I don’t go every year, so I can’t pass on year to year impressions. But I have been several times, including 2 or 3 times in the last five years. Crowd – Very busy Monday. …
Look Ma, No Peripherals – This Touchscreen Embeds Payment Tech In The Display January 11, 2019 by Super User One of the biggest payments tech companies around has found a display provider to partner on interactive kiosks that embed payment capabilities in the actual screen, instead of beside it or virtually using phones. France’s Ingenico Group, which describes itself as the global leader in seamless payment, will work with German kiosk solution provider Pyramid …
Restaurant Tech Co Debuts Screen-Driven Order Pick-Up Podiums January 10, 2019 by Super User Trends in fast casual and QSR restaurants are having an interesting impact on digital signage usage in that sector, and new technology coming out of San Francisco company is a great example of a company adapting to a changing landscape. eatsa, which is somehow both a restaurant brand and technology provider, has announced the Spotlight …
What Research Says Is Working With Digital Signage In Retail Banking January 9, 2019 by Super User This week we look at how the financial services industry is using digital signage in branches, and more to the point, what works and why. Angela Vanderburg is the Digital Practice Lead for Consumer Banking and Retail Financial Services for Q Division, the retail-focused digital strategy consultancy that was launched by STRATACACHE. She’s a shameless …
Microsoft, Kroger Team On Connected Grocery Service, Built Around Smart Shelf Screens January 8, 2019 by Super User Microsoft and the US grocer Kroger have partnered on a new connected store product – built around shelf-edge screens and cloud computing – called Retail as a Service (or RaaS). The idea is to streamline shopping for things like groceries, using smart shelves and things like portable scanners. The first elements of the service are …
A Sliding Shelf-Edge Display That Recognizes The Products It Fronts January 7, 2019 by Super User Stumbled via Linkedin on this video post about a retail merchandising solution that puts a tablet on a slider rail in front of a bank of related products. It’s from a San Francisco area company called OnQ that designs and manufactures category displays for retailers and brands. Instead of “push to learn more” buttons, sensors …
Spectrio Buys Codigo; Gets Footprint & Experience In Financial Services December 12, 2018 by Super User Tampa-based in-store marketing solutions provider Spectrio has acquired Louisville-based Codigo, a digital signage and kiosk software and solutions shop that has long focused on the financial services industry. “Over the years, Spectrio has focused on client growth in automotive, healthcare, hospitality, veterinary, and retail verticals. We are excited to add a fresh focus on the financial industry,” …
Kiosk Mashes Up Robots And Touchscreens For Vending Machine Coffee You’d Actually Drink December 12, 2018 by Super User Drinking coffee that comes out of vending machines tends to be an act of desperation (or utter indifference), but here’s an automated coffee machine that serves up the good stuff. A company called Briggo produces and places micro coffee shops that are like the oversized vending machines you see in airports for Best Buy, except …
