MAC Opens Doors To Digitally-Driven Concept Store In Queens, NYC October 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes The beauty brand MAC has launched a new digitally-driven brick and mortar concept store in the gentrifying Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York. The store uses plenty of digital display, including a stacked set of skinny bezel LCDs and what looks like an LED halo over part of the open floor plan. But the …
In-Store Media Start-up Cooler Screens Closes $80M Series C Funding; Expanding Footprint October 5, 2020 by Dave Haynes Chicago-based in-store digital start-up Cooler Screens has closed a $80 million Series C funding round intended to expand the footprint of its product, which to their ever-lasting credit actually aligns with its name. The company does LCD displays in cooler doors in chain grocery and drug stores. I am a crotchety old fan of companies …
Walmart Does Big Store Re-Design That Borrows On Airport Wayfinding; Digital Signs Are Minimal October 2, 2020 by Dave Haynes Retailing giant has debuted plans for a major re-working on its in-store design that is built heavily around mobile applications, and borrows on navigation and experience ideas from airports. The new design has very little evidence of digital signage, though there are digital menu boards in-store. The new concept was tested in select stores and …
Taipei-area Porsche Dealer’s Experiential Centerpiece Is Big LED Feature Wall October 2, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is a Porsche dealer in Hsinchu, Taiwan, a big city in the immediate orbit of Taipei that has a LOT of big tech companies, and therefore any number of high net worth individuals. Porsche Studio Hsinchu is a new concept dealership I assume is aimed at urban locations, where space is finite and real …
Stingray Enters U.S. Market Via Partnership With LA’s Space Factory Media October 1, 2020 by Dave Haynes Montreal-based streaming audio and digital solutions firm Stingray has done a deal that gives the firm a sales footprint in the U.S. market, as well as an “exclusive option” to acquire its new partner, LA’s Space Factory Media. Stingray is primarily known in Canada for streaming audio services on cable systems, as well as in-store …
Moviik Blends AI Sensors, Screens, QRs And Phone Apps For Retail Access Control September 23, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is an effective video developed by the Portuguese queue management solutions firm Moviik to show how access controls can be handled for small retailers trying to work within the restrictions brought on by COVID-19. The video shows how a mash-up of computer vision sensors, window displays, QR codes and smartphone web apps can automate …
Beauty Brand Uses Digital Facade At Store To Drive Brand, Traffic And Sales September 23, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is a really nice multi-screen project for a beauty brand’s store in Andorra, and a great example for marketers in this industry on what to do when showcasing company work. The project page is rich in detail and visuals showing what was done, how and why. Too often, I get pitches or news releases …
Krispy Kreme Uses Doughnut Theater To Pull In Times Square Crowds In NYC September 18, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is the Doughnut Theater Experience – the big Wow Factor feature of a Krispy Kreme flagship store in Times Square in New York. David Title and his crew of artists, coders and techs at Bravo Media spent about a year developing a set of visuals for the store, which just opened this week. There’s …
BrightSign Launches $135 Dedicated Audio Player For Retail Merchandising September 4, 2020 by Dave Haynes BrightSign has started marketing a new purple box, among many little purple media boxes, that plays out high quality audio but only costs $135. The company has long supported audio via its video playback boxes and earlier version audio boxes, but the new AU335 supports high-bandwidth, 24-bit sound, including Dolby Atmos. The player’s ARC and …
Facial Authentication: Frictionless Transactions for Customers August 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes Guest Post: Sanjay Manandhar, ISM Connect When maturity of browsers in the late 1990s was making websites more than digital posters, and getting us all into e-commerce, a constant refrain was that it was not advisable to put one’s credit card details online—fraudsters might start using your credit card. Today, due to advancement in secure network connection …
