Digital Facade Greets Deep-Pocketed Travelers At Louis Vuitton Store In Rome’s Airport August 21, 2020 by Dave Haynes The luxury goods brand Louis Vuitton opened a new store at Rome’s international airport back in late February, just as the pandemic really started to take hold in Europe. So with airports almost empty for months on end, not that many people have likely seen the giant LED facade that welcomes shoppers to the store …
Reflect, BrightSign, NEC Partner On “Retail Resurgence” Tech, Financing Bundles August 11, 2020 by Dave Haynes Reflect Systems, BrightSign, NEC Display Solutions and NEC Financial Services have partnered up on what they’re collectively calling a Retail Resurgence Program that bundles a set of solution-specific digital signage tech packages with easy, built-in financing options. The solutions are generally familiar – like kiosks with hand sanitizer dispensers – but the wrinkle on the …
Clever Low-Tech COVID-19 Retail Access Solution Uses Cardboard, Bluetooth And Cheap LEDs August 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes My first reaction when a PR pitch about a COVID-19 Store Traffic solution arrived by email today was pretty much: “Oh God, another one …” Since the pandemic started, countless digital display and app solutions have come on the market, and a buyer or solutions provider would have to sort through a pile of them …
There’s Nothing Easy About Cutting The Cord And Running Screens, All Day, Off Batteries July 30, 2020 by Dave Haynes Guest Post: Chester Niziol, Design Science Running a big digital display on nothing but batteries, for hours, is no mean feat. Trust me on this, as I’ve spent 13 years with my team figuring it out. It’s always been a simple ask – an LCD screen that could be placed in a walkway or entrance, …
Digital Has A New, Changed Importance In QSR, And It’s Probably Not Temporary July 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes Via QSR Magazine If you can cast your mind waaaay back, all the way to 2019, you may recall how restaurants with drive-thru restaurants were seen as unnecessary evils, full of idling vehicles adding to greenhouse gases. They still are, but those drive-thru lanes have kept a lot of QSR businesses alive in the age …
Biggest Indoor LED Mesh Ceiling In N.A. Switches On … In Maine Furniture Store July 24, 2020 by Dave Haynes The biggest indoor mesh LED ceiling in North America – unless you want to describe the Fremont Experience in Vegas that way – has been switched on in an unlikely location – a new furniture store at a mall in Portland, Maine. The Jordan’s Furniture chain opened its first store in Maine last week at …
How Can You Certify Your COVID-19 Re-opening Efforts? July 23, 2020 by Dave Haynes Guest Post: Adrian Weidmann, StoreStream Metrics Businesses of all stripes, facilities and organizations are all working with their own playbooks for opening, and staying open, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The main objective of their playbooks, and their tactical implementations, is to convey trust, credibility, and transparency to anyone who enters their premises …
Coca-Cola Updates Self-Service Soda Dispensers To Make Them Touchless July 15, 2020 by Dave Haynes Faced with restaurants and c-stores that have shut down their self-serve soda fountains, by choice or mandate, to reduce the risk of contagion spread, Coca-Cola has updated its Freestyle soda fountains with software that enables thirsty customers to order their custom drink off smartphones. By scanning the QR code on the machine, their smartphone launches …
NRF Shifts Its Big Show In NYC From Jan. To Jun. 2021 July 10, 2020 by Dave Haynes The National RetaiI Federation in the U.S. has announced it is pushing back the dates for its annual trade show and conference in New York City from mid-January to early June. The retail industry’s largest show, which is heavily focused on tech and attracts numerous vendors from the digital signage ecosystem, will now …
Mood Media Details Plans For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing July 3, 2020 by Dave Haynes The on-premise media solutions company Mood Media has started a process that would lead to it filing for bankruptcy and reorganization by the end of the month. The company, based in Austin, TX, says it will continue to operate while all this happens. If you have a finance or corporate legal background, this will make …
