Chinese Restaurant Launches With Kiosks That Enable Ordering And Payment Via Facial Recognition September 5, 2017 by Super User Self-service ordering stations on touch-driven displays are getting mainstreamed by giant QSRs like McDonald’s, but a Chinese company tied in with KFC is taking the tech a step further by building facial recognition and payments into the screens. Yum China Holdings has launched a new restaurant concept, KPRO by KFC, in Hangzhou, China (near Shanghai) …
Projects: 7-Metre-Wide High Street Window LED Kicks Off New Boot September 4, 2017 by Super User As seen on Linkedin This is a nice temporary installation in a high street window, in central London, using a one metre tall by seven metres wide fine pitch LED wall to highlight the launch of a new boot by Clarks Shoes. I like how the design team used print graphics to frame the digital …
Despite All The Gloomy Stories, U.S. Bricks and Mortar Retail Growing August 31, 2017 by Super User If your company chases business in retail, you’ll know it’s a tough slog for a bunch of reasons, and you’ll also have heard and read no end of stories about how brick and mortar retail is in a death spiral. Turns out that’s not really true. The National Retail Federation says the industry may indeed …
McDonald’s Does Multi-Year Digital Innovation Deal With Consulting Giant August 29, 2017 by Super User McDonald’s has done a multi-year deal with a couple of monster consulting companies, Capgemini Group and Publicis.Sapient, to be the QSR giant’s global IT strategic provider for restaurant and digital capabilities. The press release is a lot of buzzword bingo, back-patting blah-blah-blah but the Chicago Tribune has decoded it and reports the deal will speed up digital innovation …
Projects: Auckland Airport’s Duty-Free Adds Digital End-Caps August 25, 2017 by Super User This is the duty free at Auckland, NZ’s international airport – one of a pair of The Loop shops at the terminal equipped with some 70 screens. The system was put in by NZ-based solutions provider Hydro Media, which first did 40 digital screens into The Loop’s refurbished arrivals store last year. “This led,” says …
Here’s A Look At Subway’s New Self-Service Order Kiosks August 22, 2017 by Super User Via Linkedin Here’s a look at the new self service ordering kiosks piloted by the massive Subway QSR chain. Boston-based agency Agilitee put the program together – which enables diners to walk in and order a custom sub, as well as pay for it, as opposed to the normal routine of starting the order with a staffer …
Weed-Focused Digital OOH Network Sparks Up In Marijuana Dispensaries August 22, 2017 by Super User The digital out of home business model that sees network operators put screens in retail venues for free, making the investment back through advertising sales, has a long history of failure. But it can work, usually when the content is focused and the potential advertisers – like pharmas – have limited options to reach consumers. …
Target’s Flagship Store Remodel Includes 71-Foot Fine Pitch LED Wall August 21, 2017 by Super User Stumbled across news of Target remodelling the two-level store at the base of its head office in downtown Minneapolis, which includes a curved 71-foot wide LED screen in the upper skyway level of the entry rotunda. No real details on the tech used, what it is for and any other good stuff. It LOOKS like …
Projects: New Ford Dealer Opens With Digital Brand Halo August 18, 2017 by Super User This is a big “brand halo” LED sign suspended over the main showroom reception desk at the new LaFontaine Ford in Birch Run, Michigan – north of Flint. It’s a fine-pitch Panasonic LED that with its metal backing and struts weighs about 1,000 pounds. It is suspended using aircraft cable. The set-up was put in …
Projects: Chicago’s United Center Opens Highly Interactive Fan Store August 17, 2017 by Super User The new 10,000 sq. ft. fan store store at Chicago’s United Center – home to the NBA Bulls and NHL Blackhawks – includes several digital interactive features designed to immerse people in the culture and excitement of the teams. The Madhouse Team Store, in the United Center’s new east expansion area, is there to sell high …
