Projects: Digital Signage A Big Part Of London Whitechapel Diner’s Facelift May 4, 2017 by Super User My first reaction to a “£500,000 interior design investment” in a London dessert diner, based on the supplied photos, is wondering why they couldn’t have put just a little of that big budget into level tables. The poor woman’s food might slide right off if she doesn’t keep a fork firmly in place. But … …
Reflect Adds AdLogic In-House Retail Ad Planning Platform April 4, 2017 by Super User One of the slightly curious things I learned last week at DSE was Reflect – which I totally think of as a retail-centric digital signage CMS – introducing an advertising platform. My first reaction was: “Huh?” Between Ayuda and BroadSign, and a handful of others out there, that turf is well-covered. Then there are the …
Stratacache Acquires 3,500 Screen C-Store Network from Verifone March 28, 2017 by Super User STRATACACHE has formally announced the acquisition made back in December of a 3,500 screen shopper marketing network in convenience stores called LIFT, picking it up from the electronic payments company Verifone. LIFT will roll up into PRN, the retail media company STRATACACHE also acquired in 2015. There is a long, sad history of now-dead companies that …
GM Mandates Digital Signage As Essential Brand Element In Dealers For 2018 March 25, 2017 by Super User General Motors is mandating digital signage as an essential brand element in Chevrolet, GMC and Buick stores in the United States, starting in 2018, according to a report this week in Automotive News. The automaker has certified Automotive Broadcasting Network of Jacksonville, Fla.; DCI-Artform, which has offices in Milwaukee and Detroit; and Southfield, Mich.-based Bluewater Technologies …
Projects Podcast Looks At MaxMedia’s Work On AT&T’s San Francisco Flagship March 10, 2017 by Super User The new 16:9 Projects Podcast takes a deep dive look into the flagship AT&T store at 1 Powell Street in beautiful San Francisco. Project host Michael Tutton has a great, detailed interview with Jeff Doud, the executive creative director at Atlanta-based retail experience firm MaxMedia. It has three “chapters” of content: Entertainment, Local Arts & Culture …
Video: Screenly, Evrything Mash Up NFC, Smartphones, Digital Signage For Retail March 3, 2017 by Super User Here’s an interesting little digital signage/NFC technical demo that UK-based CMS provider Screenly put together for its presence with Ubuntu and Evrything at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It shows how a store that already has display infrastructure in place, and already uses NFC on its clothing tags, could make a merchandising screen …
UK Grocer Trials LCD Slats As Shelf-Edge Product Explainers March 3, 2017 by Super User I was with a retailer earlier this week talking about emerging technology, and one of the things that we spent a lot of time talking about was electronic shelf labeling and teeny shelf-edge displays that use specially-cut full-color LCDs. So it was kind of weird to get back at HQ and bump into an online piece …
Projects: 40-Screen Flying Video Wall Switches On At Southampton, UK Cinema February 22, 2017 by Super User Here’s a very nice install – featuring a “flying” video wall – that formally switched on last week at the new 10-screen Showcase Cinema de Lux in Southampton, England. The high-end movie house has laser projection and Dolby Atmos sound, and fully customizable electric recliners for seating. Integrator Beaver Group did all the digital display work, …
Walmart OKs Trial Of Car-Buying Kiosks In Select U.S. Stores January 27, 2017 by Super User An online car-buying service has struck a leasing deal with Walmart to start putting interactive kiosks in 25 U.S. stores this spring. Miami-based CarSaver, reports Automotive News, will have kiosks and related information centers that allow consumers to poke around for vehicles on the screens and book appointments at nearby dealerships that are in on the program. When …
Projects: Interactive Displays Guide Vera Wang Style Choices January 25, 2017 by Super User This a pretty standard touchscreen application developed for weddings-centric fashion designer Vera Wang, but I like how this video shows the thinking behind the user experience and the use of a set of guiding questions on style to get users more quickly to what interests them. In a truly long distance collaboration, Wang’s team engaged …
