Look Ma, No Peripherals – This Touchscreen Embeds Payment Tech In The Display January 11, 2019 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
Sports Retailer Decathlon’s First US Store Features LED Video Wall December 3, 2018 by Dave Haynes Decathlon is the world’s largest sporting goods retailer, with more than 1,350 stores in 39 countries, but the French company only recently entered the US market. Decathlon Sports has moved into 8,313 square feet on the ground-floor space of 735 Market Street, a building designed by legendary architect Willis Polk and opened in 1908, in …
LED Feature Walls Give Renovated Space Center Shop Lift-Off December 3, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is what’s called the World’s Largest Space Shop, a renovated 15,372 sq. ft. retail space at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Florida’s east coast. The shop re-opened in June this year, upgraded among many things by big indoor and outdoor LED feature walls and interactive screens, all via RMG Networks. The solution uses …
The Disgusting Side Of Customer Engagement Technology: Bacteria-Riddled Touchscreens November 29, 2018 by Dave Haynes When interactive touchscreens first came on the market, and everyone started blabbering away about engagement technology and customer engagement, there were more than a few germaphobes who pointed out that, ummm, public touchscreens ran the risk of having disgusting surfaces. Think of anything that gets touched and touched and touched all day long, by people …
