Projects: True Religion Goes Digital On Carnaby Street July 14, 2016 by Super User The US denim jeans brand True Religion has opened a new small footprint, digital-heavy store concept on London’s Carnaby Street. The 2,500 sq ft shop, which opened in June, has a concept focused around a denim bar at the front of the shop, and uses digital screens that will showcase how the products are made, an interactive …
Projects: Low-Rent Digital Shelf Talkers At Canadian Tire July 12, 2016 by Super User This is about as low-rent as I’ve seen for digital signs in a retail environment, save for TVs and DVDs/VCRs just plopped on tables or shelves. These are digital photo frame black-taped into coroplast frames, running endlessly repeating product promo loops (with tinny audio) in the cleaning supplies aisle at my local Canadian Tire. What …
Projects: 95-Inch Displays Part Of Experience At Samsung Showcase Store July 7, 2016 by Super User This is the new Samsung store at Toronto’s Sherway Gardens shopping centre, which has displays sprinkled through the store, including a big 95-inch panel embedded in an entry side wall, and another at the back. The design was done by Vancouver-based design group Cutler, and there are more pix here on Retail Design Blog.
4 Reasons Why Retail Should Adopt Omni-Channel Digital Signage June 14, 2016 by Sean Levy Guest Post: Irfan Khan, Skykit Some buzzwords and buzzphrases are just inherently bad. My favorites include “boil the ocean,” “sync,” and “edgy.” Tip: avoid the word edgy unless you’re talking about knives. A bad buzzword is one that doesn’t add something to the conversation, and isn’t a concrete concept that can be capitalized on. Omni-channel is …
Projects: Lithuania’s Teo Networks Its Instore Marketing Efforts June 13, 2016 by Super User Lithuania’s leading telco and home entertainment services provider Teo has kitted out stores with single displays and clusters in push to enhance customer services. The set-up is running in shopping malls in that country’s three largest cities, with the tech put in by solutions provider Hansab, running Signagelive on Samsung displays. The company, says a press release, …
Projects: White Label QSR Uses Digital Signage To Change Brand And Offers On Demand June 3, 2016 by Super User Here’s an interesting take on using digital signage in the restaurant business – make the displays the dominant visual marketing element, and change the restaurant brand, menu and operator on demand. That’s what the specialist agency Beaver Group has developed for London Excel, an exhibition and conference center in London, UK. They have kitted out …
Projects: Hyundai’s Kuwait Flagship Drives Big Video Walls May 30, 2016 by Super User This is the showroom at Hyundai’s flagship store in Kuwait, using a set of thin-bezel Sharp displays. There are two of these video walls in the showroom. The project was put together by Dubai-based 2point0 Concepts and a sister company, Kuwait-based DeLite Engineering. The screens are powered by 2point0’s own CMS, iSignage.
Projects: Apple Includes 6K Wall In New San Francisco Flagship May 20, 2016 by Super User Here’s a look at the new Apple flagship store in San Francisco, which appears to continue a trend toward using big digital visuals as part of the minimalist design aesthetic. The store officially opens tomorrow in Union Square. The place has 42-foot tall (yup) sliding doors at the entry, and a very large 6K video …
IoT And Digital Signage: The Invisible Elephant In The Room – Part 2 May 17, 2016 by Sue MacCutcheon Guest Post: Tim Strähle, Adversign Media This is part 2 of a three-part series about retail detail signage and the Internet of Things. It’s based on excerpts from a broader white paper by the digital signage CMS firm Adversign Media, which markets Viewneo. It is available here. What happens when IoT meets digital signage? The current state of …
IoT And Digital Signage: The Invisible Elephant In The Room – Part 1 May 16, 2016 by Sue MacCutcheon Guest Post: Tim Strähle, Adversign Media This is part 1 of a three-part series about retail detail signage and the Internet of Things. It’s based on excerpts from a broader white paper by the digital signage CMS firm Adversign Media, which markets Viewneo. It is available here. We’re now in a world in which technology, consumption habits and the …
