Cineplex Wins Turnkey Deal To Run QSR Menu Boards For Biggest McDonald’s Franchisee On Planet January 26, 2018 by Dave Haynes Toronto-based Cineplex Digital Media has done a deal with a company billed as the largest independent McDonald’s franchisee in the world to deploy, maintain and operate digital menu boards at McDonald’s locations way south in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. Cineplex (CDM) will work alongside Arcos Dorados to provide ongoing strategic creative content, consulting services …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Rob Gorrie, Bricks + Matter December 20, 2017 by Dave Haynes Rob Gorrie is among the most digitally-savvy and sharp people I know – some of that based on the DNA of a family that’s been doing marketing for more than a century. But it’s also based on a pile of real world experience starting and running digital companies. The one Gorrie’s been focused on for …
LCBO Pop-Up Booze Store Uses Digital Touchpoints To Market Wine, Whiskey December 19, 2017 by Dave Haynes When I think of pop-up stores, I think apparel start-ups. But in Toronto, Ontario’s giant booze monopoly is running a pop-up store for the holiday season that includes several digital components. The LCBO Pop-Up west of downtown Toronto, at the hipstery nexus of King Street and Portland, was set up to build awareness and attract new customers …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Manolo Almagro, Q Division December 13, 2017 by Dave Haynes Just last week Manolo Almagro pulled the curtains back on a new company he’s started, under the umbrella of Chris Riegel’s ever-growing STRATACACHE empire. It’s called Q Division, a retail tech consultancy that in many respects is the sum total reflection of 20-plus years that Manny has been around tech, in a crazy variety of …
Giant LED Arch In Oslo Airport Pharmacy Puts Travelers In Holiday Mood December 8, 2017 by Dave Haynes This is the Oslo International Airport flagship store of the pharmacy chain Apotek 1, which is part of a big pharmaceutical trader in Europe. It’s probably the first time I’ve seen direct view LED used in a big way at a drug store – in this case a nine metres wide by three tall 3.9mm …
STRATACACHE Launches Q Division Retail Consultancy; Led By Manolo Almagro December 7, 2017 by Dave Haynes STRATACACHE has quietly recruited, developed and launched a new retail technology consultancy called Q Division, led by one of the better known tech gurus and geeks in this business, Manolo Almagro. The company has been up for at least a few weeks now, but was formally announced today. Q Division is described as a team …
Video: LCD Shelf Label Strips At Gatwick Duty Free Drive 40%-50% Sales Lift November 29, 2017 by Dave Haynes A post the other day referenced shelf-edge display strips in a set of chiller fridges in the U.S., with my covering comment that I’d seen that sort of thing in trade shows but wondered if there were real-world deployments. That one was using LED strips. This one – at World Duty Free in London’s Gatwick …
Video: LED Shelf-Edge Displays In Grocery Dairy Fridges November 27, 2017 by Dave Haynes I’ve seen a few companies at trade shows demo-ing LCD and LED ribbon displays intended for retail shelf edges, but can’t say I’ve seen any out in the real world. So it’s interesting to see this install – no word on whether this is a rollout or a one-shop demo – of a set of …
Snappy Virtual Try-On Make-Up Mirrors Boost Store Sales By Average 31 Percent November 21, 2017 by Dave Haynes A Toronto company called ModiFace has unveiled a very snappy, very impressive augmented reality try-on mirror for MAC cosmetic stores that lets women – mostly – virtually try on different types and shades of things like lipstick, without actually using sample product at the counter. The company’s code uses a camera to pattern-map a face …
Renovated Abu Dhabi Telecom Retailer Has Wall To Wall Screens November 20, 2017 by Dave Haynes Via Linkedin This is the renovated Axiom Telecom store in Dalma Mall in Abu Dhabi – which has a Microsoft Store-like approach to LCD displays not just being screens on walls, but largely being the walls. I like. Axiom is a big retailer and distributor of wireless products in the region.
