Smart Retail 2.0: Screens Are Key To Post-COVID Retailing June 13, 2022 by HenrikAndersson GUEST POST: HENRIK ANDERSSON, INSTORESCREEN Online shopping and mobile technologies were already compelling a lot of bricks and mortar retailers to start digitally transforming the way their stores looked, worked and were experienced by customers – but the many impacts of the global pandemic put those plans in much faster motion. Services like curbside pickup …
Sharp/NEC Repackage AI Audience Measurement Platform As NaviSense June 13, 2022 by Dave Haynes One of the announcements a bit lost by me in the InfoComm PR blizzard last week was Sharp/NEC revisiting and re-packaging its AI/computer vision IP as NaviSense. The product is positioned as “a cost-effective computer vision solution for gathering anonymous customer attributes using off-the-shelf or existing camera sources and processing them through a variety of …
PPDS Finally Harmonizes Pro Display Efforts, Aligning US Business With Global Company June 13, 2022 by Dave Haynes When I was at InfoComm last week, I made a point of stopping by the PPDS exhibit to see the company’s latest pots and pans, but also get my head straight on a very involved announcement about the U.S. business. I was told by a contact there that explaining the set-up of PPDS in the …
Uniguest Does Second Acquisition Within Week, Picking Up Hospitality Division Of CPI Global June 11, 2022 by Dave Haynes Somewhat lost in the flurry of PR during InfoComm week was a second announcement from Nashville-based solutions provider Uniguest about a second acquisition in as many days. The company announced its acquisition of CPI Global’s hospitality division, a day after announcing its acquisition of the Norwegian software firm Otrum AS. Paris-based CPI Global’s hospitality technology …
InfoComm Day 2 Impressions … Not Much Truly New, But So What June 10, 2022 by Dave Haynes Up early, at the airport, heading home, impressed with my relatively good evening behavior, given the number of vendor parties staged the last few evenings. Only one late nighter. Day 2 at the pro AV trade show InfoComm looked pretty much like Day 1 – lots of activity, but not what you’d call crowded. I …
Screenfeed Goes No Code With New Connect Dynamic Messaging Toolset June 7, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Minneapolis-based subscription content company Screenfeed has launched a new content creation toolset that applies the concept of no-code software to producing customized, data-driven and fully automated messaging for digital signage networks. Called Screenfeed Connect, and the product of 30,000 developer hours over the last two years, the essence of the platform is making it …
It’s Now Clear Big Digital Displays Are Fundamental To How Las Vegas Creates Wow Factor June 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes In late and up early in Las Vegas, as I poke around and get myself sorted for being at InfoComm this week. The first thing I learned in coming here is that after 28 months of not doing it, I don’t miss the process/rigmarole of commercial air travel. At all. The second thing I have …
DSS Europe Summit To Focus On How Digital Signage Is Now Business-Critical June 3, 2022 by Dave Haynes Just as industry trade shows are getting back to normal in a sort of/not really post-pandemic era, conferences are also making a comeback after months or years of cancellations or virtual versions. The annual Digital Signage Summit Europe (DSS Europe) will have its first in-person event in three years next month in Munich. The July …
Delta’s Airy, LED-Filled New Terminal C At NYC’s LaGuardia Finally Opens Saturday June 2, 2022 by Dave Haynes The big investment in money and years to make New York’s LaGuardia Airport into a facility appropriate for one of the world’s great cities is reaching a conclusion after six years of construction, with word this week that the $4 billion Terminal C will open for travellers on Saturday. The new consolidated Delta terminal – …
Commercial Audio Firm AtlasIED Expands Into Digital Signage For Airport Mass Communications June 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes A commercial audio company that says it has 85% percent market penetration in U.S. airports has expanded into digital signage messaging, using custom display totems that can interrupt scheduled messaging with emergency alerts and guidance. Called LookHear, the display and platform tap into Atlas IED’s GLOBALCOM enterprise-wide communications system. The new set-up is a partnership …
