Retail Media Network Tech Firms Neptune, Quotient “Combine” In $430M Deal June 26, 2023 by Dave Haynes A couple of retail media network technology firms have “combined” – with NYC-based Neptune Retail Solutions reaching an agreement to acquire the Salt Lake City firm Quotient in an all-cash deal valued at about $430 million. Neptune has a pile of in-store solutions and services that range from stickers and tags on products at shelves …
Bank HQ Puts In Reactive Digital Koi Pond As Calming Oasis For Staffers, But Tops It With Big TVs??? June 23, 2023 by Dave Haynes My first reaction to this interesting set-up in a common area of a corporate campus is “Hmmm ….” Like tilting my head and rubbing my chin “Hmmm …” Like I get what the bank and solutions providers were going for, but not sure it gets there – creating a reactive digital koi pond that people …
ClearLED Seeing Interest, Demand For Its Micro Mesh LED Displays From Designed Space Community June 22, 2023 by Dave Haynes There was a lot of fantastic display technology on show last week at InfoComm in Orlando, but the dozens of LED manufacturers who were there had and have a running challenge of it all looking pretty much the same. A big microLED video wall looks amazing. But so does a 0.95mm LED wall using Chip …
Just Keep Zooming In On Visuals With This Large Format Interactive Display Software June 21, 2023 by Dave Haynes One of the more compelling interactive display solutions I’ve ever seen made me say Oh Wow! when I first saw it 10-plus years ago, and it did that again when I saw it down at InfoComm last week. A little Toronto company called Content Interface markets a handful of software-driven solutions for large-format displays and …
Court Filings On $200M Lawsuit Filed By Cooler Screens Against Walgreens Detail A Big Freaking Mess June 20, 2023 by Dave Haynes An industry friend sent me a copy of the complaint filed with an Illinois court regarding the dispute between US chain drug giant Walgreens and Cooler Screens, the DOOH start-up that was retrofitting the store’s chiller sections with custom-made transparent LCD screens embedded in the doors. It’s a big freaking $200 million mess. The heavily …
Liquid Crystal Supplier Confirms Large-Format LCDs Are A Sunset Technology June 20, 2023 by Dave Haynes One of the key suppliers of liquid crystal technology for flat panel display makers has pretty much confirmed what we all sort of know – that LCDs are a sunset technology and various flavours of LED and OLED are gradually taking over, first with TVs. The tech publication Tom’s Guide has a post up with …
Taiwan’s AAEON Touts New Micro PC For “Low-Cost” Applications Like Digital Signage June 19, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Taiwan-based single-board computer maker AAEON has announced a teeny new micro PC it says is aimed at low-cost applications like digital signage, but the PICO-EHL1 isn’t all that low-cost. The unit cost for this new PICO-ITX form factor is listed as $250 USD on the AAEON site, while the price for a Raspberry Pi …
InfoComm Day One Impressions: LED Everywhere, WTF Is MLED, And TCL Is Coming June 15, 2023 by Dave Haynes Sitting back in my hotel room quite impressed with myself for doing the wise thing, for a change, by getting the hell out of a cocktail party that had a live band, a very open bar and some old friends who were bent on having as much fun as possible at InfoComm in Orlando. Back …
Spectrio Opens New, Remote Work-Optimized Offices, Design Center And Showrooms in Tampa June 13, 2023 by Dave Haynes The digital signage and customer engagement firm Spectrio has officially launched its new Tampa-based customer design center, showroom and head office headquarters – a facility that makes a direct nod to how workplaces are changing. Spectrio, which owns and publishes Sixteen:Nine, says the building in the Pinecrest West Park neighborhood of Tampa has product showrooms and …
Cooler Screens Suing Whale Customer Walgreens For $200M Over Halted Rollout June 9, 2023 by Dave Haynes The company that has been building out a retail media network based around “smart” transparent LCD chiller doors in major chains is now involved in a $200 million lawsuit against a whale account, drug chain giant Walgreens. Cooler Screens has filed an action in an Illinois state court, alleging Walgreens reneged on a rollout agreement …
