Lowes Strips Down To One Security Camera Platform; Multi-tasks It To Also Do In-Store Audience Analytics May 7, 2024 by Super User Security camera deployments in retail don’t get a lot of attention here, but a post in the publication Chain Store Age got my interest because of the way DIY giant Lowes is multi-tasking its newly upgraded and harmonized network of in-store cameras – including using them for in-store analytics. Lowes already had security cameras all …
UK Grocer Asda, Booze Giant Diageo Testing Endless Aisle-Style Screens To Increase Buyer Options In “Express” Stores May 7, 2024 by Super User There seemed to very much be a trend in retail towards small or thin ribbon displays to market product in store aisles, and not use up merchandising space, but then this popped up online about somewhat bigger screens in UK grocer Asda. The big box grocer, which for a time was owned by Walmart, is …
School Pairs Digital Signage Platform With Emergency Alerts App To Speed Lockdowns When There’s Risk Of Active Shooter On Campus May 6, 2024 by Super User It’s unfortunate that speed is a mission-critical need, but that is indeed the case with schools in the United States these days because of too-frequent incidents of active shooters on the campuses of K-12 schools and colleges. There is a critical 30-second window from identifying an active shooter on the grounds to when the incident …
DOOH Ad Revenues Up 28% In Q1 2024: JCDecaux May 6, 2024 by Super User If the business results of the biggest outdoor advertising company on the planet are a useful industry health indicator, the digital out of home sector is having a good 2024 – with the French firm JCDecaux reporting DOOH revenue is up 28%. Digital is now almost 36% of group revenue for the company, which saw …
Montreal Pro AV Integrator Solotech Orders 5,000 Sq. Meters Of ROE LED For Live Event Work May 3, 2024 by Super User Montreal pro AV integrator Solotech has placed a huge bet on upcoming demands for LED backdrops that would be used for live events, announcing an order of more than 5,000 sq. meters of rental-focused LED display tiles from the Chinese firm ROE Visual, arguably the biggest manufacturer of display tech designed to put up and …
Broadcasters Dialling Back From 4K To 1080P HD For Big Live Events May 3, 2024 by Super User UK-based AV Interactive has an interesting post up that’s not about digital signage, but offers some interesting insights about the consumer demands for 4K video – or more accurately the lack of them. A couple of massive sporting events – the Champions League final and then the EURO 2024 football tournament in Germany will be …
7-Eleven Japan Rolling Computer Vision-Informed Retail Media Network Across 500 Stores May 3, 2024 by Super User The Japanese wing of convenience store giant 7-Eleven is rolling out what looks and sounds like a retail media network in 500 locations around that country, placing a big emphasis on in-store analytics by using a Sony computer vision platform. The retail giant is using the edge AI-sensing platform AITRIOS developed and supported by Sony …
Design Huddle Curates, Integrates Key AI-Based Workflow Tools Into Its Graphic Design Software May 3, 2024 by Super User Visuals generated by artificial intelligence seemed like something that would be quickly adopted for use by digital signage companies, but most of the software and solutions people who’ve been showing or at least talking about AI tools have used them much more for back-end purposes – notably using it to do the more mundane aspects …
IGEL, LG Announce “Digital Signage Revolution” … But The Solution Doesn’t Appear To Apply To Digital Signage. Huh??? May 2, 2024 by Super User The headline: IGEL and LG Spearhead a Dynamic Digital Signage Revolution with New LG CreateBoard Display Solutions, Powered by IGEL OS This announcement got my attention because it involves LG, one of the larger tech companies in this sector, and the suggestion that some new product partnership is going to spearhead a Dynamic Digital Signage …
Is Experience Management System A Better Descriptor For Digital Signage CMS? May 2, 2024 by Super User For as long as I have been knocking out Sixteen:Nine posts, people have been debating what to call this industry – as not that many people are entirely happy with digital signage, but the alternative handles haven’t resonated either. How about Experience Management System? I could argue the pros and cons of that one for …
