NRF24: Potential Breakthrough for Retail Analytics January 16, 2024January 15, 2024 by Florian Rotberg New York City | The NRF this week brought a surge of optimism for retail analytics providers, including Advertima, Quividi, Xovis, Axis, and Cisco. After data privacy concerns, high investment costs, and a lack of data analysis knowledge had prevented retailers from investing in their technologies. Now, the emerging retail media boom could lead to …
First NRF Retail Media Networks Conference Draws NYC Weekend Crowd Of 400+ January 15, 2024 by Super User There has been a hell of a lot of hype and discussion around retail media networks, but also quite a bit of skepticism about how much of that interest and activity applies to in-store screens, versus retail media on mobile, social and web. An event this weekend in New York, a day ahead of the …
Samsung Officially Launching Its VXT CMS Globally During ISE January 15, 2024 by Super User Samsung has been previewing and talking about its new digital signage software solution for the past year, but now the Korean technology giant is officially launching the product and giving VXT a longer name – Visual eXperience Transformation (VXT) Platform. The platform is billed as being a cloud-native CMS that combines content and remote signage management …
Stop Talking, Start Doing! – Navigating The AI Revolution In Digital Signage January 15, 2024 by Tomer Mann Guest Post: Tomer Mann, CRO, 22Miles Since last year’s artificial intelligence boom, companies across the digital signage landscape have been hurrying to realign their brand with modern demand. New and legacy brands alike have published position whitepapers on AI best practices, re-packaged existing features under an “AI” heading on their websites or sought ways to …
ISE 2024 Sixteen:Nine Mixer Sponsor Profile: How StratosMedia’s Data Flow Engine Automates Creation And Display Of Content To Screens January 15, 2024 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe is coming on quickly, and Sixteen:Nine is again doing a Barcelona version of the networking mixers it has been doing since forever. The sold out event happens because of eight great sponsors who help cover the considerable costs of the evening, including tapas and an open bar. I like to thank and …
Retail Media: The Retailer Becomes the Conductor January 16, 2024January 14, 2024 by Florian Rotberg New York City | The hype around retail media is huge: more and more DooH networks are moving from outdoor locations to the POS, retailer are searching for new revenue streams, and digital signage providers believe they hit a gold streak. Retail media networks have emerged as “the next big thing,” and all stakeholders are …
M&A: Xovis Acquires Hella People Sensing Unit January 16, 2024January 13, 2024 by invidis Redaktion Swiss analytics specialist Xovis is expanding its portfolio by acquiring the Aglaia people-sensing business from automotive supplier Hella, a part of the Forvia Group. This strategic move allows Xovis to complement its existing airport and retail business with Hella’s public transport people-sensing expertise. Berlin will become the company’s third location, joining the existing ones in …
Cancom: “Digital Signage Makes Sense in Any Scenario” January 12, 2024 by Florian Rotberg With the acquisition of Vienna-based KBC, the German IT and ProAV integrator Cancom has further expanded its market leadership in the DACH region. Since the beginning of the year, KBC subsidiaries in Austria and Eastern Europe also operate under the Cancom brand. In this interview, Steffen Ludwig from Cancom explains how the new company positions …
invidis confidential 02|24: CES Highlights | First Glimpse at ISE Launches | Brightsign’s CEO in Conversation January 19, 2024January 12, 2024 by Antonia Hamberger Dear readers, the new year was off to a slower start than usual: CES started one week later this year, which means the tech tittle-tattle revolved around ‘what happens in Vegas’ for just a little longer. But this week, the buzz has moved to the ProAV space and our newsroom inbox was suddenly flooded by …
Missed This: Perch Was Acquired By Raydiant Back In Sept. 2022 January 12, 2024 by Super User Old news, but not to me – the San Francisco software and solutions firm Raydiant acquired Perch back in September 2022. I missed that, but had been wondering recently what had become of NYC-based Perch, which was early in the game packaging up interesting lift and learn merchandising solutions using sensors, overhead projection and displays. …
