Vendor Alert: Adidas Opening Tech-Filled “Halo” Flagship In Downtown Toronto March 10, 2022 by Dave Haynes Adidas is opening its first “halo” flagship store in downtown Toronto this summer – a whiz-bang immersive store that will likely be filled with visual displays, particularly if the first halo store in Dubai (photo above) is the inspiration. Retail Insider reports that the “concept store merges several of the Adidas sub-brands under one roof …
Shanghai Subway Adds 112-Meter-Long Fine Pitch Led Wall Along New Concourse March 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes One of the underground walkways between subway lines in central Shanghai now has a 112-meter-long fine pitch LED video display running along one wall. Yes, a 2.5mm pitch LED wall longer than the length of a football field – American or soccer. The LianTronics display is in the transfer passageway of Lujiazui station, on Shanghai’s …
Portugal’s Moviik Wants More Digital Signage Firms Rolling In Its Queueing Software March 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes I have clear memories of talking to queue management hardware and software companies years ago at trade shows, who looked at me then like I was wearing a cocktail dress and heels when I suggested there was an interesting tie-up to be done with digital signage applications. They just didn’t see the relationship between the …
D’Alessandro Stepping Down At Diversified; Unisys Vet Hutto Hired As New CEO March 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes The (very) big pro AV integrator Diversified has a new person at the top, with word this morning that founder Fred D’Alessandro is slowing down and transitioning to a role as Executive Chairman, clearing the way for Unisys veteran Eric Hutto to be the newly-hired CEO. D’Alessandro, the announcement explains, “will now focus his energy …
Saccoman Steps Back From AdMobilize Leadership; Focused Now On NFTs And Crypto March 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Miami computer vision firm AdMobilize has announced big management changes, with founder Rodolfo Saccoman stepping back to just have a seat on the board and be an active advisor, while a pair of long-timers with the company take on CEO and COO roles. The executive changes, says PR, is the culmination of a transition …
Uniguest Brings On CIO With Deep Travel Tech Experience To Drive Product And M&A Strategies March 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes If a digital signage solutions company decides to go hard at a well-defined vertical market, it really helps to have people on board who know that industry and the technologies that underpin it. So I’m impressed by a new executive hire announced by Nashville-based solutions provider Uniguest, which has long made the hotel sector a …
Dead-Simple Triggered Floor Projections Drive Workplace Safety March 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is an interesting take on the idea on the idea of using sensors to trigger content to displays, based on things like motion or other activity. Just about every use-case in digital signage for this sort of thing has been for managing line-ups or product marketing in retail, but here’s a simplified solution meant …
When I’ve Written How Videos Are Important In Digital Signage Marketing, I Didn’t Mean This … March 7, 2022 by Dave Haynes One of the awesome things about working remotely, and particularly now as an independent contractor, is I don’t think I’ll find myself at a company meeting being compelled to go outside and dance in a music video. All power to the extroverts at every company who’d be all over this, but I would be finding …
High Five: Pro AV’s Merson Group Organizing, Funding Critical Supplies Trucks For Ukraine March 7, 2022 by Dave Haynes Well done to the Glasgow-based traditional and digital signage firm Merson Group, which is using its resources and business ties to help out Ukrainians from a distance. Taking pains to stress this is not a “look at us/virtue-signalling” thing, the company has a post up on Linkedin talking about what it has been doing since …
Revitalized Toronto Union Station Adds More LED, LCD Video Walls March 7, 2022 by Dave Haynes The main commuter rail and bus hub in Toronto – Union Station – has been undergoing renovations for the past 10 years, and as new common areas have been spruced up, they’ve opened with more and more digital components, including LED video walls for ad spots and messaging. The latest area released at the station …
