Singing Soup Pot At Grocery End Cap Drives Whopping 240% Sales Lift September 28, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is another project that is not digital signage but speaks to the idea of having fun with in-store displays and content, and not just telling shoppers about promotions and offers. It comes out of Bolivia (this may be the first Sixteen:Nine post, period, involving Bolivia) and is for the Nestle brand Maggi, a soup …
Start-up Smartify Switches Up Place-Based Ad Model With Two-Sided Displays In Windows September 27, 2021 by Dave Haynes A start-up called Smartify Media is taking an age-old, largely unproven place-based ad formula for retail and trying it out in what may be a more opportune location – store and services businesses windows. Smartify says it works directly with retailers, commercial landlords, and manufacturers “to assess the media value of physical space and implement …
LaGuardia Turns The Tap On For Giant Projected Water Curtain Show In Reno’d Terminal B September 27, 2021 by Dave Haynes I’m not sure I’d reference this water fountain projection thingie at the renovated (thank God!) NY LaGuardia Airport as a digital signage job, but it kinda sorta is, I suppose. The Water Feature in the hugely improved (by the looks of it) Terminal B is like a giant, computer-controlled rainfall shower in the terminal that …
Samsung’s Full Meal Digital Signage Deal Going Into Freedom Mobile Stores In Canada September 24, 2021 by Dave Haynes The retail locations for the Canadian wireless retailer Freedom Mobile have started a technology upgrade in some 80 stores in B.C., Alberta and Ontario to a digital signage feature set heavily driven by Samsung’s solutions – LED and LCD, but also its CMS software. The retailer, part of the Shaw Communications group, has a new …
Unilumin’s USA Wing Brings On Former D3 Exec Barak As VP Strategic Markets September 24, 2021 by Dave Haynes The big Chinese LED companies that do a huge amount of work in their domestic markets aren’t always all that good on the sales and marketing side in North America, so it’s interesting to see Unilumin USA hiring on industry vet Jason Barak as its new VP of Strategic Markets. Barak has 25 years in …
Intuiface Launches Rebuilt, Redesigned No-Code Interactive (And Headless) Toolset September 24, 2021 by Dave Haynes The French firm Intuiface has announced Version 7 of its same-named software – a complete rebuild and redesign of its code-base and UX that lowers resource demands and plays to the rapidly emerging ideas of no or low code, and headless CMS. Intuiface Version 7 makes heavy use of progressive web app technology that makes …
Uniguest Acquires LA-based Digital Signage CMS Software Shop UCView September 23, 2021 by Dave Haynes Nashville-based Uniguest continues to acquire companies in the digital signage and digital engagement technology space, with news this morning that it has acquired longtime LA-based CMS UCView. This is the third acquisition announcement made by Uniguest in 2021, and one of several in the last 2-3 years involving companies with digital signage capabilities. The company, …
When Your Pro AV Company Is Named Covid, All You Can Do Is Laugh, Shrug And Carry On September 23, 2021 by Dave Haynes The organizers of the InfoComm trade show coming up in a few weeks are doing everything possible to keep COVID out of the convention center venue, but in an exceptionally weird twist, Covid has booth 3354 on the exhibit hall floor. A Tempe, AZ company called Covid has been manufacturing audio-visual connectivity solutions for nearly …
Telecine Makes Fun, Animated Digital Signage Master Class Sessions Available For Free September 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes The good people over at Montreal content-centric solutions provider Telecine have released a free “Digital Signage Master Class” built around a quirky, slightly snarky animated Content Queen named Nicky. The online video course spans eight weeks and covers subjects like Project Planning, Software, Data Analytics, Digital Signage Templates and Audience Measurement. “We designed this course …
MoodMedia Bulks Up In-Store Media Footprint In Acquiring Competitor PlayNetwork September 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes Mood Media has acquired longtime competitor PlayNetwork from its owner Octave Group, bulking up Mood’s overall footprint for in-store media solutions like digital signage and streaming ambient music. Terms of the deal were not disclosed in the announcement. Mood says it reaches more than 150 million consumers each day via some 500,000 subscriber locations in …
