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16:9: A classic case of what happens when you cannot instantly update your digital sign messages

One of the arguments I have been making in the last year or so about COVID and digital signage is how the pandemic really reinforced how valuable instantly or easily updated messaging was to retailers, restaurant operators and venue managers. Here’s a classic case of what happens when you don’t have it – from a Bojangles in Charlotte, as spotted on Reddit. […]

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Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 9:36 AM

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Witnesses In The Case For Digital Drive-Thru

One of the arguments I have been making in the last year or so about COVID and digital signage is how the pandemic really reinforced how valuable instantly or easily updated messaging was to retailers, restaurant operators and venue managers. Here’s a classic case of what happens when you don’t have it – from a Bojangles in Charlotte, as spotted on Reddit. […]

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Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 9:36 AM

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16:9: Swiss Timepiece Firm Uses Super-Nice Mosaic LCD Video Wall In NYC Store To Drive Its Brand

This is a great example of how LCD can still do a fabulous job as a signature video wall – a mosaic with sync’d content in a New York store of the Swiss luxury timepiece firm Bucherer. Eric Buterbaugh of New York-based content Show+Tell posted the video (below) on Linkedin, but he is a master of one-word answers, so all I know is New York and Bucherer. […]

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Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 2:32 PM

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Asian Fast Food Chain Itsu Does COVID-driven Pivot To Self-Service Order Screens And Meal Status Displays

The pandemic has forced a lot of fast food and fast casual restaurant operators to rethink how they operated – from adding drive-thru capability to reducing the amount of staff-to-customer interactions. What the Asian-inspired Itsu chain is doing in the UK is a good, though certainly not unique, example of how those kinds of restaurants will operate. […]

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Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 8:43 AM

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16:9: LG Now Marketing Full Digital Signage Solution for Quick-Service Restaurants

If you are active on the software side of digital signage, you’ve undoubtedly seen Samsung evolving its MagicINFO software from a low or no-cost add-on for small jobs to a full-featured enterprise platform that competes against pure-play CMS software companies. […]

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Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 1:00 PM

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Consumers Jumpy When Business Entries Have No COVID Guidelines Signage: Research

The Greek/American digital signage CMS software firm Yodeck took the interesting step of commissioning research to learn what consumers think about signs being used for COVID-19 safety messaging, with the big insight being how nervous people got when there was no messaging. […]

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Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 11:40 AM

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16:9: New Nike Rise Store In Seoul Uses Run Club Data To Drive Visuals On Giant Feature LED Wall

Nike seems to endlessly roll out new tech-driven concept and flagship stores, but one that just opened in Seoul is interesting for the way it blends a BIG LED feature wall with real-time data. The 24,000-square-foot Nike Rise store, which opened yesterday, has a three-story fine-pitch LED display that shows real-time running stats from the local Nike Run Club community. […]

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Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 11:00 AM

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16:9: The Digital Storefront at an NYC Zara Is Getting a Lot of Online Buzz, but You Should Know It’s Not Real

This video keeps making the rounds lately on Linkedin and no matter how many technical people jump in with comments explaining how it is just CGI and not really happening at a NYC Zara store, many more people keep gushing on about how amazing it is. […]

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Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 11:30 AM

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16:9: LG Using AI-driven Voice Assistants In Mobile Service Provider Stores In Korea

Hat Tip Craig Keefner at kioskindustry.org for flagging this … LG’s mobile retail wing is starting to use voice recognition technology from an Israeli startup to act as digital assistant at its mobile phone service provider stores in South Korea. […]

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Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 3:02 PM

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Transform Retail Spaces… All-New Ultra-Wide Combo!

Introducing the perfect retail digital signage combo! Transform traditional static shelf labelling with our LCD Shelf Edge Touch Displays and pair them with our Ultra-Wide Stretched Bar Displays to create revolutionary show-stopping displays. […]

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Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 6:37 AM

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imageHOLDERS, Ultraleap Partner On Touchless Kiosk Solutions

After almost 18 months of a global pandemic I’d suggest the bulk of the population – save for the puzzling people who insist it’s a hoax or that their freedoms are threatened – has a routine down for touching things and then seeking out some hand sanitizer. […]

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Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 8:29 AM

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Skinny LCD Used As Header On Nice Chain Drug End Cap For Allergy Relief Product

This is a nice, sleek digital endcap developed by the packaging and fixture giant WestRock for a US chain drug operator (not sure which one). […]

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Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 7:47 AM

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16:9: Samsung-driven Hair Salon Of The Future, With 50 Or So Screens, Opens In NJ

The sheer number of hair and nail salons out there – what strip mall have you seen that doesn’t have one? – has always made the sector attractive as a vertical for digital signage technology. It helps that these environments have lotsa wait time, high loyalty and all kinds of high-margin products and services to upsell. […]

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Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 10:30 AM

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16:9: Spectrio Buys Automobile Broadcasting Network, 4th Digital Signage Firm In Past Year

The Tampa-area in-store digital solutions firm Spectrio continues to grow through acquisition, with news that it has bought Automotive Broadcasting Network (ABN), which is focused on auto dealers. The company is based on the other side of the state in Jacksonville. […]

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Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 1:36 PM

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16:9: Global Consumers Increasingly Comfy With Return to Physical Stores: Research

The retail-focused solutions provider Mood Media has released new research looking at shopper sentiments globally, finding 80% of consumers are now comfy with the idea of returning to physical stores, up from 71% in 2020. […]

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Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 1:30 PM

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