A bit of a shitstorm has spun up here in Canada over “news” Thursday that a major shopping center chain had been using computer vision in its malls to get a handle on shopper demographics, somehow threatening privacy in the process. […]
The conventional thinking – me included – at the start of the pandemic was that the future looked particularly dark for companies that focused on interactive touchscreen technology, but the opposite has happened – and here’s a tangible example of why. […]
Products Used Outdoor Digital Android Battery A-Boards Hand Sanitiser Network Android Advertising Displays Background Established in 1972, Hubo is a household-name DIY chain with over 150 stores spread across Belgium. […]
Dayton, Ohio-based digital signage solutions company STRATACACHE has bagged and closed a massive deal that sees it providing software, hardware and services to three of the larger QSR chains in North America, The deal involves more than 40,000 screens at Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes locations in Canada and the U.S. […]
The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT The QSR industry has been dramatically impacted by COVID-19, and some operators have fared much better than others for the simple reason that they had drive-thru lanes. If the business relied on walk-in and dine-in traffic, they were in trouble. […]
This is a glimpse inside American Dream, the destination retail/entertainment attraction that opened up, closed for COVID and then re-opened at the start of the month. The huge mall (the backers don’t like that term, but …) is located in the New Jersey meadowlands, on the other side of the Hudson from New York City. […]
Guest Post: Chloe Weaver, Allsee Technologies Digitalization is the process of converting existing business operations into digital form by applying new technologies. For instance, this could be a retail brand transforming their high street store into an e-commerce website, or a local fast food restaurant running social media ads instead of posting flyers through people’s letterboxes. […]
The Atlanta-based venue analytics software firm InReality sees an opportunity for mashing up technologies to create Safe Spaces, and has developed solutions and advisory website that explains the hows and whys of doing that. […]
Congratulations to Peter Critchley and the crew at London-based solutions provider Beaver Trison for winning the In-store Technology of the Year Award at this week’s 2020 Retail System Awards, for its work on the MADE.com digital showroom solution now deployed across the retailer’s European stores. Working with the tech manufacturer Asus, Beaver Trison used beautifully designed digital tables with large format 4K touchscreens and intuitive self-order desks to help with the furniture shopping experience. […]
The managed services firm Velocity has gone into one of the vertical markets it serves by acquiring the small, grocery-focused Digital OOH ad network Impax Media. A Montreal company that bubbled up about five years ago, Impax does in-store advertising to shoppers at the checkout aisles at 49 grocery stores in the New York City area. […]
This is an interesting spin on a digitally-driven apparel store – somewhere in Poland. The chain – called Modivo – has launched a new format that is heavy on narrow-bezel LCD video walls, and that uses something like an appointment set-up for shopping. […]
Toronto-based Cineplex Digital Media has started marketing a new data-driven retail optimization platform called FLEX SmartEngine – using machine learning and a variety of data inputs to boost sales for stores and QSR operators. […]
Levi Strauss & Co. has started opening what it is calling its NextGen stores – new shops built around personalization and digital. […]
More and more case studies and references are starting to pop up that feature direct view LED digital facades in flagship stores, but here’s an example of an image-conscious brand going in a different direction – using animated lighting. This is the Stradivarius store in Cagner Sur Mer, on the French Riviera. […]
The UK tech start-up Ultraleap – which markets technology that merges camera-based hand-tracking with haptic feedback – has released free software it says enables existing touchscreens to go touch-free. The qualifier in that is to make the TouchFree software work, operators will need to add on a $250 camera/sensor or a $90 controller gadget. […]
