The Aussie firm Coates Group has formally started marketing its in-house virtual reality capabilities as a way to understand how digital signage and interactive screens could be integrated into the stores of its target vertical – fast food restaurants. […]
The Society For Experiential Graphic Design has its annual xLab conference on even as I type this, but I’m back at HQ and missing the event (but not missing flying out of NYC on a Friday evening … ugh). […]
In this episode, I’m having a chat with Leo Coates of The Coates Group, an end-to-end digital signage solutions provider that’s heavily focused on the quick service restaurant sector. The Australian company already has a footprint in 35 countries – everything from rollouts to trials. […]
I’m in and out of New York really quickly this week for NEC, LG and an SEGD tour, but a meeting fell through and now I have a few hours on Thursday morning – when it will apparently be raining (pfffft) – to duck into a few places between fixed commitments and an evening dash to JFK. […]
E-commerce continues to grow at the expense of many physical store sales. However, there is a silver lining: People still love to shop. In fact, more than 92 percent of sales still happen in brick-and-mortar stores, according to the U.S. […]
DANVILLE, IL–(Marketwired – Oct 17, 2016) – Watchfire Signs has been selected by the Family Express chain of convenience stores to provide digital signage for its locations throughout the midwest. […]
Sports Experts, the largest network of sports stores in Quebec, unveiled its new flagship store concept in Laval thereby ushering in a new era of personalized retail experiences. At 48,000-square-feet spread across two floors, the new store concept features digital technologies that inform and inspire customers. […]
Shikatani Lacroix delivered simple, immersive and interactive experiences that allow natural browsing of adidas Golf footwear without touch screens or complex interfaces. The adidas Lift & Compare experience used digital screens above shoes that, when lifted, trigger specific comparison content. The experience is implemented across Canada. […]
BROOKINGS, S.D. – Oct. 6, 2016 –Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, was presented the 2016 AV Award for Retail Project of the Year thanks to the now iconic installation for Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas, Nevada. […]
Leo Coates (center), and Haynes (far right) eyeballing bar options at recent Coates open house in Chicago. It’s a big reach for an Australian company to establish a foothold in North America, particularly in a hyper-crowded market like digital signage. But that’s what a Sydney-based company called Coates is doing, with aims at building up a client list in the QSR business. […]
Photo source: Fast Company AT&T is opening a new tech-centric flagship store today in one of San Francisco’s most historic buildings, filling it with lots of digital bells and whistles, including a sweeping bulkhead LED video wall. The new store, at 1 Powell Street, is next to the popular trolley cable car turnaround area. […]
Today, SITO Mobile Ltd. (NASDAQ:SITO), a leading mobile engagement platform, announces a data and product development partnership with Blue Bite, a top cloud-based IoT platform company. SITO Mobile’s Marketing Platform provides advertisers access to more than 98% of U.S. […]
Bluetooth beacons have been turned into interactive digital signage players by one of the largest manufacturers of the high buzz factor radio transmitters. The Polish start-up Estimote has announced a new product called Estimote Mirror, a dongle that plugs into the back of any display that has an HDMI and USB port (if they are next to each other). […]
Here’s a great example of an interactive screen solution, coupled with a machine, that goes to the heart of what any of this “customer engagement” stuff should be about – making something faster, better and easier for consumers. In this case, it’s a kiosk that can copy a house, car or other key in a matter of seconds, on demand. […]
Photo by Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire Via GeekWire The tech news site GeekWire has a good piece up about the heavy digital investment made by Whole Foods at a new small format 365 store in Bellevue, Washington. […]
