The Source Opens Newly Designed Interactive Store at Toronto’s Yorkdale Mall (CNW Group/The Source) Canadian gadget retailer The Source – once known as Radio Shack up here – has opened its first experiential format store in an ongoing effort to “reinvent” the brand and shopping experience. […]
Via PSFK This is a clever use of augmented reality that happily doesn’t require the experience to happen through the lens of a smartphone screen. The French supermarket chain Système U used gesture cameras, software and a large video wall at a store to deliver a fun way of communicating the origins of some of its key products. […]
STRATACACHE has acquired IZ-ON Media, the company formerly and arguably better known as PRN, picking it up in a cash deal with its French owners Technicolor. […]
Guest Post: Freddie Laker, Kairos Stand at the counter in any fast food restaurant or cafe. Somewhere up in front of you there will be a menu displayed. In some places, it might be very amateurish, maybe even handwritten. […]
Panasonic has acquired a small, privately-owned NYC-based digital signage solutions provider called MagicInk Interactive LLC, picking up retail planning and deployment expertise. “After reviewing the potential acquisitions in this area, we believe that MagicInk is well positioned to help us significantly expand our digital signage business. […]
Guest Post – Emily Carroll, Prendi With the evolution of technological innovations, consumers are becoming increasingly connected and informed, with high expectations of the retail experience. As this continues to evolve, retailers must recognize the shifting role of the brick-and-mortar store. No longer is the brick-and-mortar store enough on it’s own, nor is online. […]
Guest Post: Ron Gazzola, Samsung Putting the quick in Quick Service Restaurants, or QSRs, has owed a lot to the sensors and systems that are now the basis of what’s being called the Internet of Things. To get an order to a customer, without customer lines backing up, takes automation and smart devices that are driving near factory-level precision at the food prep stations. […]
A little UK start-up has launched Postar, an iPad app that allows small business owners to build a simple digital sign message on the tablet and then run it on larger screens using $39 Chromecast HDMI sticks. Postar says it is focused on micro business operators, like indie coffee shops and boutiques. […]
Flix Brewhouse is an interesting movie theater chain in that it pairs the big screen with the tall glass – the latter used for the output of the micro brewery that Flix runs onsite. Yes, you can sip a craft beers and watch a flick in a theatre. […]
Maybe five minutes up the road from my world HQ and Live Bait shop is a new Canadian Automobile Association office, with a shiny new, very nice 90-degree video wall. The CAA store just opened this spring in Burlington, and the centrepiece for this new CAA concept store design is a nine-screen wrap-around video wall. There are more screens around the store functioning as digital posters. […]
Companies like Christie and Barco have business units and focused efforts going after the cinema lobby business, as do a few software companies, but a consortium is getting help from Coca-Cola to market its blended solution. The global soda brand is working with YCD Multimedia, NEC, Intel and Littlebit Technology on what a signage and experiential offer looks like for cinema operators. […]
NY-based ComQi has posted a solid, deep look at how digital signage intersects with Internet of Things devices and data in retail sites. There are huge efficiencies to be gained when devices and data can collect, present and use real-time information in meaningful, actionable ways,” says the position paper. […]
Canadian Tire has opened a giant new store on the south end of Edmonton, on the main road out of town south to Calgary, and loaded it up with a whole bunch of digital. The South Edmonton Common store, which opened Friday, has more than 100 digital screens, including a video wall and an outdoor hi-rez LED. […]
A typical flat panel monitor supports millions of colors, so it’s a little funny to see a press release celebrating how a display now supports yellow. We Did Yellow!!! But in the case of electronic ink, it’s a big deal. […]
What would be a really good environment to test and tweak retail technologies, and get them in front of major retailers and brands? How about a major mall in a tech hotbed, in a city few people groan about having to visit for a business trip? […]
