CES – Digital Picture Frames as Signage

January 10, 2007 by Dave Haynes

There were three gadgets people could not help but see everywhere at this show – GPS navigators, mp3 players, and digital picture frames. The …

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Back and busy

January 4, 2007 by Dave Haynes

I am glad I decided to mentally shut down for the holidays and not think about this stuff, because it got busy pretty much …

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Here's to the tipping point year

December 22, 2006 by Dave Haynes

Well, a lot of us thought 2006 was going to be the year when things really started to take off, and there were certainly …

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How do you compete with free?

December 12, 2006 by Dave Haynes

An Australian company is offering downloads of free digital signage management software, using lots of CAPITAL LETTERS and exclamations to drive home that this …

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Going after the footy crowd

November 27, 2006 by Dave Haynes

One of the networks I noticed in that UK digital ad network directory was a firm called Match Day Media, which has hundreds of …

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All news, all the time?

November 3, 2006 by Dave Haynes

I have had a bunch of conversations in the last couple of weeks with clients and prospects about what they want to do with …

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Shopcast finally, finally bags Wal-mart Canada

October 26, 2006 by Dave Haynes

I remember meeting five years ago with a very stressed woman who was clutching a letter of intent to install digital signage screens in …

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Debating the merits of ad-based networks in stores

September 27, 2006 by Dave Haynes

Self-Service World magazine has an online piece looking at the merits of ad-based networks in retailers. It’s one of those slighlty suspicious articles in …

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Yet more nonsense

June 8, 2006 by Dave Haynes

The guy at Strandvision, a relatively new industry entry, has a special place in my cold heart because he will issue a press release …

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Two approaches to shopping malls

May 23, 2006 by Dave Haynes

I am at the International Council of Shopping Centers trade show in Lost Wages, Nevada, having a look at the industry and getting away …

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DRE: Day 2

May 19, 2006 by Dave Haynes

Happily, Day 2 at DRE proved far busier than Day 1 – and seemed to flush out more retailers. There were emissaries from some …

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DRE: Come on baby, do the LocaModa

May 19, 2006 by Dave Haynes

It took a couple of days, but I finally found something at the Digital Retailing Expo that was new and novel. Boston-based LocaModa had …

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