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 …
Read moreBack 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 …
Read moreHere'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 …
Read moreHow 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 …
Read moreGoing 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 …
Read moreAll 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 …
Read moreShopcast 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 …
Read moreDebating 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 …
Read moreYet 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 …
Read moreTwo 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 …
Read moreDRE: 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 …
Read moreDRE: 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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