CRI Gets Into Digital OOH Via New Deal With Shopping Center-Focused Starlite Media

April 13, 2023 by Dave Haynes

Creative Realities has announced a deal it says could involve as many as 5,000 new screens for a deployment led by a media company …

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DSF Pulls Crowd For Louisville Meet And Mingle Event

February 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes

It looks like the Digital Signage Federation pulled a good crowd for its networking event in Louisville, Kentucky last night – with a nice …

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Sixteen:Nine Mixer Pre-Event Panel To Explore Merger Activities In Digital Signage

October 11, 2022 by Dave Haynes

Consolidation in this industry has been expected and happening for years, and some some companies have emerged as the main actors in Mergers and …

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Reflect Founder Schmitt, COO Sanders Move On In Wake Of CRI Merger

May 3, 2022 by Dave Haynes

It looks like the inevitable shakeout has now happened in the wake of Reflect Systems merging and being rolled into Creative Realities, with Linkedin …

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PR-Shackled CRI Makes Some Cryptic Noise About A Renewal Deal With Whale Retail Client

April 29, 2022 by Dave Haynes

Winning business with whale clients is always good news for service providers in digital signage, or just about any industry, but it is only …

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CRI Paid $16M Cash Plus 2.3M Shares For Reflect Acquisition

March 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes

There have been numerous acquisitions and mergers in the past few years involving companies active in digital signage, and in almost every case, I …

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CRI, Reflect Merger Now Official; Blended Firm Now CRI And Run By Mills

February 18, 2022 by Dave Haynes

News of a merger between Creative Realities and Reflect Systems tracks back to Nov. 2021, but it has taken until now for the deal …

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Creative Realities Merges With Reflect Systems; Blended Offer To Run Under CRI

November 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes

Creative Realities has completed a merger deal with Reflect Systems that sees the combined company operating going forward as Creative Realities, or CRI for …

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CRI’s Pandemic-Era Financials Likely A Window Into How Many Ecosystem Firms Fared In 2020

March 10, 2021 by Dave Haynes

I used to track a now long-gone CMS software company called Wireless Ronin because of the company’s impressive record of burning through investor money, …

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Is Anyone Buying All These Digital Covid-19 Devices? Apparently, Yes

August 14, 2020 by Dave Haynes

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More Digital Signage Solutions Companies Coming Up With Tech For Pandemic Measures

April 29, 2020 by Dave Haynes

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CRI Paid About $8.5M For Allure, $6.3M In Cash

August 9, 2019 by Dave Haynes

Creative Realities paid roughly $8.5 million last fall to buy Allure off of Christie Digital Systems, according to SEC quarterly report filings by CRI. …

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