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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Beth Warren Of CRI On How To Make Digital Signage Really Resonate In Retail
November 14, 2018 by Dave Haynes
Beth Warren of Creative Realities – or CRI for short – came recommended as a speaker for the DSF’s recent Coffee and Controversy event …
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Listen To Coffee And Controversy 2018
November 7, 2018 by Dave Haynes
I was in New York last week for the Digital Signage Federation’s annual Coffee and Controversy breakfast event – a panel discussion that each …
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CRI Buys Allure Global From Christie, Less Than Three Years After Christie Acquisition
September 24, 2018 by Dave Haynes
Christie Digital Systems seems to be going back to its core business – having wound down the digital signage creative shop Arsenal Media (which …
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Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Rick Mills, Creative Realities (CRI)
June 7, 2017 by Dave Haynes
If you have followed the digital signage business for a few years, you have probably seen stories about the financial tailspins of a set …
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After Years Of Red Ink, CRI Now Operating In Black
May 16, 2017 by Dave Haynes
I don’t know how many posts I’ve done about the endlessly bad tale of the financial fortunes of Wireless Ronin-Broadcast International-Creative Realities, so it’s …
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