HP's first retail store in Canada builds in digital signage
February 8, 2011 by Dave Haynes
It’s not exactly the wall-to-wall screens you see in a Microsoft store, but HP is using digital screens in its first retail store in …
Read moreJC Penney rolling out FindMore smart digital fixtures
February 7, 2011 by Dave Haynes
US department store JC Penney has announced a new smart fixture application is is rolling out to more than 100 stores. At first glance …
Read moreMore detail on Kodak-Haivision deal
February 1, 2011 by Dave Haynes
That deal between Haivision’s CoolSign digital signage unit and Kodak is now official, with an announcement page on the Haivsion website talking about how …
Read moreCoolSign/Haivision announcing Kodak deal next week
January 29, 2011 by Dave Haynes
A deal with Kodak that’s been done for a buncha weeks and chattered about quietly around Haivision and its recently-acquired CoolSign unit gets announced …
Read moreSightings: Interactive storefronts @ Starbucks
January 18, 2011 by Dave Haynes
Starbucks Interactive Storefront from The Media Merchants on Vimeo. Here’s a nice piece of video (I like the stop-motion that shows the install process) …
Read moreIntel shows off future digital retailing ideas at NRF
January 10, 2011 by Dave Haynes
Intel made some noise last year at NRF with its interactive station, and the chipmaker is going for it again at the retail trade …
Read moreMTI comes in from the edges, into thick of retail digital signage offers with new ReAct product
January 6, 2011 by Dave Haynes
MTI has been working around the edges of the digital signage retail sector for many years, with software and displays that popped up content …
Read moreMicroSigns does first US deal for digital signage displays
January 6, 2011 by Dave Haynes
My friends (and clients) up in Montreal who have steadily built up European business for MicroSigns‘ cool little interactive screens for wireless retail now …
Read moreSmart Network's Marketing Director Talking Results At NRF
December 30, 2010 by Dave Haynes
Pete LaFond, the director of marketing for Walmart’s Smart Network, is slotted to do a 45-minute session on Jan. 10th at the National Retail …
Read moreSo a robber walks into a flashy new digital bank …
December 22, 2010 by Dave Haynes
I like the overall approach of the new Citibank flagship store in New York’s Union Square. The digital is designed right into the overall …
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A different take at peddling Colgate at the shelf-edge
December 16, 2010 by Dave Haynes
Having been somewhat less than enamored with whatever Colgate-Palmolive is doing in Canada with a shelf-edge merchandising screen that is all but invisible, it …
Read moreHow to sell digital signage into retail in 2011
December 15, 2010 by Dave Haynes
The National Retail Federation’s SmartBrief newsletter has some interesting predictions from its membership about their plans and needs for 2011, with respect to in-store …
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