Retailers want product lookup and couponing from mobile apps

October 12, 2010 by Dave Haynes

If you are trying to get a better sense of what retailers are looking for in technology that will help them out, the research …

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Shopper Marketing Expo on in Chicago. Are you there?

October 6, 2010 by Dave Haynes

I’ve had a couple of emails from industry friends asking if I was going to be in Chicago this week for the Shopper Marketing …

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C-Store 101 paper from NRF offers pile of insights

October 5, 2010 by Dave Haynes

Somehow or other I stumbled across a paper from the National Retail Federation on the convenience store business that looks into trends and operating …

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Are DOOH networks in big retail tainted?

October 4, 2010 by Dave Haynes

The venerable trade publication Advertising Age has a piece up called “In-store TV Still Fighting For Respect — And Marketing Dollars.” OK. Agreed on …

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New DOOH mall network has dwell time to die for

September 19, 2010 by Dave Haynes

Shopping malls are a really interesting environment to put in an ad-based screen network, and the one that’s starting to spark up in the Middle …

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Montreal's Viva Group bags national deal with Canada's largest sports retailer

September 7, 2010 by Dave Haynes

Suburban Montreal-based Viva Group has completed a nice deal to roll out digital display networks for Canada’s biggest sports retailer, Calgary-based The Forzani Group …

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Digital mall directories just make sense

September 2, 2010 by Dave Haynes

Mall directories going digital just makes sense, as the store listings are always changing and each time that happens stuff needs to get printed …

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A digital mirror to get pretty, in butt-ugly packaging

August 30, 2010 by Dave Haynes

I am not a regular reader of PremiumBeautyNews (shocking, I know), but stumbled on this piece about the French hypermarket retailer Carrefour testing an …

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Wild West Days are over in Digital Signage? Nope. Exhibit A …

August 24, 2010 by Dave Haynes

There was a suggestion last week that the wild west days of digital signage had passed. My reaction. Nope. I give you, as passed …

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Dick, call me, we can help

August 19, 2010 by Dave Haynes

The big focal point for the entry in to mammoth Dick’s Sporting Goods store near Buffalo’s airport – four tiled screens. Dead when I …

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Getting a tenuous grip on mobile and social ties

August 18, 2010 by Dave Haynes

My ridiculously smart Preset colleague David Weinfeld spends a lot of time watching where consumer engagement is going and how digital media fits in …

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Sightings: Ripple screen no more

August 18, 2010 by Dave Haynes

Spotted in the wild at a Robek’s in Southern California by an old colleague: “Once a Ripple TV digital sign, now a lonely power …

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