Scheels, PlayNetwork create multimedia experience store

October 5, 2008

REDMOND, Wash. — PlayNetwork announced that Scheels, experts in "all-sports superstore" retailing, leveraged the company to provide custom music, digital…

OVAB to publish guide to audience measurement metrics

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

October 5, 2008

The Out-of-Home Video Advertising Bureau (OVAB) is preparing to release a document that it hopes will standardize the numbers and the language used by screen…

Consumer recording studios use 3-D holographic tech

September 30, 2008

CHATSWORTH, Calif. — Provision Interactive Technologies, a subsidiary of Provision Holding Inc., announced that its new 3-D Holographic display, the HL4…

Screen Media Expo Europe announces highlights

September 29, 2008

LONDON — Screen Events Ltd. today announced the highlights for Europe's biggest digital signage and DOOH Media event in 2009. Renamed "Screen Media Expo Europe…

Fred Meyer goes HD

September 25, 2008

In-Store Marketer: Fred Meyer has outfitted its electronics departments with a new high-definition digital signage network. Custom content is being developed…

Digital Signage Expo East wrap-up

Quality attendees meant more bang for the buck, exhibitors said.

BlinkMedia unveiling its Intelligent Shopping Cart

September 21, 2008

TechTree (India): BlinkMedia announced plans for its Intelligent Shopping Cart, a battery-powered, tablet-like device that will rest on a shopping cart. Tied…

Touchscreens engage shoppers at NY Fashion Week

September 21, 2008

NEW YORK — Azure Media, a mobile marketing strategy firm, released FIA Touch, an interactive and mobile digital signage solution during the Mercedes-Benz New…

Wal-Mart Mexico signs with Thomson for in-store media

August 26, 2008

PARIS — Thomson's Premier Retail Networks Inc. (PRN) announced it has reached an agreement with Wal-Mart Mexico to operate its retail media network that covers…

DSE East coming to Philadelphia

Digital signage's largest tradeshow spins off an East Coast convention.

Circuit City brings tablet PCs to the aisles

August 20, 2008

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. and Circuit City Stores Inc. have announced that select Circuit City stores are empowering their sales associates with tablet…

Smart shopping carts gain momentum

August 13, 2008

The Canadian Press: Smart-cart technology — shopping carts with attached interactive video consoles — is gaining momentum in the United States and Europe.

Home and garden center adds interactive digital signage

August 13, 2008

MINNEAPOLIS — Wireless Ronin Technologies Inc., a Minneapolis-based digital signage provider, announced that Bachman's Inc., a Minneapolis-based floral, home…

Infosys tool tracks shopper, shelf activity in real-time

July 30, 2008

BANGALORE, India — Infosys Technologies Limited has launched ShoppingTrip360, a platform that enables a suite of managed-information services to create a…

Oft-quoted retail statistic doesn't give the full picture

July 30, 2008

NEW YORK — A new global shopper study, "Shopper Decisions Made In-Store" (SDMIS), reveals what's truly happening in the world's retail shopping aisles.

Customer experience and IP

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Protecting crucial aspects of an in-store experience against imitators.

Staples expands video-assist program

July 14, 2008

SEATTLE — Experticity, provider of video-assisted customer support solutions, announced that Staples Business Depot, Canada's largest supplier of business…

Trying on Clothes, 2.0

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Do shoppers want high-tech dressing rooms?

IBM webinar reveals self-service trends

July 13, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Employee-facing self-service is on the rise, and more self-service devices will be managed centrally in the next several years.   Those are…

ADFLOW, Shopguard develop trigger technology for kiosks

July 9, 2008

CHICAGO — ADFLOW Networks, a provider of Web-hosted digital signage and interactive kiosk solutions, announced that it has partnered with Shopguard, one of the…