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Online Non-Food Sales Grew 8.3% in February

by Helen Vince

According to the latest report from the British Retail Consortium and KPMG, online sales of non-food products in the UK grew by 8.3% in February compared to a year earlier. The proportion of non-food …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 22 - Issue 11

NEC Shares Solution Showcase Dates

by Tom Allen

The seventh annual NEC Display Solutions showcase will take place on the 20th and 21st May this year, at the Vinopolis in London. There will be zones dedicated to applications including retail, DOOH, education, …

Tags:Back Panel| Digital Signage| Education| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Retail| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Sony to Phase Out US Retail Stores

by Helen Vince

Sony is to phase out eight of its remaining 10 Sony stores in the US and expand its retail presence through the dealer channel by rolling out 100 more Sony Experience in-store locations. The …

Tags:Channels| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Retailers| sony| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Sainsburys digital price labels

Sainsbury’s Trialling Digital Pricing Display

by Helen Vince

UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is trailling a new digital pricing display to reduce the use of paper and automatically update prices. The retailer has installed the displays in its Shoreditch Old Street Local store …

Tags:Digital Signage| Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| ePaper| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 22 - Issue 09

German Retail Sales to Rise

by Tom Allen

German trade association HDE expects a slight increase in retail sales in the country this year – which would make 2015 the sixth year in a row to see an increase. €466.2 billion is expected …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 22 - Issue 06

UltraHD Climbing Rapidly in Korea

by Tom Allen

UltraHD TVs represented more than 50% of 55″+ TV sales at the end of Q4’14 in Korea, said domestic retailer Lotte Hi-Mart, speaking to ET News. A Korean channel source forecast that the share would rise …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Market Shares - Panels| Retail| Retailers| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Vorsprung Durch Samsung

by Raverstead

Audi showrooms in the UK are using Samsung’s Gear VR headset to demonstrate the features of the new Audi TT. Wearers can investigate the interior of the car and be taken for a drive. …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Fujitsu Forum Exhibition

by Raverstead

There was an exhibition area as part of the Forum event and much of it was dominated by servers, SANs and a large area by POS solutions and equipment. Clearly retail systems are a …

Tags:Fujitsu| Fujitsu Forum 2014| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Nvidia| Oculus Rift| Retail| Thin Clients| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Estimote Turns Objects Into ‘Nearables’

by Raverstead

Estimote is a beacon company that has taken the technology to a new form factor: stickers. These ‘tiny super beacons’ were announced in August but have just begun to be shipped. The Estimote Stickers …

Tags:Beacons| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Museums & Exhibitions| Retail| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Perch Shows Projection Based Digital Signage Solution

by Helen Vince

Digital Signage – Perch is a New York based company focusing on creating a point of product display solution. While this is nothing new in general, Perch uses a combination of technologies to provide …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Argos to Expand Digital Stores

by Super User

UK retailer Argos is planning to have opened 50 digital stores by Christmas. In the last 12 months, the chain has opened 32 digital stores across the UK trading in three different formats (Display …

Tags:Argos| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Ipsos Analyses WiFi Signals to Measure Loyalty

by Super User

Ipsos Retail Performance is trialling a new footfall-tracking solution with UK chain Argos. The Ipsos Retail Performance Shopper Mobile system uses WiFi and Bluetooth signals from mobile devices to gather metrics on a store’s …

Tags:Argos| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21