O+O Shopping Experience: Watsons Opens Asia’s 8,000th Store November 11, 2024November 11, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Watsons, Asia’s leading health and beauty brand, has opened its 8,000th store in Asia. Based in Hong Kong, the retailer operates highly digitized drugstores and pharmacies across Asia and the Middle East. The new store at SM Mall of Asia in Manila highlights how digital signage connects offline and online (O+O) customer experiences.
DooH: Samsung to Build 8K Giant in Seoul November 14, 2024November 6, 2024 by Antonia Hamberger South Korea is planning three new DooH districts similar to New York’s Times Square. In one of these areas, Samsung is constructing a massive 8K screen—a scale that Europe can only dream of.
DooH: Sharp Presents First Outdoor E-Poster October 17, 2024October 11, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Sharp is unveiling its first AO-sized outdoor e-poster at the Ceatec trade fair in Tokyo. This all-in-one solution, featuring four Sharp EPDs, is IP65-protected and operates autonomously with a 5G modem, LED lighting, and solar cells. Covering just under one square meter, the poster could be installed without approval in Germany.
Future of Digital Signage: Contextual not Personalized October 16, 2024October 10, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Today’s digital signage concepts are typically connected to a networked infrastructure and integrated into complex customer journeys. Isolated silo concepts are history. The focus lies on spatial and temporal contextual engaging content. To learn more about connected signage, invidis spoke with Anand Bhandari, IoT Business Head at Jio Things – a dedicated B2B IoT-platform with …
DooH Measurement: Quividi from Delhi to Doha September 30, 2024September 26, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Delhi | Quividi has been a market leader in audience measurement and shopper tracking for years, pioneering the use of analytics and sensors in digital signage. However, convincing Europe of the benefits of these technologies remains challenging, especially with the added complexity of GDPR. Outside of Europe, though, Quividi has found great success, as seen …
Major Projects: India’s CMS Providers Enter Europe September 13, 2024September 11, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Mumbai | Along with Swiss-based Navori, Indian CMS platforms presented their digital signage solutions at Infocomm India. One of them is Pickcel, a software provider with more than 100,000 licences. Pickcel is now expanding its focus to Europe and has already secured large accounts in Germany and Austria.
Onyx 2.0: Samsung Unveils Next-Gen Cinema LED September 12, 2024September 11, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Mumbai | Where, if not in Bollywood, is the perfect place to launch a new cinema solution? At Infocomm India, Samsung introduced the next generation of its cinema LED Onyx platform, Onyx 2.0. With this upgrade, Samsung aims to persuade the cinema market to switch from traditional projectors to LED technology. To date, only 120 …
Infocomm India: The Tiger Awakens September 10, 2024September 5, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Mumbai | With Foxconn and PPDS building major factories, a thriving software sector, and a 7% economic growth, India is becoming a key player in digital signage development. A recap of Infocomm India and invidis’ digital signage conference.
Digital Signage in Asia: Faster, Bigger, China August 21, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Almost all digital signage hardware is either produced in China or assembled using Chinese components. When it comes to their own technical concepts, the Chinese tend to favor big and spectacular displays, yet simple in design.
invidis Weekly Exclusive: The Big Bet on Subscriptions August 8, 2024August 6, 2024 by Florian Rotberg LG has quietly shifted its business model: In Korea, LG is now generating 20% of its home appliance sales, including TVs, through subscriptions. Samsung is now following suit , and both companies are expanding this model to other countries. A first step for digital signage, too?
