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LED Display Maker Watchfire Bulks Up Sports Capabilities Via Spectrum Scoreboards Acquisition

LED display manufacturer Watchfire has bulked up its capabilities in the live sports market via the acquisition of Spectrum Scoreboards, giving Watchfire what it describes as “a complete line of fixed-digital sports scoreboards and timing displays.” Funded by private equity owners H.I.G. Capital, the purchase of Spectrum assets gets Watchfire one of the largest privately-owned …

Germany’s Cyreen Puts Intelligence In Shopping Carts To Track In-Store Screen And Marketing Impacts

Our German language content partners invidis had a post up recently about a Frankfurt start-up called Cyreen, which consumer behavior analytics for retail environments, and is touting the sales impacts of retail media screens. Cyreen’s retail media technology – Connecting Ad-Impressions with a Purchase (CAP) – has the ability to tie in-store messaging impressions down …