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The First @MicroTiles Bluebook

Tuesday, January 1st, 2013

Alex Hughes

London Stock Exchange, part of London Stock Exchange Group, is the world’s most international market for trading and listing of public equity and debt. It takes pride in having the fastest trading technology platform in the world, and in putting together an unique market opening solution, utilising the most cutting-edge technology. Images, text, graphics, film, […]

Gr8 @ADI_LED Screen Content At The @Bullring

Wednesday, December 19th, 2012

Alex Hughes

I absolutely loved this content seen on a new LED at Birmingham’s Bullring. The 6mm pitch 22.5m² LED screen is owned by the shopping centre and was installed by ADI. Advertising media is sold by JCDecaux. The screen is positioned above the main entrance of the Bullring’s Upper West Mall, an area of high footfall […]

#RB-ISE2012 Harrods (The Media Owner)

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

Alex Hughes

After a 30 minute coffee break at #RB-ISE2012 – the @RetailBulletin‘s In-Store Engagement Conference in London we are back in the conference centre with Guy Cheston, Media Sales Director at Harrods of course. He describes Harrods as now in effect a Media Owner in their own right due to the amount of opportunity for brands […]

#RB-ISE2012 Marks & Sparks’ Claire Zuurbier

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

Alex Hughes

I am currently listening to a fantastic presentation by Claire Zuurbier here at #RB-ISE2012 – the @RetailBulletin‘s In-Store Engagement Conference in London. Claire works at the major UK retailer Marks & Spencer (commonly known as M&S) and she’s telling us that M&S is spending GBP 100 million over the next three years on digital in-store […]

In-Store Engagement Conference @RetailBulletin

Monday, July 9th, 2012

Alex Hughes

Always keen to try new conferences and exhibitions and fresh from generating 100’s leads at #ScreenmediaExpo we are exhibiting again this Tuesday, July 10th 2012. The In-Store Engagement Conference is put together by The Retail Bulletin and is relatively new on the conference circuit we believe. I don’t see any other digital signage folks exhibiting […]

8th International Conference, Design & Emotion #dande2012

Thursday, July 5th, 2012

Alex Hughes

‘Out of Control‘ is the theme of the 8th International Conference on Design & Emotion being held at the Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design in London the 11th to 14th September 2012. This conference is a forum held every other year where practitioners, academics and industry leaders meet and exchange knowledge and […]

#dsj2012 Chris Shields Buys A Bottle Of Pocari Sweat

Friday, June 15th, 2012

Alex Hughes

Not only have we got to see many different forms of digital signage and digital out of home in Tokyo at both the #dsj2012 show and generally out and about – we have also managed to ‘experience’ and interact with a lot of it as well this week. Earlier today we recorded a short video […]

Love, Love Me Do, You Know I Love You

Thursday, June 14th, 2012

Alex Hughes

First let me say that #dsj2012 for my team has been a revelation. Lots of innovation that you probably wouldn’t see anywhere else in the world and where just walking the streets you get to see digital signage in the most unusual places. We’ve garnered a lot of content ideas for our own clients in […]

#dsj2012 Hitachi’s Stand Had Content In Context

Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

Alex Hughes

Nice to see a large display manufacturer understand my ‘please put your content at shows in context‘ rant… Here’s Hitachi at #dsj2012 with their own fruit and vegetables stall!

#dsj2012 Life In Tokyo @DSignageJapan

Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

Alex Hughes

If there are any Europeans or North Americans other nationalities may not apply who are heading out to Tokyo for #dsj2012 which is is being held 13th to 15th June AND fancy meeting up one night then please let Adrian or I know. My business partner and I will be there that whole week; Adrian […]