Archive for March, 2009

PRN Names Daniel Bourgault SVP, Sales

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Premier Retail Networks, Inc. (PRN) announced this week the appointment of Daniel Bourgault as senior vice president of national sales/non-endemic categories. Bourgault joins PRN from GE/NBC Universal in Burbank, Calif., where since August 2006 he served as national director of sales and business development for NBC Everywhere – Digital Media. He originally joined GE/NBC Universal […]

The Digital Bus Shelter That Weighs You

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Already this year we are starting to see a slew of VERY exciting digital roadside deployments – the latest of which is a bus shelter in Rotterdam, Netherlands (shown to the right here) that weighs you whilst advertising Fitness First – though we think it would be much funnier if McDonalds were to ‘tongue-in-cheek’ start […]

Retail Week Conference 2009

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Diane Whalley, Head Of Business Development at Imagesound reminded us about the Retail Week event that starts tomorrow in London. . Diane told us “we are supplying the musical backdrop to the hospitality and networking suite showcasing a selection of our retail clients across the 2 day event” The event takes place in London on […]

You Can Fire Me For $367,000

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

It’s (really) hard NOT to beat up on a company when you read things like this but there are some fascinating nuggets in WIRELESS RONIN TECHNOLOGIES INC’s Form 10-K dated 13-Mar-2009 not the least of which that getting rid of their old CEO and CFO in 2008 cost the company a total of $733,000 in […]

Big Win For John Ryan In Spain

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Here’s an uplifting retail banking story and a big win for John Ryan in Spain – a 500 branch digital signage rollout for Caja Mediterráneo. The screens, placed in high-traffic areas of the branch interior and exterior are designed to convey promotional and informational messages in eight languages – all handled by John Ryan’s Messaging […]

RetailTech 2009, Japan’s Largest Digital Signage Event

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Chris Phelan

RetailTech 2009 was held last week, March 3rd through 6th in Tokyo, Japan. The annual event brings together all of the the largest vendors in Japan to showcase the latest in retail information systems. Everything from RFID and IC technology to in-store promotion and logistic systems are exhibited by hundreds of vendors. This year the […]

MRI Outdoor Digital Display

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

MRI Inc. introduced its full line of Outdoor Digital Displays at the DSE Show in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago (ranging from 32″ to 82″ in portrait and landscape mode). This flagship product of theirs – the 70″ Wedge Style Display, was displayed prominently outside the entrance to the show hall for all […]

In-Store Technology Focus

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Each month the UK’s Retail Week publication will be dedicating a full page to those companies specialising in in-store technology. Esme Banfield tells us “we can help you create a bigger impact and even greater response for your advertising”. If any vendors are interested they should contact Esme on +44 207 728 5514 or esme.banfield.emap.com

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

China, India and the U.S. markets are the current expansion focus of Imagesound, the Chesterfield, U.K.-based company that now supplies the music tracks, in-store radio and digital screen content in retail outlets and leisure outlets in some 70 countries worldwide. Launched in 1998 by Michael Clark, managing director, the company has grown to encompass a […]

Who The Hell Are We?

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

There is nothing like having ‘feet on the ground’ in order to bring you the best industry news, gossip and opinion and we are very pleased to welcome Damien Edmonds (Brisbane) and Chris Phelan (Tokyo) who join us as contributors. Hard to believe how global an operation we are now but we cover Brisbane – […]