Archive for August, 2011

Are You Ready For The 21st Century Shopper?

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

In the U.K., 96% of adults are members of loyalty programs, but most of these people say that they’d still shop in the same stores even if they didn’t have a loyalty program It’s one of the many facts, figures and examples put forward by Jim Crawford, executive director of the Global Retail Executive Council […]

Sign China 2012

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

SIGN CHINA 2012 takes place 20-23 February 2012 at the China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B in Guangzhou.

Brazil’s Megamidia Group Deploys ‘DIA TV’ Supermarket Nework

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Brazil’s Megamidia Group has successfully deployed DIA TV across 30 stores of the DIA Groups’ supermarket chain in Brazil. DIA’s strategy calls for the DIA TV network to be rolled out to at least 100 locations of DIA’s 400 stores within the next 12-months. The network is comprised of 7-to-10 LCD screens per store and […]

Clear Channel PSA For 9/11 Memorial

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Clear Channel Communications Inc. has launched a major public service announcement campaign in support of the 9/11 Memorial, using a combination of media assets across its outdoor, radio and digital properties in the greater New York City region. The campaign also leverages Clear Channel’s national platforms to bring these informational messages to other markets and […]

Taptera Raise $2M for Biz App Development

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Taptera, a San Francisco-based developer of mobile business applications for the iPhone and iPad, has gained $2 million in a first round of funding. Terence Garnett, a well-known Silicon Valley investor led the round. Also participating were salesforce.com and several individuals. Taptera plans to use the funding to expand its portfolio of apps for sales, […]

Mike Di Franza Talks NFC And More

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Did you ever come away from meeting someone and think, “That guy knows how to do something really well, and he’s smart enough to concentrate on improving it rather than wandering all over the place on other things”? That’s the feeling I got after talking at length last week with Mike Di Franza, the founding […]

CIO Retail Executive Think Tank

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The CIO Retail Summit being held at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Arizona, got off to a great start Sunday night with about 25 of the overall 70-plus delegates trading ideas of what concerned them, what problems they were encountering, what solutions worked for some, and what they were interested in learning over the next two […]

First DSA Regional Meeting

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Digital Screenmedia Association is planning a series of regional meetings across the U.S., beginning 30th August 2011 in New York with a ‘Summer Special Evening Event’ in association with Media Cross Media (MXM). “The idea is to give an opportunity to network with people working in the same area but that you may not […]

CIO Retail Summit, Scottsdale Kicks Off Today

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The CIO Retail Summit kicks off today (continues August 28 – 31, 2011) in Scottsdale, AZ and our NA Editor is there to cover the event. The three-day agenda also includes interactive thought-leadership workshops lead by industry analysts and IT end-users (not vendor product pitches), in-depth Q&A sessions with peers facing similar IT challenges and […]

Q2 U.S. Out-of-Home Advertising Up 4.5%

Saturday, August 27th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

New figures released by the Outdoor Advertising Association of America show that out-of-home advertising revenue rose 4.5% in the second quarter of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010, accounting for more than $1.9 billion. The continued increase in revenue signals steady industry growth since the second quarter of 2010. “Out of home continues […]