Archive for January, 2014

Sticky: More On Gilbarco’s Outcast Acquisition

Monday, January 13th, 2014

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Well, it finally happened! We’ve been expecting Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Greensboro, North Carolina, to acquire Santa Monica, California-based Outcast Media since 2011, and the deal was finally put together at the end of last week – terms not released, but Matthew Stoudt, CEO of Outcast sounded like a happy man when we interviewed him today. “We’ll […]

#NRF14 @Fortinet Booth 913

Monday, January 13th, 2014

Andrew Neale

Fortinet’s booth 913 at #NRF14 is showing Bluefox’s recently announced BlueFox Smart Signage. Fortinet are manufacturers of the FortiGate series of ASIC-accelerated firewalls including VPN, anti-virus, content filtering, intrusion detection and traffic shaping. Click here for more info.

#NRF14 @ScalaInc’s Tom Nix & Dan Mcallister

Monday, January 13th, 2014

Andrew Neale

Here at #NRF14 on Scala booth #750 we see … Shown above (from left to right) is Scala’s VP Sales Americas‘ Dan Mcallister and Scala CEO Tom Nix.

#NRF14 @ComQi Booth #453

Monday, January 13th, 2014

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Shifty Ifty and his cronies at ComQi didn’t want any of our stringers at #NRF14 to photograph their booth – allegedly we can never find anything nice to say about them. Frankly, we’re surprised that they found enough money to get to the stage of exhibiting (I hope the organisers of #NRF14 got paid in […]

Gilbarco Veeder-Root Acquires @OutcastMedia

Monday, January 13th, 2014

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We told you back in August 2012 (yes, yes I know that’s two thousand and twelve) ‘@GilbarcoInc To Acquire Outcast Media‘, Matthew Stoudt, CEO of Outcast quite rightly denied it here a few months later BUT there were obviously overtures even then. In fact in November 2012 we said that WE BELIEVED (that) “the deal […]

#NRF14 @STRATACACHE Stand 629

Monday, January 13th, 2014

Andrew Neale

STRATACACHE are perhaps known for a bare bones style of exhibition stand but here at #NRF14 they seem to have pushed the boat out a little… ..and there is a lot more to the booth. They are also joining the dots with their Connected Journey story.

The Screen @ Canary Wharf Upgraded By @OceanOutdoor

Monday, January 13th, 2014

Maddie Cotterill

It looks like Ocean Outdoor has invested heavily in upgrading The Screen @ Canary Wharf – we note a brand new full motion screen from displayLED. that also introduces Ocean’s latest face recognition technology (via Quividi of course) and full wi-fi capability. The digital screen, which now measures 22.6m2, offers improved clarity, resolution and contrast […]

#NRF14 @ScalaInc’s Stand #750

Monday, January 13th, 2014

Andrew Neale

There seem to be lots of people on the Scala booth #750 here at #NRF14… The #BigBangIdeas include Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technologies such as Apple’s iBeacon and other Near-Field Communication (NFC) systems as well as lots of interaction between screen and phone, oh and personalised offers based on identity. Shown above (from left to […]

#NRF14 @STRATACACHE Recharge Zone

Monday, January 13th, 2014

Andrew Neale

We note (as below) … .. that STRATACACHE are sponsoring the Recharge Zone at #NRF14.

CBS Outdoor Ireland To Manage CIÉ Group Outdoor Advertising Estate

Monday, January 13th, 2014

Maddie Cotterill

Following a highly competitive tender process CBS Outdoor Ireland and CIÉ have announced the signing of the contract which will see CBS Outdoor take over the management and development of the CIÉ Group advertising estate for at least the next five years. CBS Outdoor Ireland will be responsible for marketing, selling, developing and managing the […]