Michael Kors has unveiled an immersive window experience from today at La Rinascente in Milan, Italy. Taking over the iconic department store’s walkway and windows, across from Milan's cathedral, the Duomo, the experience is intended to transport passersby to the island of Capri at sunset while showcasing the brand’s Summer…
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Fortnum & Mason food and drink video studio goes live
A new video production facility has been completed at the headquarters of Fortnum & Mason, one of Britain's longest established and most prestigious retailers, at 181 Picadilly in London. The new system includes a Food and Drink Studio plus a dedicated control room. Created as a multipurpose resource on the…
LEDDREAM aids US sports retailer’s expansion in to UK
The US-based fashion and sports goods retailer Under Armour has enlisted the LEDDREAM Group to help it expand into the UK with three new stories. The stores in the Liverpool One complex, in Liverpool, and Battersea Power Station and Stratford Westfield, in London, feature a strong focus on digital connectivity.…
‘World-first’ touchless aerial cash register trialled in Japan
Few features of sci-fi films are as common as holograms. For decades we have watched visions of a future where images pop up out of nowhere to inform passers-by where to go or what to do. They are almost as common a cliché as flying cars but whilst airborne vehicles…
Audio Pro Business speakers are perfect fit for fashion store
An Audio Pro Business speaker system has been fitted in fashion retailer END's recently opened flagship store in Manchester. The system was provided by the Swedish speaker manufacturer's UK distributor Audio-Technica, and designed and installed by Tyne and Wear-based Blaydon Communications. Blaydon's managing director Paul Dougherty says the audio solution…
Tiffany’s reopens with video walls in the shape of windows
A ground floor space in a newly redesigned Tiffany's landmark jewellery store in New York is lined with video walls fitted inside arched window frames that show sweeping views of the city. While the displays at the Fifth Avenue Landmark store in New York store show Central Park and the Manhattan…
Retailer welcomes VIP customers with personalised videos
Creative Realities has installed a digital signage solution for a chain of US sports shops that welcomes its regular customers with a personalised video. Road Runner Sports has built a loyal following since its establishment in 1983 and was keen to improve the in-person shopping experience for members of its…
Flagship store has ‘nearly enough LED to fill a tennis court’
A newly opened Sports Direct store features 104 individual displays and almost enough LED to fill a singles tennis court. The AV contribution across all five floors of the flagship store in Manchester, England is the work of inurface media. The 68 LED displays in the store include the largest…
Digital screens suspended from ceilings at Saudi retailers
Retailers in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh are suspending digital signage screens from the ceiling to make displays more eye-catching. That's according to a report by Munich-based digital signage consultancy invidis which describes the practice as "refreshingly different digital signage". Optician chain Magrabi has been using displays suspended from…
PUMA flagship store equipped with panoply of LED screens
The first PUMA flagship store in south-east Asia has been outfitted with the LUMOS LED display system, designed and developed by UK-based Esprit Digital. “The whole PUMA experience starts before the consumer even enters the store, with a massive 19m x 2m 5,500nit ‘See-Thru’ LUMOS LED facing the street. This…