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11Giraffes provides the tools and services that allow retailers to communicate with their customers utilizing music and digital video content in a way that’s never been done before. Our intelligent technology platform delivers a richer media experience with the power and scalability you need, and does it at a lower price point, with fewer resources. |
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Cactus Commerce presents Soundshift – an interactive cross-channel retail experience. This fictional musical instruments web store highlights the integration of social networking with a rich user experience. Soundshift illustrates how information can be created once in the Commerce Server platform and leveraged across a variety of channels to create consistent channel-appropriate user experiences. |
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Capital Networks Limited is one of North America's leading digital signage software suppliers. Audience.tag is a personal media player, guaranteed to engage the consumer. It is simple to use product to deploy and will make the cash register ring. The AudienceT platform has been deployed in 36 countries to power digital signage for Retail, QSR, Hospitality and Education. www.capitalnetworks.com |
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The SHOW/PRO kiosk system is an in-store self-service electronic touchscreen kiosk system utilizing unique barcode technology to tie together direct marketing services with an in-store shopping experience. The data collected from the consumer at the kiosk gives retailers a powerful target marketing tool. |
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Creative Realities has collaborated with NRF and Hybridia Design to integrate theatrical experiential elements and execution of experience through the use of new and exciting technologies. In NRF’s "Store of the Future," attendee's will witness how a future music store can feel, sound, and deliver a new dimension for a shopper's experience. Creative Realities (www.cri.com) has a decade-long history in bringing such forward-looking principles to life. Started in 1997, Creative Realities is an experiential branding and marketing company that creates "wow" environments and customer experiences for organizations such as Bank of America, Foot Locker, Hyatt, Meadowlands Xanadu, RadioShack, Samsung, Stanford University, T-Mobile, TiVo, and Time Warner. For the past two years, the firm has been named to Inc. magazine’s "Inc. 5000" list of America’s fastest-growing, privately-held companies. |
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Ecast is the leader in place-based interactive media, with 10,000 nationwide locations. Ecast IQ touchscreen signage brings Web 2.0 to shoppers' fingertips, offering a dramatically different, on-demand retail experience. Combining the personal impact of touch with the interactivity and targeting of the Internet, Ecast brings unsurpassed consumer engagement to out-of-home markets. |
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First Data will introduce a new contactless payment technology within the Customer Experience Sonic Bar. The GO-Tag solution makes the shopping experience quick and convenient by combining contactless technology, payments, and unique form factors such as wristbands or stickers. Designed for businesses that have a high volume of low-dollar transactions, the GO-Tag solution increases speed of service and eliminates the need for consumers to carry cash, credit or debit cards. |
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Intava Corporation presents two new screen-based retail concepts: a digital jukebox that leverages near-field communications (NFC) to make in-store connections with shoppers’ i-Phone class mobile phones, and a self-service smart merchandising system (SMS) that lets customers browse, compare and explore products occupying "virtual shelf space" prior to suggest-selling and purchase. www.intava.com |
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KeyRingThing™ revives, enhances, and compliments loyalty card programs. KeyRingThing combines 6 loyalty cards onto one wallet card, always available at points of sale, allowing consumers to conveniently use loyalty programs again. Exceptional advertising opportunity on each card, potentially reaching millions of users daily. Stickiness, bounceback, consumer information … KeyRingThing! |
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Show your merchandise in a ‘greener’ light Lighting Science Group products provide sustainable illumination by bringing into balance our need to protect the earth and its resources with our need to responsibly illuminate it. Our retail solutions reduce energy consumption and lower maintenance costs – without sacrificing performance, brightness, or color temperature. For more information please visit us at www.lsgc.com. |
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The future of connected marketing is here. Microsoft technology will allow you to link your brand to your mobile customer, to their social network, and to trackable analytics all in the blink of an eye. We look forward to sharing this exciting new experience with you at the Concept Store. |
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Panphonics' Sound Showers reproduce audio that is focused to specific areas in an open environment. This allows multiple audio messages or programs to be used without conflicting each other in close proximity. Panphonics' globally patented Plane Wave Technology, maintains the focused sound field with a pleasant even volume level over long distances. This means the sound is not overly loud close up or significantly diminished at a distance. Extremely lightweight and easy to apply, especially in retail applications, the Sound Showers provide high quality audio targeted directly to the intended audience, leaving store personnel or surrounding areas undisturbed. Please visit www.panphonicsusa.com. |
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Park Woodworking is proud to be the exclusive manufacturer of the Sonic Bar Concept Store. Park Woodworking is reaching out in our further development of retail projects. We are adept in understanding the many challenges in every project, but also continuing to create solutions to this ever evolving industry. With economy and innovation becoming the fulcrum point for success, Park Woodworking can deliver its expertise, value engineering and result-oriented executions to all projects. Please visit our website www.parkwoodworking.com to see the scope of projects and clients with whom we have fabricated wonderful millwork with great success. |
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ScentAir is the leading global provider of scent marketing solutions. ScentAir’s patented delivery systems help enhance environments, communicate brands and create memorable experiences for clients around the world. ScentAir offers a full spectrum of scent delivery solutions including large-scale dispersion systems, self-contained systems for smaller spaces as well as custom engineered systems for interactive kiosks. |
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The Sky Factory creates authentic illusions of skies that dramatically transform enclosed spaces into oases of serenity and natural beauty. Our SkyCeilings™ (virtual skylights) trigger genuine psycho-physiological relaxation responses. The systems consist of translucent sky image panels, LED/T5 fluorescent ‘daylight-balanced’ lighting systems, and our patent-pending ‘SkyTile elevator system’. These affordable products work with retrofit and remodel installations, and are compatible with ceiling grid systems worldwide. |
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Spark Productions partnered with Creative Realities to develop evocative content for the concept exhibit that explores the present and future of green technologies in retailing. Spark specializes in environmental media experiences. Founded in 1996, our product is not just eye-popping content, but also fully developed communication strategies that help our clients to engage, inform, and influence key audiences—ensuring that the project creates a WOW for opening day as well as continued results for the duration of the investment. www.sparknyc.com |
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Interactive Music Store on Touch TV showcases how multi-touch technology can be used to create an attractive and intuitive virtual shopping guide in a retail store. With Touch TV, users can use their hands to navigate a music catalogue in Sonic Bar, play music, watch videos, and even take some music home. Interactive Music Store enhances user experiences and helps information discovery, which ultimately leads to more conversion. |
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Vectorform Surface Applications Vectorform is a global company focusing on multi-platform interactive design and development, dedicated to building innovative solutions. Vectorform's award-winning team is setting new standards and strategies in Natural User Interface (NUI) - interactive experiences on the Surface OS. Vectorform proves excellence in building consumer facing Surface applications including MSNBC's Surface Battleground Map and Senate applications, BMW Surface 7-Series Auto Configurator and MSFT Windows HPC Server Group's Ancient Game of Go. |
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viewnique™ wall murals use digital technology to create high impact feature walls with a virtually unlimited selection of graphics, images and illustrations. As the global wallcovering leader, OMNOVA Solutions offers a variety of constructions including eco-friendly options ECORE™ Advanced Wall Technology (non-PVC construction) and RECORE™ Recycled Wall Technology. |
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NRF is excited to announce the Virgin Megastore sponsorship of “Virgin Live” within the Customer Experience Sonic Bar. Virgin Live will be an area within the Sonic Bar where customers can enjoy streaming video of new bands and download songs to their hand-held devices. Just another reason to come to the NRF Sonic Bar and shop!! |
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Wilsonart® Contract Laminates provide interior designers, architects and contractors with surfacing choices designed for commercial applications. The Willsonart Contract collection offers these professionals a wide range of options that meet both their needs and inspirations. |
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Capturing the true voice of your customers has always been a laborious and costly process—until now. Cleva Technologies’ Xit Poll™ solution collects customer feedback at the point of experience and generates better response rates than phone, web, paper or other survey methods. Web-based Xit Poll is very easy to use and manage – anytime, anywhere in the world, in a single store or a thousand. |