Used in the store entrance, end caps, checkout lanes and rest rooms of grocery
stores, convenience stores and gas stations
One Digital Signage Channel (locations) that is set up by the person responsible
for marketing
Provides today's specials and targets customers to more profitable products.
Increases "impulse buys" on low cost, high profit items
Possible Signage Content
Paid advertising by suppliers
Current and upcoming specials
Customer quotes
Business hours
Local and national news
Employee recognition and awards
Community involvement
Rewards program information
Holiday store closings
Return on Investment
One month subscription is significantly less cost than one newspaper or
television ad
Targeted to current customers who are already buying
Increase impulse buys on soda and snacks
Get paid $.01 to $1.00 (or more) per impression by suppliers
Get paid $500 or more per month for dedicated end cap display for one supplier
(a profit of over $450 per month)
Indirect payback - Gain return visits from competition:
Shortens the customer's perception of wait time at checkout lanes
Builds awareness of community involvement
Demonstrates savings by making specials and discounts more public, noticeable
and available
Installation
Install one current Personal Computer with dedicated Internet access for
each channel offered at each store
Distance and multiple feeds is most cost effective by using television cabling
or wireless TV transmitters, VGA to TV converter, cable amplifier/splitter
Installation of special television screens on registers if renovation is
an option
Installation of ceiling or pole mounted televisions over registers if desired
Ceiling mounted televisions at store entrance
Possible ceiling or rack mounted televisions at end caps
Estimated Costs
$55 to $625 per month per facility for digital signage subscription fees for one to
twenty channels (paid annually)
Potential of additional bandwidth charges if video fed through the Internet
or multiple computers running the same channel
$800-50,000 up front installation costs per facility depending on configuration
and remodeling requirements