Kiosk Solutions Jun-Jul 2017 | Page 18

digital out of home Changing the face of retail Why the evolution in digital out of home is becoming increasingly relevant to retailers By Jake Kalliath, Co-Founder and Head of Product, Bitposter – www.bitposter.co/ As you walk down Oxford Street in central London, you can’t help but notice the trend of retailers propping up digital screens against their shop windows. Some are large, impactful, custom built installations. While others are 'bang up jobs' – re-purposed flat screens sidled up against the glass. As a technologist within the out of home industry, I feel as though I’m witnessing the early reconciliation of bricks and mortar retailers towards an otherwise digital world. In fact, the out of home industry finds itself on its own digital transformation, reconciling with its identity as it competes in the rapidly evolving advertising landscape. Witnessing the latest install of a makeshift Samsung TV against the high street window, I anticipate a future where out of home and retail collide. Developments in OOH As Facebook and Google claim almost all growth in the digital advertising market, 18 KIOSK solutions