Archive for February, 2010

ZeeWise Releases CARS Premier Edition

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

Congrats to Jerry Bell and the crew at Atlanta’s ZeeWise on the release of CARS Premier Edition.  

From the release:  ”CARS Premier Edition (CARS PE) is a Web-based software tool designed for use with Intuit Inc.’s QuickBooks® to provide franchisors with insight into their franchisees, or “Zees”, financial and operational performance.

ZeeWise is an Atlanta-based technology company providing innovative business intelligence solutions to franchise organizations.

NRF Top 10 – #1 Intel/Microsoft Digital Display

Monday, February 1st, 2010

At the show, Intel and Microsoft announced a new digital display device.  You can read the news release here, but a video may be more helpful.

While I’ll admit this ranked higher because of it’s high-tech nature as opposed to measurable business benefit, it really is a good representation of the things that are starting to happen in digital signage.  At some point digital signage, augmented reality and customer loyalty will start to come together.  This represents a unique look at interactive technologies that will start to differentiate the experience for the customer in-store/restaurant.