X07 - Sponsors - NRF 96th Annual Conference and EXPO

Partners and Sponsors

Hybridia

Hybridia Design (H.D.) is a retail design and imaging firm. NRF’s three Future Stores have all been created, architecturally designed and creatively directed by Richard R. Russo, principal of H.D. Richard’s experience is drawn from some of the industries leading companies: Macy’s, Bambergers, May Company and Polo Ralph Lauren, where he has held Creative Directorship in every company. Hybridia Design takes pride in providing industry expertise, knowledge on industry trends and paradigm shifts, excellence in innovation and design and great communication and execution with result oriented solutions.

X07 – The Ultimate Pop-Up Boutique was produced in partnership with Hybridia Design.

Partners
	Avocent professional A/V solutions simplify video extension and reduce installation costs for digital signage applications. The Avocent family of A/V extension solutions include the Emerge™ wireless and wired extension products, and the LongView® wireless extender devices for point-to-point and point-to-multipoint connectivity.
	Bernstein Display has been serving the retail community since 1917. From its 200,000sq. ft. facility the company designs, engineers, and manufactures mannequins, bust forms, fixtures and accessory fixtures, wall systems, and decorative elements for visual merchandising. The company manufactures utilizing a wide range of materials. Including metal, wood, Plexiglas, urethane, papier-mâché, fiberglass, rotationally molded polyurethane, silicone rubbers, resin and veneer.
	Collaborate. Innovate. Accelerate. The Cisco Intelligent Retail Network allows retailers to comply with security requirements, simplify business operations, improve supply-chain visibility, and accelerate decision making through the convergence of data, voice, video and mobile communications. Visit the NRF X07 Ultimate Pop-Up Store and experience amazing store design and technologies built on the Cisco Intelligent Retail Network
	The Store fixtures and millwork displayed in the X07 Ultimate Pop Up Boutique was manufactured by Claybrooke. Established in 1997, the Claybrooke Group is the only single sources solution supplier for the Retail and Hospitality industry. Their complete supply chain offerings encompass areas from retail productivity programs, project management, print management, procurement and logistics to fixture and millwork manufacturing and installations from new store builds to in-store resets and merchandising.
	Color Kinetics Incorporated transforms environments through new, dynamic uses of light. Its award-winning lighting systems and technologies apply the benefits of LEDs as a highly efficient, long lasting, environmentally friendly, and inherently digital source of illumination - reinventing light itself as a highly controllable medium. Color Kinetics also enables widespread adoption of LED lighting through OEM and licensing partnerships in diverse markets.
	Digi Craft is a creative and innovative advertising agency located in Orlando, Florida. Throughout our history we have over ten years industry experience with developing the brand image of corporate businesses and professionals. With our various skill sets and advertising platforms we become your versatile mold to help sculpt the best for your success. Our passion is art and our mission is to create brands that are deemed necessities to life. Our infrastructure consists of a team of multi-skilled professionals working everyday to help with the success of our clients. To get results that you deserve; we work smart, we work hard, and have a lot of fun.
	Form meets function. Beauty and Brains. Euro Touch Kiosks provides cutting-edge technology in self-service kiosks and digital signage. European designed enclosures and seamless video walls, outwardly express the external skin of a European beauty, while the brain to power your message to the outside world, lies within. Euro Touch Kiosks is the next generation techno-tool for assisted selling.
	Through IBM, experience the way teen's expect to shop today, shopping as a 24x7 hobby. IBM will demonstrate the interaction of cell phones, social networking and interactive kiosks, enabling teen customers to come together, share product information, pictures of their favorite outfits, wish lists, etc.
	IconNicholson will demonstrate how to leverage technology to engage youth, a market that embraces technology and is adept at navigating seamlessly from online to mobile, through the creation of unique user experiences. In the LAB at X07, IconNicholson is partnering with MasterCard to demonstrate how to offer product customization in a social context. By enabling social interactions through text messaging, IM, and email within store shopping experiences, retailers can successfully attract more shoppers, deliver promotions more effectively, and benefit from positive word-of-mouth.
	LG Electronics USA, Inc., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $45-billion global force in consumer electronics and mobile communications products. LGEUS is marketed under “LG: Life’s Good” theme. The LGEUS Commercial Products division serves the business, industrial, education, lodging, healthcare and GSA markets. Please visit www.LGcommercial.com.
	MasterCard® SecureCode™ is a global e-commerce solution that enables cardholders to authenticate themselves to their issuer through the use of a unique personal code. MasterCard SecureCode addresses consumer concerns about the security of online shopping. The participating merchant gets explicit evidence of an authorized purchase—all with minimal cost impact and time investment
	At Pictura Graphics, we build more than high-end permanent and promotional retail graphic solutions. We help build brands and grow businesses. With premium customer service, creative design, cutting-edge technologies, custom finishing and unique product fulfillment, Pictura delivers innovative graphic solutions and extraordinary results.
	The video displays installed throughout the X07 Ultimate Pop-Up Boutique are powered by Real Digital Media's NEOCAST® digital signage platform. Used at the point-of-purchase for marketing, advertising and promotion, NEOCAST® is the ideal solution for retailers seeking to drive targeted messaging that creates sales, builds brand, trains employees and generates advertising revenue.
	Symbol Technologies, Inc. will demonstrate how its mobile computers when used by sales associates can enhance the shopping experience of the consumer. Consumers can use RFID payment and self checkout kiosks to complete their sale in a safe, secure and quick process for yet more positive shopping experiences. Symbol will demonstrate clientelling, selling and mobile point of sale applications along with the use of an imager to auto complete credit applications as part of its ability to capture, move, and manage technology in a retail environment.
Additional Sponsors
	DigiCharm's innovative MicroSignage Technology provides new promotion, advertising and pricing display opportunities for brands and retailers. MicroSignage players store, and present full motion media segments using new attention grabbing OLED screens on the store shelf where consumers make their purchasing decisions. This new media technology is environmentally friendly due to the use of a biodegradable OLED display and by being ROHS compliant having eliminated all lead components from the hardware.
	D ynaScan Technology Inc. is a world-leading manufacturer of innovative display solutions. Our spinning LED technology allows us to reach high-resolution, high-brightness, and high-contrast image quality. DynaScans portfolio includes indoor and outdoor models, which range in size from 31.5” wide x 32.3” high, to 170” wide x 138” high.
	FogScreen Inc. is an innovation technology company founded in 2003. Our product, the FogScreen™, is patented and has won many awards such as InnoSuomi 2003, Laval Virtual 2004 the EU´s 2005 European IST Prize, the PLASA 2005 Award for Innovation and TESA Award 2006. The innovative FogScreen™ walk-through screen makes objects seem to appear and move in thin air. Please find more information about the company and its products at www.fogscreen.com.
	Innovative Markets brings you…Skyview, a floating theater system that can be seen from hundreds of feet away vividly displays live TV, closed circuit TV, Video Cam, Computer and DVD input is adding excitement to product promotions wherever large numbers of attendees gather. Malls, conventions, concerts, live events and trade shows light up as Skyview Wow’s the attendees.
	IntelliMat® is a wireless computer embedded in a thin mat made of a lightweight thermoplastic alloy. With four LCD screens, it creates a 30-inch diagonal display with full multi-media capability. Translation: lots of color, motion and sound from a high quality video display—right at your feet, right in the store and right at the point where purchase decisions are made. The engaging video display can be seen clearly from more than 10 feet away. The content on the IntelliMat’s LCD backlit video display can be changed easily and instantly from a central location, allowing the retailer to target customers by demographics and day parts, highlight specific products or sales and much more.
	Netkey provides a comprehensive software platform for developing, securing, monitoring and managing self-service and digital merchandising applications delivered on kiosks, digital signs and other retail technologies. Netkey software improves the performance and reliability of customer and employee-facing systems while reducing IT burden and lowering the total cost of operation.
	ShopperTrak is the world’s leading provider of pedestrian traffic counting technology, analytical reporting and consulting services to the retail, gaming, entertainment and financial industries. Customers use our Orbit™ counters plus traffic-based information from products like the National Retail Sales Estimate and the ShopperTrak Retail Traffic Index to make better business decisions. Reports from our Retail Traffic Analyzer combine the retailer’s own labor and POS data with traffic counts, for more effective conversion rate management and labor scheduling.
	The Plasmaxx LCD Display System from Video Visions, Inc. can be programmed to spin at various speeds in either direction, all while the image remains in position. Plasmaxx is the only manufacturer which makes this eye-catching option readily available. Embedded PC technology and software enable easy content updates.
Additional Products Provided By
	In a world which encourages mindless following, soulless products and companies, Betty B.'s mantra is "Be authentic, buy authentic." Betty Belts and Betty B. accessories are designed by surfer and conservationist Donna von Hoesslin to inspire and connect people with the beauty and peace of an ocean centric existence. Our beautiful line of jewelry, belts and accessories are hand-made and marketed with environmental and social sustainability being a high priority. Materials used include farmed mother of pearl, coconut wood and glass beads.Please visit www.bettybelts.com.
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	LL Bean
	Peerless Industries, Inc. gets Digital Signage. Peerless has deployed over 15,000 screens directly into digital signage networks in retail spaces, airports, hotels, schools, supermarkets and a variety of public spaces. Peerless brand Digital Signage fixtures are safe, secure, affordable and easily installed. Peerless Industries, Inc. gets custom manufacturing. From design, prototyping, pilot testing to roll-out, Peerless provides unmatched expertise in engineering, manufacturing and logistics. Single custom prototype? No problem! 20,000 install locations across the country? Again, no problem! To find out more about Peerless’ custom and standard Digital Signage fixturing solutions call: 1-800-865 2110 EXT 339.
	Toyota