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embed signage controls ‘Hole in the Wall’ LED at Krispy Kreme’s new Edinburgh store

Outlet in St James Quarter shopping centre encompasses digital technology at its core, with a complete in-store digital experience managed and controlled through embed signage

Krispy Kreme’s store at Edinburgh St James Quarter shopping centre in Scotland opened its doors at the end of Summer 2021. The store encompasses digital technology at its core with the complete in-store digital experience managed and controlled through embed signage. It’s a vibrant eat-in / take-out factory store where doughnuts are produced fresh on site, everyday, ready for customers to enjoy.

The store is a modern take on the original initiative by founder Vernon Rudolph. Back in 1937, when cooking doughnuts at a rented building in NC, passers-by would smell them and stop to ask if they could buy the fresh hot doughnuts. So, he cut a hole in an outside wall and started selling Hot Original Glazed doughnuts directly to customers on the sidewalk. This story is carried through in today’s iteration at Edinburgh St James Quarter where dozens can be served directly through the LED hole in the wall and the theatre around the ‘Hot Now’ doughnuts is incorporated as a fundamental experience of the store.

The LED ‘Hole in the Wall’ is a global first for the Krispy Kreme brand, cementing the UK and Ireland’s arm as the most digitally forward thinking territory, utilising digital technology as a primary element of the store operation. The LED features content that has been created specifically for the LED hole, with naked eye 3D effects generating a WOW factor.

To add theatre and to excite and delight customers,​ there is a 10in tablet for staff to activate the HOT NOW state either immediately or via a 30 minute countdown. The 30 minute countdown ends in the same Hot Now state but adds additional anticipation content throughout on the main 5×1 portrait menus.

During the 30 minute countdown, a variety of content changes take place on the screens every 5 minutes to excite the consumers. For the final 10 seconds there is a full screen takeover on the 5×1 menus. With the countdown completed and the Hot Original Glazed doughnuts ready to serve, all the screen content changes to the HOT NOW menu and promos (5×1 menus and LED hole in the wall).

At the same time, commands are sent to the in-store lighting system to dim the main white lights, activate the red strips throughout the roof and windows as well as activate the red HOT NOW signs at the serving counter and store entrance. The entire store becomes ‘Hot Now’ and clearly visible to any passer-by.

“embed signage has helped us elevate our in-store experience for customers,” said Mike Tinnion, head of creative at Krispy Kreme UK. “The flexibility of the system allows for easy management across hundreds of touchpoints in one accessible location. The most intuitive, flexible and powerful CMS for our digital screen estate.”