Case Study: Ferney Group achieves scalable, locally customizable digital signage and strong ROI with Black Box Network Services' iCOMPEL appliance

Ferney Group - Customer Case Study

The Ferney Group, a retail cooperative of 67 independent hardware businesses with more than 150 outlets across the Netherlands and Belgium, needed a cost-controlled, scalable digital signage network that combined central scheduling and reporting with the ability for individual stores to customize local content. To meet those requirements they selected Black Box Network Services’ iCOMPEL digital signage appliance.

Black Box Network Services deployed the iCOMPEL appliance to push eight scheduled screen layouts from a central platform while enabling two layouts to be customized locally (each with five zones, four of which are ad‑hoc), and used its reporting to inform store-specific catalogs and merchandising. The solution delivered measurable impact — stronger local targeting and merchandising insights, significant ROI for the cooperative, and the recruitment of three full‑time staff to manage the network.

Ferney Group