InfoComm 2026: Navori platform launch as consolidation reshapes digital signage

Navori Labs will take the wraps off a next-generation composable digital signage platform at InfoComm 2026, marking a strategic shift from traditional CMS toward what the company describes as a unified orchestration layer. The new architecture — rolling out roughly nine months after Navori integrated Signagelive — consolidates content management, data integration, AI-driven workflows, device oversight, analytics, and monetization into a single, open framework. Chief product officer Jason Cremins said the platform is designed to let organisations wire together screens, business applications, data pipelines, AI services, and operational processes through an extensible API-first foundation, adding that customers can engage via Navori's own interface, APIs, or AI-connected workflows. The software launch arrives against a backdrop of aggressive industry consolidation. In May, the holding company StrappedForCash sold its Scala subsidiary to Swedish retail technology group Vertiseit for approximately SEK 265 million (roughly USD 28 million) — a fraction of the USD 50–60 million StrappedForCash paid for Scala in 2016. Vertiseit has said Scala will continue as a strategic software brand within its Dise division, but LinkedIn posts from dozens of former Scala employees indicate widespread layoffs are underway, raising questions about the future of what was once the most recognised name in digital signage. Broader M&A activity has accelerated across every tier of the market. On the hardware side, Chinese manufacturers are making decisive moves into the B2B display segment: TCL announced a joint venture with Sony, and Skyworth revealed a parallel partnership with Panasonic, signalling a major realignment of the global professional display market expected to take full effect from 2027. Both alliances position Chinese manufacturers to take majority stakes in the B2B display operations of the Japanese incumbents. Meanwhile, Vestel exited its own branded B2B display business entirely to focus on contract manufacturing — a sign that scale and differentiation have become minimum requirements even at the hardware layer. In the integrator and managed-services space, deal values are climbing. Creative Realities crossed the USD 100 million revenue threshold with its acquisition of Cineplex Digital Media, cementing its status as one of North America's largest scaled integrators. Forté continued its pattern of acquiring GPA partners seeking exits, while Ricoh, Diversified, and AVI-SPL all pursued greenfield expansions and bolt-on acquisitions to extend their global delivery capabilities. The Japanese IT group Ricoh in particular has been steadily broadening its multi-technology portfolio, enabling it to serve additional markets with in-region teams. Software consolidation is also bridging segments that rarely intersect. Poppulo, which focuses on enterprise internal communications, acquired Reach — a long-tail-oriented software and integration business — as well as Sociabble, an employee advocacy platform. The move is a rare example of a deal that deliberately spans enterprise and SMB markets. Israeli ISV Novisign took a similarly opportunistic approach by acquiring the US customer base of a West Coast integrator that was exiting the software market altogether.