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CF-26 · Lifecycle sequencer · CRM / MarTech / Screens

Your CRM knows who just walked in. Your screens don't.

Crossfade blends your customer data into every channel, online and off. We connect lifecycle platforms like Bloomreach to email, app and the screens in your venues, so the whole journey plays in time. Consent-first and measured.

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CF-26 · Lifecycle sequencer

Pattern A · Lapsed member returns

120 BPM
STEP 01
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NOW FIRING App check-in: Bloomreach flags a member back after 60+ days

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ONLINE IN VENUE

How it works, in one visit

A lapsed member walks back in.

They haven't visited in two months. Your CRM knows. Here's what the venue does with that today, and with Crossfade.

Today

Happy hour

5–7pm · every day · all guests

The same scheduled loop for everyone. The member leaves. A generic email arrives next week.

With Crossfade

Members tonight

Good to see you back.

Your welcome-back reward is waiting in the app.

Content for the returning-member group on screens near the entrance. No names on screen.

  1. STEP 01 · 7:42PM They scan in with the app Bloomreach flags a returning member who has been away 60+ days.
  2. STEP 02 · SECONDS LATER The venue responds Consent is checked, then entrance screens switch to welcome-back content.
  3. STEP 02 · SAME MOMENT The team knows A back-of-house screen tells the host a valued member has returned.
  4. STEP 13 · NEXT MORNING The journey continues Their email reflects the visit, and the result is measured against control venues.

The gap

Online, you know every customer. In the venue, the screens are guessing.

Your CRM decides in real time

Your lifecycle platform already knows who has lapsed, who just joined and who is ready to come back.

Venue screens run on schedules

Most in-venue content is planned weeks ahead and shown to everyone in the same way.

Today's links are slow and blunt

Existing CDP-to-screen connections sync whole audiences in batches, not at the moment a journey changes.

67% of UK out-of-home revenue is now digital. The screens are ready. The data isn't connected to them yet.

Source: Outsmart, 2025 full-year figures.

The mix

Two channels. One master output.

Most teams have CRM experts or screen experts. We bring both, and the engineering that blends them.

CH 1

CRM and MarTech

  • CDP and marketing data warehouse architecture
  • Lifecycle and journey automation
  • Real-time personalisation across channels
  • Platform selection and implementation, Bloomreach first and CDP-agnostic
  • Retention and loyalty strategy
CH 2

Screens and DOOH

  • Dynamic content engines and low-latency rendering
  • Signage platform and playback integration
  • Programmatic DOOH and ad-tech integration
  • Automated content delivery workflows
  • Screen estate audits and technical strategy
MASTER

The crossfade

  • Journey-triggered venue content
  • Consent and suppression engine
  • Venue cohort targeting without identifying anyone
  • AI agents choosing from approved content
  • Measurement back to the customer profile

CRM and MarTech consultancy

Need CRM expertise on its own? Start here.

Screens are one channel. Most great customer experiences start with the data and the lifecycle programme behind them. We take on CRM and MarTech work in its own right, with or without a venue in sight.

CRM and lifecycle audit

Where your programme leaks value, and the fixes that pay back fastest.

CDP and platform selection

Independent advice on the right stack for your data, team and budget.

Bloomreach implementation

Set-up, migration and optimisation.

Data warehouse and identity

Clean, joined-up customer data your marketing tools can actually use.

Lifecycle programme design

Onboarding, retention and win-back journeys built around real customer behaviour.

Dynamic personalisation

Real-time content across email, web and app that adapts to each customer.

20M+ customer profiles in marketing data warehouses we've architected
Movable Ink Recognised for dynamic personalisation campaigns

Selected result

[RESULT, e.g. retention uplift after a lifecycle rebuild]

[CLIENT OR SECTOR] · [WHAT WE DID]

Selected result

[RESULT, e.g. screen network delivered or campaign outcome]

[CLIENT OR SECTOR] · [WHAT WE DID]

Platforms we work with Bloomreach Oracle Movable Ink [ADD PLATFORMS]

Engagements

Soundcheck first. Then we play live.

Every engagement starts with a fixed scope and a clear way to measure success. You only go further when the numbers say so.

  1. 01 · 3–4 weeks · fixed fee Soundcheck Diagnostic of your stack, consent and screen estate, with scored use cases and a business case.
  2. 02 · 6–8 weeks · fixed fee Rehearsal Proof of concept in one venue or lab: a live lifecycle event changing a screen, with a measurement plan.
  3. 03 · 3–4 months Live A pilot across a group of venues, tested against control venues, with a full compliance pack.
  4. 04 · Ongoing retainer Residency Journey operations, content rules, optimisation and reporting across your estate.
  5. 05 · Annual licence Sidechain Our connector: event router, consent engine and signage adapters, licensed per venue or screen.

Patterns

What a connected venue can play.

PTN 01

Cohort venue content

Screens weight content toward the customer groups most present by venue and time of day. Nobody is identified.

PTN 02

Journey sequencing

The screen becomes a step in the journey, alongside email, app and SMS, all orchestrated together.

PTN 03

Screens that grow your database

QR flows turn anonymous visitors into known, consented customer profiles.

PTN 04

Opt-in recognition

A loyalty check-in or scan unlocks content matched to that member, only when they choose it.

PTN 05

Service and order-ready screens

Queue, wait-time and order status screens enriched with loyalty context.

PTN 06

Safer-gambling messaging

Session and cohort-aware responsible-play content, with promotions suppressed where risk is elevated.

PTN 07

Staff-facing insight

Back-of-house screens tell your team who has arrived and what they value, never on public displays.

PTN 08

Agent-selected content

AI agents such as Bloomreach Loomi choose from approved assets per venue and cohort, with human sign-off.

Sectors

Built for venues where customers come back.

Gaming and casinos

Members, venues and screens all in one place, with safer-gambling built into every decision.

Hospitality and QSR

Menu boards, kiosks and order screens that know your loyalty members, and help you win the ones you don't know yet.

Leisure and attractions

Booking data tells you who is on site and when. Lobby, queue and venue screens can use it.

Retail

In-store screens that reflect what's in stock locally and what your customers have been browsing.

Travel and transport

Service and journey messaging connected to the tickets and accounts your customers already hold.

Clean signal

Personal, never invasive.

Cohorts by default

Content responds to groups, not individuals, unless a customer opts in.

Recognition by choice

Personal content only follows an action the customer takes, like a scan or check-in.

No facial recognition

We don't identify people from cameras to personalise content.

Suppression built in

Consent flags and exclusion lists are checked before any decision is made.

Every decision logged

A full audit trail of what was shown, where and why.

Compliance pack included

Impact assessment, data processing terms and sector-specific guidance for each deployment.

Who we work with

Platforms, agencies and brands.

Platforms

We extend lifecycle platforms like Bloomreach into physical venues: a new channel your customers can switch on.

Agencies

Add a physical channel to your CRM practice. We deliver under your brand or alongside your team.

Brands

Get more from the customer data you already hold, in the venues you already run.

The duo

CRM leadership meets screen engineering.

CH1

CRM and MarTech

Co-founder · CH 1 · CRM and MarTech

Award-winning CRM leader and MarTech strategist.

  • Architected marketing data warehouses handling 20M+ customer profiles
  • Recognised by Movable Ink for dynamic personalisation
CH2

Screens and DOOH

Co-founder · CH 2 · Screens and DOOH

Systems architect and CTO specialising in low-latency DOOH content engines, playback hardware and programmatic screen integration.

  • Co-founder and technical lead of two DOOH businesses
  • Real-time content delivery for large-scale screen networks

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