Predicting 2012's top innovations

During these turbulent times, it's natural to feel nervous about taking risks. It's also worth noting that after every crash, correction or depression there is…

NFC kiosks in Japan have helped mobile payment adoption

by Natsumi Nakamura — Marketing, PFU Systems

I recently read several articles about the slow adoption of mobile and NFC payment in the U.S. including the following - Hold onto your wallets: Mobile…

Braving the Great Outdoors part 2: 2 key components of outdoor kiosk deployment

by Michael Ionescu — President, Ionescu Technologies

My last blog focused on the idea of using more conventional equipment to build an effective, yet somewhat affordable outdoor kiosk. In that blog, I spoke…

How to select a kiosk printer: Part 5

by Charles Levinski — Product Manager, Hengstler GmbH

Let me take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year for 2012! Now let's continue on with our selection of a kiosk printer.

Retailers could profit by selling movies via DVD Kiosks

by Soheil Samimi — President, iMOZI

With a few initiatives already under way in the last year from redbox and NCR Blockbuster Express, are sell-through DVD Kiosks a good idea?

Reliability and the total cost of ownership

by Adam Ortlieb — Associate Director, Marketing, Seiko Instruments

Maintaining a competitive cost structure is an obvious requirement in order to be able to offer an effective pricing model. On the other hand, by design…

Kiosks offer pawn shops recurring revenue opportunities

by Behshad Hastibakhsh — Director of Marketing, TIO Networks Corp

Technology-centric products and solutions that cater to the needs of financially underserved consumers have enjoyed recent growth, according to the Center for…

Kiosks go social

by Dean Sanders — Director, industry Sales, Zebra Technologies

With the proliferation of tablets and smart phones, people are now able to update their Facebook status, snap a photo and tweet it to followers, or see where…

Why you should be using thermal printer cleaning cards

by Stephen Enfield — CEO, POS Supply

As I have discussed in previous posts, regular maintenance of your kiosk is important to keep it running smoothly. This week I will be focusing on thermal…

Braving the Great Outdoors: Using already made components to protect your outdoor kiosks

by Michael Ionescu — President, Ionescu Technologies

As much as I love putting out new kiosks, I always feel a slight bit of trepidation when the project requires outdoor kiosks. To date my company has had…

Kiosks now touching nearly every industry

by Dean Sanders — Director, industry Sales, Zebra Technologies

The applications for kiosks become more widespread and innovative everyday, impacting industries such as retail, health care, hospitality and now health…

Benefits of using card reader cleaning cards

by Stephen Enfield — CEO, POS Supply

As a follow-up to my blog post on Why your kiosk transactions are failing, I want to talk in more detail about card reader cleaning cards and how they will…

Cost or Quality? – Implementing consumer vs. industrial grade components

by Natsumi Nakamura — Marketing, PFU Systems

In our post on Nov. 14, we wrote about the importance of selecting industrial-quality I/O (input/output) components to ensure the reliability of a kiosk system.

Combating receipt fraud with security receipt paper rolls

by Stephen Enfield — CEO, POS Supply

Combating receipt fraud with security receipt paper rolls

The key to keeping the kiosk industry moving forward

by Michael Ionescu — President, Ionescu Technologies

I was in two different hotels this past month talking to managers, and they both had recently adopted a growing interactive concierge program. One of the…

Overcoming the challenges of kiosk deployments: Part 3

by Natsumi Nakamura — Marketing, PFU Systems

In our last two blog posts, we listed the three greatest challenges that organizations often face in kiosk projects, and discussed the first two: stakeholders…

How to select a kiosk printer: Part 4

by Charles Levinski — Product Manager, Hengstler GmbH

In part 1 of what my editor is no doubt thinking of as a never-ending story, I introduced a checklist of issues to cover when selecting a kiosk printer. In…

Giving the gift of payment

by Behshad Hastibakhsh — Director of Marketing, TIO Networks Corp

This Christmas season, the search for perfect gifts takes shoppers to convenience stores, groceries, electronic and other retail locations across America where…

Is a virtual receptionist right for your business?

by Kurt Myrick — Technical Engineer, Phoenix Kiosk

If your business is growing, it's inevitable that your office is going to need a little extra help managing the traffic coming through You think to yourself…

Are you using QR codes on kiosk receipts?

by Stephen Enfield — CEO, POS Supply

If you aren't printing QR codes on your kiosk receipts, you should consider this low-cost marketing tool.