San Fran opens bank/cafe with self-service options

Coffee fans can bank or make presentations while sipping lattes thanks to eight iPad kiosks in the newly opened ING DIRECT Café in downtown San Francisco.

NRF 2012: Reducing shrink for high-loss items with kiosks

ZoomSystems showed two automated retailing solutions at NRF 2012 designed to prevent the theft of small, high-dollar items like razor cartridges. The aisle…

Commentary: The importance of securing kiosk hardware, enclosures

Designers of self-service systems should give careful consideration to hardware that controls and affects access to the enclosure.

How long does it take to roll out a kiosk system?

by Natsumi Nakamura — Marketing, PFU Systems

A kiosk project's timeline ranges anywhere from a few months to several years depending on the scope of the project – how large the project is, how complicated…

Global Entry now a permanent resident

February 7, 2012

The Global Entry trusted traveler program, which uses kiosks to speed the passage of air passengers arriving in the United States through customs and…

Digital receipts help small retailer build loyalty

February 7, 2012

Loyal Army Clothing, a small business in San Francisco,  is using digital receipts technology from Proximiant to build tighter relationships with customers…

Coinstar's redbox to buy NCR's Blockbuster kiosks

February 6, 2012

Coinstar Inc, owner of redbox, is buying NCR Corp's Blockbuster-branded DVD kiosks.

Braving the great outdoors Part 4: Where it can all go wrong

by Michael Ionescu — President, Ionescu Technologies

This will most likely be my last blog on outdoor kiosks for at least a little while until we get closer to our Baltimore City Inner Harbor Outdoor kiosk…

How receipts can enhance the user experience

by Adam Ortlieb — Associate Director, Marketing, Seiko Instruments

Retailers can use the receipt as a platform to improve the user experience while generating incremental revenue.

DST hosting webinar, 'Wayfinding Comes of Age'

February 6, 2012

Do you know where you need to go? What is the fastest way to get there? Are there alternative routes?

Verizon, redbox partner to offer physical, digital rentals

February 6, 2012

Verizon and Coinstar's redbox are partnering to offer a streaming service to compete with Netflix.

Max-Wellness launches health care kiosks

February 6, 2012

Max-Wellness, a health-and-wellness retailer, will start deploying in March its Wellness-in-a-Box concept, a product-dispensing kiosk that allows customers to…

Joystick company creates stainless steel kiosk keypad

February 3, 2012

APEM Components, Inc, a manufacturer of switches and joysticks, has created a new stainless steel keypad ideal for ATMs and outdoor kiosks, according to a…

Kiosks score big at Super Bowl Village

February 3, 2012

Kiosks are helping fans make digital keepsakes of their 2012 Super Bowl experiences. Four kiosks in the Super Bowl Village allow fans to record videos or send…

Kiosks to conduct emission testing on Ohio vehicles

February 3, 2012

Kiosks to help motorists get quick emission checks are coming in June to Ohio, according to Cleveland.com. The checks will be available at 16 around-the-clock…

Coinstar may take revenue hit from increased debit card fee

February 3, 2012

Coinstar Inc, parent of DVD-rental firm redbox, may report slightly lower than expected fourth-quarter earnings as the company grapples with a new federal law…

Company helps 'get out the vote' with mobile app

February 2, 2012

FlowPay Corporation is now ThePeoplesVote.com’s provider for payment kiosks, mobile donation apps and online donation debit/credit card processing services.

NRF 2012: Interactive signage with a brand focus

Geoffrey Bessin with IntuiLab talks about the importance of integrating the look and feel of a brand with the look and feel of interactive digital signage.

Hometown of Lance Armstrong set to roll out bike-rental kiosks

February 1, 2012

According to the Daily Texan, bicycle-rental kiosks should soon be springing up around Austin, Texas, thanks to the upcoming Bike Share Program of a local bike…

No more 28 days later? Warner deal with redbox expires

February 1, 2012

According to the Los Angeles Times, Warner Bros.' deal with redbox has expired without an agreement between the two companies over how long to delay DVDs…