Kiosk news: Proper data usage crucial for loyalty programs

July 24, 2006

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Create new possibilities

July 23, 2006

This article appeared in the Retail Self-Service Executive Summary, Summer 2006.   Using streaming video on kiosks to help customers use them seems like a…

Entertainment kiosks take root in the U.K.

July 23, 2006

This article appeared in the Retail Self-Service Executive Summary, Summer 2006.   In the United Kingdom and Europe several factors are driving the gaming and…

New tech has right feel for kiosks

July 23, 2006

This article appeared in the Retail Self-Service Executive Summary, Summer 2006.   In June, Elo TouchSystems unveiled a major new touchscreen technology.

Skate shop glides from signage to kiosks

July 23, 2006

This article appeared in the Retail Self-Service Executive Summary, Summer 2006.   Some shoppers cruise to the mall in mid-sized automobiles to sort through…

Site surveys essential — and often overlooked

July 23, 2006

This article appeared in the Retail Self-Service Executive Summary, Summer 2006.   No matter how well designed or planned, any technology product is actually…

Keep kiosks up and running

July 23, 2006

This article appeared in the Retail Self-Service Executive Summary, Summer 2006.   Many companies rely on hundreds and in some cases thousands of self-service…

Gift card kiosk is 'beary' best

July 23, 2006

This article appeared in the Retail Self-Service Executive Summary, Summer 2006.   One of the big winners at the 2006 KioskCom Excellence Awards was the…

The basics of kiosk branding

July 23, 2006

This article appeared in the Retail Self-Service Executive Summary, Summer 2006.   Every year businesses spend millions creating and promoting brands and…

Three U.K. airports add CUSS kiosks

July 23, 2006

Cheapflights: Passengers using England's Manchester, Nottingham East Midlands and Humberside airports will be able to use check-in kiosks for flights with…

Scala integrates digital-signage suite with DS-IQ

July 23, 2006

BELLEVUE, Wash. — DS-IQ and Scala announced the integration of Scala's InfoChannel software suite with DS-IQ's Web-based Digital Signage Marketing Performance…

TIO kiosk network adds insurance product

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

A leading billpay kiosk network now sells an accidental death policy for $12 a year. Is this a harbinger of enhanced services for the unbanked?

Kiosks give CDs new lease on life

July 20, 2006

The Sydney Morning Herald: In a sprawling downtown Sydney music store, shoppers clutching MP3 players weave through a phalanx of CD racks to line up before…

City of Atlanta introduces billpay kiosks

July 20, 2006

ATLANTA — The City of Atlanta recently unveiled the first of a series of self-service bill payment kiosks that provide city residents with a convenient way to…

RealTime Shredding expands into Texas

July 19, 2006

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — RealTime Shredding, developer of the first self-service kiosk to help consumers and businesses fight identity theft, has installed…

Customers prefer self-service

July 19, 2006

Computing.co.uk: Self-service is proving to be a win-win situation, benefiting businesses and customers alike. Companies like Tesco, Marks & Spencer…

Kiosk news: Customers prefer self-service

July 19, 2006

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A Market Survey and Guide to Photo Kiosks

Photo kiosks are among the most popular and complex of all self-service devices. Understand the market and the machines with this guide from PMAI.

MEI cash acceptors added to IBM self-checkout

July 18, 2006

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — MEI announced its CASHFLOW bill acceptor has been integrated into IBM's next-generation self-checkout systems.

Planar to acquire Clarity Visual Systems

July 18, 2006

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Planar Systems Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding capital stock of privately-held Clarity Visual Systems…