Delta adds kiosks with passport readers

May 9, 2006

ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines' new self-service kiosks with passport readers support Delta's international-expansion plans and provide U.S. customers on…

Planar announces displays with increased brightness

May 9, 2006

BEAVERTON, Ore. - Planar Systems Inc., provider of flat-panel display systems, is expanding its open-frame family of displays by adding products featuring…

Gen X, Y unenthused about mobile phone payment systems

May 9, 2006

The Wise Marketer: There is an apparent lack of enthusiasm among Generation X and Y consumers for mobile payment technologies, with 62 percent feeling that…

Kiosk news: Retailers converge on Chicago

May 8, 2006

Our Sponsor Technology Portals, Inc. KiosksTechnology Portals, Inc. provides award-winning self- service kiosks to the travel and…

30 Minute Photos takes 'Starbucks approach' to photo kiosks

May 8, 2006

VIENNA, Va. - 30 Minute Photos Etc. redesigned its Irvine, Calif., photo-finishing store with new Lucidiom automated photo machines and fixtures to encourage…

ATMs, kiosks may move toward the middle

If ATMs and kiosks are "cousins if not brothers of each other" as Mike Lee, CEO of the ATM Industry Association recently said, why haven't the two industries…

DVD kiosks battle online services, bargain sellers

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

DVD rental kiosks are appearing in more and more prominent retail locations. But experts wonder whether Redbox and its competitors can survive in the world of…

Kiosk branding 101

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May 7, 2006

Attracting customers to kiosks is all about losing the "gray box effect." D2 Sales president Sandy Nix, an expert on branded kiosk enclosures, explains the…

Kiosk branding 101

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May 7, 2006

Attracting customers to kiosks is all about losing the "gray box effect." D2 Sales president Sandy Nix, an expert on branded kiosk enclosures, explains the…

Retailers converge on Chicago

Retail Systems 2006 Convention & Expo, scheduled for May 21-24 at McCormick Place in Chicago, will include an array of self-service leaders.

TIO Networks launches TIO Express

May 7, 2006

BURNABY, B.C. - TIO Networks Corp., formerly Info Touch Technologies Corp., announced in a news release it has begun processing payments through TIO Express…

The Kiosk Exchange ends contract with AAFES

May 7, 2006

BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Strategic Management & Opportunity Corp. announced in a news release that the Kiosk Exchange, a wholly owned subsidiary of SMOC and its…

Cell phones, contactless payments will impact vending

May 7, 2006

AMonline: Some industry observers believe the next generation of venders will successfully integrate the vending machine with a kiosk, thereby creating a…

CASE STUDY: Mobile Bay Visitors Bureau kiosks educate travelers, harvest information

May 4, 2006

The Mobile Bay (Alabama) Convention & Visitors Bureau tapped MontegoNet for a kiosk that tracks data on visitors who use it. It also uses digital signage to…

Are you prepared for the cross-channel shopper?

May 4, 2006

Tamara Mendelsohn of Forrester Research explores the mindset of cross-channel consumers, and what it takes to reach them effectively.

CASE STUDY: Giant Foods self-service store of the future

May 4, 2006

Giant Foods of Carlisle, Pa. has gone beyond basic kiosk installations by building the store from the ground up centered around self-service.

What lies ahead for digital signage

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

We asked several industry experts about their vision for the future of digital signage - the promise it holds for the next year, its possible uses and its…

Pay-Ease, Meisel Capital Partners join forces

May 4, 2006

ROSELLE, Ill. - Pay-Ease, developer of kiosk-based bill-payment technology, announced it has joined forces with Meisel Capital Partners, an established…

Novartis selects SeePoint kiosks for security, wayfinding

May 4, 2006

EAST HANOVER, N.J. - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., the U.S. affiliate of Swiss-based Novartis AG, recently installed touchscreen kiosks, manufactured by…

Contactless cards could carry bank, transit apps

May 4, 2006

ePaynews: As contactless payment cards reach critical mass in global markets, the potential for banks and transit authorities to jointly issue a single…