Restaurant self-ordering is 'here at last'

July 25, 2006

Chain Store Age: Burger King's slogan, "Have it Your Way," invites consumers to order their burgers just the way they like them — whether that be with or…

Postal Service HR system moving to the Web, kiosks

July 25, 2006

The Associated Press: The U.S. Postal Service is replacing dozens of unconnected human-resources systems nationwide with one that will allow its 700,00…

Culver's Frozen Custard tests kiosks for ordering

July 25, 2006

Nation's Restaurant News: A franchisor-owned Culver's Frozen Custard restaurant in Wisconsin has begun testing kiosks for customer ordering. The company is…

Self-checkout impacting impulse sales

July 25, 2006

Storefront Backtalk: In what's been called the self-checkout diet plan, retailers are learning the unintended consequences of self-checkout systems as they…

Proper data usage crucial for loyalty programs

As U.K. retailers duke it out with Wal-Mart, loyalty cards prove their value — if the data they gather is handled correctly.

Digital signage trade association formed

July 24, 2006

Yahoo News: The Out of Home Video Advertising Bureau has just been incorporated as the latest advertising trade association for digital signage and in-store…

One Touch Ireland to install 200 touchscreens at payphones

July 24, 2006

Silicon Republic: An Irish company has signed a deal worth around €1m ($1.26 million) to supply touchscreen technology that will be fitted inside Eircom…

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…