Verizon opens interactive concept store

October 30, 2006

DALLAS — Visitors to the nation's first Verizon Experience store, located in Southlake, Texas, will encounter a comprehensive display of high-tech…

Kiosk news: Kiosks increase average retail ticket by up to 30 percent

October 30, 2006

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Australian music retailers add CD-burning kiosks

October 29, 2006

TheAge.com.au: It's another nail in the coffin for the album and may spell the end of the music megastore. Victorians now are able to walk into a store…

Check-in kiosks save money for Air Canada

October 29, 2006

HotelMarketing.com: At Air Canada, a customer who uses its kiosk to check in costs the company only 16 cents. That same customer checking in with an agent…

Filipino government deploys RFID-enabled credit-app kiosks

October 29, 2006

The Philippine Star: State-run pension fund Government Service and Insurance System is spending more than P70 million ($1.4 million U.S.) to install wireless…

Oakland, losing millions to meters, considers parking kiosks

October 29, 2006

SFGate.com: Oakland is losing $2 million a year because of missing or broken parking meters, according to a city audit. The city is considering replacing most…

Turning a profit at the POS

October 29, 2006

This article originally published in Self-Service World magazine Nov/Dec 2006's FOCUS on financial self-service.   Cards are everywhere. Consumers have come…

Case Study: Leaving the ATM silo

October 29, 2006

This article originally published in Self-Service World magazine, Nov/Dec 2006's FOCUS.   Wincor Nixdorf International in August signed its first deal of…

Kiosk news: New Mazda showrooms incorporate kiosks

October 26, 2006

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Possible breach found in contactless card security

October 26, 2006

ePaynews: A group of U.S researchers has issued a report warning of a potential security loophole in RFID contactless payment cards.

Netherlands bookstore benefits from RFID, kiosks

October 26, 2006

Forbes: A new supply-management system for Selexyz was developed and introduced in an effort to reduce labor costs, advance the art of stock control out of a…

Lands' End kiosks added to 100 Sears stores

October 26, 2006

The (Madison, Wis.) Capitol Times: Sears is highlighting its Lands' End brand in 100 stores, and is set to launch its 100th "store-within-a-store" by next…

Coinstar announces new service for banks, credit unions

October 26, 2006

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Coinstar Inc., operator of self-service coin counting kiosks, announced its new Coinstar Direct Coin Deposit service that will allow bank and…

Galvanon lands two new accounts for MediKiosk

October 25, 2006

Orlando Business Journal: Galvanon, an NCR Corp. company, has signed contracts with Emergency Health Center LLC of Houston and MedCenter One of Bismarck, N.D.…

New Mazda showrooms incorporate kiosks

October 25, 2006

Huntsville (Ala.) Times: Jeff Sikes Mazda has opened the 56th Mazda Retail Revolution facility in the United States. About 100 Retail Revolution locations are…

Zoom Systems raises $35 million in venture capital

October 25, 2006

San Francisco Business Times: Zoom Systems, which operates robotic retail kiosks that dispense products to customers, said Oct. 25 that it has raised $3…

Ingenico, Custom sign distribution deal

October 25, 2006

MILAN, Italy — Custom Engineering, provider in the electronic-device sector for retailing and self-service systems, and Ingenico Italia, developer of…

Horse tracks, opera houses offer portable info kiosks

Opera Glass Networks' PDA-based info and betting kiosks go where other kiosks can't: into the customer's seat.

Patent issued for prescription drug kiosk

October 24, 2006

SAN DIEGO — Asteres Inc. has received its first patent. According to a news release, Asteres' ScriptCenter is the first technology operating in the retail…

TIO deploys 1000th kiosk

October 24, 2006

BURNABY, British Columbia — TIO Networks Corp. announced the deployment of 27 self-serve automated kiosks in Cincinnati, Lexington. Ky., and Louisville, Ky.