Truck stops slowly becoming tech centers

June 4, 2003

WESTLAKE, Ohio -- Interstate Connections LP has signed a deal with TA Travel Centers of America to place its electronics stores inside 66 truck stops across…

Truck stops slowly becoming tech centers

June 4, 2003

WESTLAKE, Ohio -- Interstate Connections LP has signed a deal with TA Travel Centers of America to place its electronics stores inside 66 truck stops across…

Kiosk will be used to sell decorative stone, tile

June 4, 2003

NEW YORK -- American Stone Inc., a manufacturing wholesaler of high-quality stone for commercial and private use, has selected CPath Solutions to market its…

NetShift closes U.S. office

June 3, 2003

BERKSHIRE, United Kingdom -- A woman answering the phone in the public relations office of NetShift Software Ltd.'s headquarters confirmed that the company has…

Interface overhauls software on large kiosk project

June 2, 2003

WELLINGBOROUGH, England -- Interface, European provider of self-service kiosks, has completed one of its most challenging projects to date -- a complete…

New application for pharmacy kiosks

June 2, 2003

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Healthnotes Inc. has launched the new Healthnotes Pharmacy application for touchscreen kiosks, complete with 2,000 patient-education…

Self-checkout gets small for space-starved retailers

June 2, 2003

BIRMINGHAM, England -- NCR Corp. introduced its newest self-checkout, a mini model for space-constrained retail locations including convenience stores.

Kiosks.org offers special on new memberships

June 2, 2003

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Kiosks.org Association (KOA) is offering an introductory rate on new memberships now through June 12, 2003, in conjunction with the…

Italian hypermarket chain intros self-checkout

June 1, 2003

MILAN, Italy -- Italian hypermarket chain Auchan-Gruppo Rinascente, part of the Rinascente Group, has installed self-checkout from NCR Corp.in its flagship…

Kiosk vendor buys digital-signage company

June 1, 2003

SEATTLE -- Mercury Online Solutions Inc. will on June 30, 2003, acquire the products and other assets of Fred Systems Ltd., Waterloo, Ont., Canada.

John Deere poised to widen kiosk deployment

Deere & Co. is known as a conservative company that likes to move very deliberately. But when its dealers witnessed the power of a virtual sales-assistant…

Sam's Club, other retailers to showcase broadband service

May 29, 2003

PHILADELPHIA -- Consumers throughout the country can learn about and purchase Comcast high-speed Internet service at more than 290 Wireless Retail…

Vendors team to deliver speech-enabled customer service

May 29, 2003

LYNCHBURG, Va. -- Fortegra Inc. has joined forces with SandCherry Inc. to provide speech-enabled customer self-service and workforce management solutions. The…

Who's who: Jeff Roster

May 28, 2003

Jeff Roster has a complicated relationship with the industry he covers as principal analyst of global industries, retail, for Gartner Dataquest. He knows…

UK supermarket installs training computers

May 28, 2003

HERTFORDSHIRE, England -- Supermarket giant Tesco has introduced training computers in 780 of its stores to help tackle basic computer-skills problems in its…

SMS operator unveils m-commerce service

May 28, 2003

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Macro Kiosk Sdn Bhd's CEO Kenny Goh is confident of making an impact in the mobile-commerce business through the operator's eTracker…

Plasma-screen vendors to display at Infocomm

May 27, 2003

SEATTLE -- ActiveLight Inc., distributor of plasma displays for dynamic signage, will be showcasing a variety of plasma-based products at the Infocomm…

Diebold tabulates votes in another Ohio county

May 27, 2003

NORTH CANTON, Ohio -- Butler County, Ohio, successfully used 100 Diebold Election Systems AccuVote-TS touchscreen voting stations to conduct a special election…

McD's to upgrade image, add self-serve kiosks

May 26, 2003

OAKBROOK, Ill. -- In his first face-to-face meeting with shareholders, Jim Cantalupo, McDonald's new chief executive, focused on his plan to trim costs and…

CVS stores to get latest Kodak kiosks

May 26, 2003

WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Consumers will soon be able to turn their digital images into photographic prints at a major drugstore chain while shopping for shampoo…