Industry experts predict 2012 trends

Retailers will use self-service now more than ever to engage customers.

'ATM for health care' testing in Ohio clinic

December 28, 2011

Ohio-based telemedicine startup, HealthSpot, which calls itself the "ATM for health care," will begin deploying its "Care4 Station" kiosks in the first…

Global Axcess extends grocery store partnerships

December 28, 2011

Global Axcess Corp., a provider of kiosk solutions, has entered into a three-year extension with the company's largest ATM customer, a grocery store chain with…

CUSTOM partners with Brazilian company to produce kiosk printers

December 27, 2011

The CUSTOM Group and the Brazilian company NITERE have signed a collaboration agreement for the production of two lines of kiosk printers and distribution of…

Company to launch secure payment system for taxi, restaurant kiosks

December 27, 2011

Boston-based Revosys has launched plans to implement Payment Processing and Digital Video Recording in a number of its In-Taxi and Restaurant Kiosk solutions.

SF deploys NFC to parking meters

December 27, 2011

Parking is again proving itself to be a great test case for mobile payment technology with a new deployment of mobile-enabled meters in San Francisco. 

Braving the Great Outdoors: Using already made components to protect your outdoor kiosks

by Michael Ionescu — President, Ionescu Technologies

As much as I love putting out new kiosks, I always feel a slight bit of trepidation when the project requires outdoor kiosks. To date my company has had…

Kraft, Intel testing customer-recognizing kiosks

December 26, 2011

Kraft Foods is using an Intel-designed kiosk to analyzes shoppers' ages and genders in hopes of better marketing food products; iSample allows Kraft to tailor…

Hold onto your wallets: Mobile payments seeing slow adoption

December 26, 2011

Although several major retailers from Gap to Toys R Us are partnering with banks, payment processors and Google to allow shoppers to pay via smartphones, the…

Round 2: Notable kiosk deployments of 2011

We highlighted a few of the year's successful kiosk deployments last week and have since received substantial reader feedback. Below are several projects that…

Rite Aid to unveil 3-D holographic displays

December 21, 2011

Rite Aid is deploying 3-D holographic kiosks in its stores next year, according to a letter to shareholders from the kiosks' manufacturer, Provision…

Barneys NY using mobile POS

December 21, 2011

Barneys New York is going mobile this holiday season with MICROS-Retail's miStore mobile point-of-sale in its flagship Manhattan store.

Taiwan's HiTi deploying 3,000 photo kiosks

December 20, 2011

HiTi Digital, a Taiwan-based manufacturer of digital photo/card printers based on dye-sublimation technology and consumable materials, recently deployed…

Kiosks now touching nearly every industry

by Dean Sanders — Director, industry Sales, Zebra Technologies

The applications for kiosks become more widespread and innovative everyday, impacting industries such as retail, health care, hospitality and now health…

Benefits of using card reader cleaning cards

by Stephen Enfield — CEO, POS Supply

As a follow-up to my blog post on Why your kiosk transactions are failing, I want to talk in more detail about card reader cleaning cards and how they will…

Chicago train stations deploying redbox

December 19, 2011

Public transportation riders in Chicago can now rent movies or games from redbox kiosks at select rail stations, according to the Chicago Transit Agency.

Macworld event using iPad Enclosures

December 19, 2011

Working alongside GES, iPad enclosures will facilitate more than 15 registration stations at the Macworld event Jan. 26-28, 2012 at the Moscone Center in San…

Government may deploy medical kiosks

December 19, 2011

The federal government may soon deploy medical kiosks for the military and other government and international organizations, such as the United Nations…

Study: Kiosk usage on the rise

December 19, 2011

As companies seek to reduce costs, increase revenue opportunities and improve customer service, they are increasingly turning to kiosks to help meet those…

Survey: Mobile technology leads to better customer experience

December 19, 2011

Three in four retail associates and managers said they provide a better in-store customer experience when equipped with the latest mobile technologies…