Why retail needs digital signage

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

As consumer expectations shift, digital signage becomes a tool for retail.

Wine-kiosk market getting crowded

June 17, 2007

Newsweek: Roughly half a dozen companies are testing and marketing interactive touchscreen wine kiosks for placement in grocery and liquor stores, as well as…

Redbox DVD kiosks head east

June 14, 2007

Video Business: Redbox is spreading its DVD-rental machines to 70 Wegmans Food Markets along the East Coast. About 4,000 Redbox machines are in use across the…

Nextgen rolls out nutritional kiosks for schools

June 14, 2007

BOISE, Idaho — Nextgen Vending has announced the rollout of its Earthpure Organic Nutrition for Education vending program for schools.   According to a news…

Avanti Screenmedia lands deal to place kiosks in more stores

June 14, 2007

Forbes: Avanti Screenmedia won a one-year kiosk contract with Marks & Spencer, a London-based retailer. The deal follows the successful three-month trial…

ULTIMedia USA secures contract for NYC passenger kiosks

June 14, 2007

NEW YORK CITY — ULTIMedia USA announced it has received a $300,000 contract from the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority to develop a passenger…

AVP volleyball tour uses dual-display kiosks

June 13, 2007

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. — SeePoint Technology, provider of interactive self-service kiosk systems, announced that the AVP Volleyball tour will use SeePoint's…

GPS-enhanced kiosks coming to Virginia state parks

June 13, 2007

(Virginia) Fredricksburg.com: Kiosks are everywhere, from airports to malls to the great outdoors of Virginia's parks. All Virginia state parks will soon be…

CVS first retailer to offer gift cards at Coinstar kiosks

June 13, 2007

BELLEVUE, Wash — Coinstar Inc. announced that CVS Pharmacy is expected to have gift cards available in more than 360 Coinstar kiosks in CVS Pharmacy stores…

Freedom Shopping RFID Kiosk Awarded Kiosk Excellence Award

June 13, 2007

Self-service taxi trend: contactless payments announced

June 12, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO –  Visa and Creative Mobile Technologies announced the launch of a program to equip thousands of New York taxicabs with contactless payment…

TIO to promote through Shell Oil program

June 12, 2007

BURNABY, British Columbia — TIO Networks Corp. has announced a marketing campaign to promote TIO Financial Services through the Shell Trading and Retail…

Self-service c-store tested in airport setting

June 12, 2007

DALLAS — Dallas/Fort Worth International will begin testing a retail concept familiar to Europeans and Asians, but almost unknown in the United States.

TAXI-TV touchscreens coming to New York cabs

June 11, 2007

Mediaweek: ABC's New York flagship WABC-TV, along with partner VeriFone Transportation Systems, is the first vendor to get the green light by the New York…

Research: Kiosk photo sales increase

June 11, 2007

DigitalCameraInfo.com: According to a survey conducted by the Photo Marketing Association, Instant kiosk photo greeting card production rose slightly, from 1…

DVD kiosk vendors searching for customer stats

June 10, 2007

Video Business: Rental kiosk operators TNR Corp. and DVDPlay are taking a scientific approach to stocking their machines to appeal to supermarket shoppers.

New kiosk can hold, mail air travelers' banned items

June 10, 2007

Palm Beach (Fla.) Post: Mailing kiosks in TSA security checkpoint lanes allow passengers to mail banned items such as pocket knives, lighters and perfumes to…

Bypass bank lines, get loans from a kiosk

June 7, 2007

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Mister Money Holdings Inc. expects to soon release the second generation of its Mister Money kiosk for loan processing. The…

Kiosks you can carry

June 6, 2007

Internet News.com: Motorola's latest foray into enterprise technology products is in full swing with the third-generation release of Motorola's MC1…

Dallas hospital one of first to use ER kiosks

June 6, 2007

Dallas Morning News: Instead of standing in line — sometimes for hours — just to explain their symptoms, Parkland Memorial Hospital's patients now type their…