Kiosk Marketplace seeks your input for annual industry census

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

The first annual industry census received overwhelmingly positive response, as many readers recognized the need for an informative tool to help companies with…

Panasonic launches self-order kiosk solution for restaurants

October 3, 2018

Panasonic System Solutions Co. of North America has launched its new turnkey self-order kiosk solution to provide restaurants an immersive, customized and…

ZIVELO announces partnership with BlueStar for QSR and retail verticals

October 3, 2018

ZIVELO, a provider of kiosks to McDonald's restaurants in North America, has partnered with BlueStar, a distributor of digital identification, mobility…

Reno DMV to have nation’s first drive-up self-serve kiosk

September 27, 2018

Construction has begun on a new Department of Motor Vehicles building in Reno, Nevada, which will have a drive-up self-serve kiosk, which officials claim will…

Worldline delivers Tiffany & Co. vending machine in the UK

September 26, 2018

Photo courtesy of Worldline Worldline, a provider of payment and transaction services, has delivered the first U.K. unattended Valina payment…

Self-serve kiosks call for protection against hackers

With the rapid addition of internet-connected technologies that touch the same network as the point-of-sale system, new opportunities for credit card data…

Palmer Digital Group introduces retail checkout self-service kiosk

September 24, 2018

Image courtesy of Palmer Digital Group Palmer Digital Group, a newly-formed division of Industrial Enclosure Corp., a display and electrical enclosure…

ID Tech debuts small EMV contactless reader

September 21, 2018

ID Tech, a payment solutions provider, is debuting Kiosk IV, which the company believes to be the smallest EMV contactless reader available to the…

Self-Service Kiosks Are Changing the Way Tenants Pay Rent

Have you ever forgotten to pay rent until the last day of the month? If you have, odds are your experience was one filled with panic—wondering how you were…

Why customers (and operators) prefer micro markets to vending machines

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Customers simply prefer to examine products up close rather than being separated by the glass barrier of a vending machine. They also like the improved variety…

Cryptocurrency ATM provider tests kiosks for bill payment services

September 17, 2018

Alpha BTC, an Omaha, Nebraska-based provider of cryptocurrency ATMs, has been working with Maya, a cellular replacement parts distributor that provides…

Georgia expands vehicle registration renewal kiosks

September 14, 2018

The Georgia Department of Revenue recently expanded its self-service vehicle registration renewal kiosks to two new locations in Fulton County, according to a…

Micro markets versus vending banks by the numbers —  an operator's perspective

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

While the micro market saves nearly $14,000 in upfront investment over a traditional vending bank, it will deliver an average $1,000 in monthly sales for a…

Package Concierge offers retailers tips for deploying BOPIS lockers for back-to-school season

September 6, 2018

Package Concierge, provider of an automated locker system for "buy online, pickup in-store" packages, has released tips for retailers to improve back-to-school…

UK courier tests self-serve kiosks for sending parcels

August 31, 2018

Customers at three U.K. depots will be able to pay for parcel shipment at Parcelforce Worldwide self-serve kiosks during a trial that will run from today…

Atlanta Kroger offers self-serve vehicle tag renewal kiosk

August 27, 2018

An automated vehicle tag renewal kiosk operated by Intellectual Technology Inc. has been installed in a Kroger supermarket in the Buckhead section of Atlanta…

Lolly teams with Optomany to offer POS payments with self service

August 24, 2018

Lolly, a provider of point-of-sale and other payment technologies, has teamed with Optomany, pioneer of the PCI point-to-point encryption standard in the U.K.…

Chicago to quadruple automated payment kiosks for city services

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Chicago will have more than 70 automated payment kiosks that will allow residents to pay for city services more easily. Citybase, the service provider, hopes…

McDonald's invests billions for kiosk/digital makeover through 2020

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

McDonald's Corporation is spending $6 billion to revamp more than 6,000 stores throughout the U.S. in hopes of transforming itself into an efficiency expert's…

Self-serve kiosks bring more employees to McDonald’s Chicago flagship

August 9, 2018

McDonald's will be employing more people when it reopens its flagship store in Chicago today. The newly remodeled store offers self-serve kiosks, mobile…