Ask the Experts: How do product-information kiosks increase customer loyalty?

July 8, 2009

Curiosk Marketing Solutions works with retailers in the wine and spirits industry to deploy and monetize wine-information and greeting card kiosks. Josh Rosen…

3M Library Systems to intro new self-checkout at industry conference

July 6, 2009

ST. PAUL, Minn. — 3M Library Systems has announced the upcoming release of a new version of its library self-checkout station at the American Library…

Commentary: Usability can be a kiosk's kiss of death or its ticket to success

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Usability and the user experience are critical to the success of any new consumer technology, especially customer-facing kiosks.

The power of Twitter

The social networking service has stormed the business community. Here's how kiosk and self-service deployers can benefit.

Profile: Nanonation president and CEO Bradley Walker

The software company's founder was recently inducted into the Self-Service and Kiosk Association's Hall of Fame.

Digital-download kiosks in store for retail, other verticals

How successful will the technology be against its online competition?

Pan-Oston releases kits to make self-checkouts hearing impaired-friendly

June 22, 2009

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Pan-Oston, a leader in smart retail counter and checkout solutions, has introduced a kit that enables retailers, healthcare providers…

Best Buy exec: We're testing video game trade-in kiosks

June 22, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In an entry posted today on his blog, BarryJudge.com, Best Buy's chief marketing officer announced a test of video game trade-in kiosks in…

SteriLyfe intros small-format hand-sanitizing kiosk

June 21, 2009

BRADENTON, Fla. — SteriLyfe LLC has introduced the latest addition to the STERISTATION line of hand sanitizing/advertising kiosks. STERISTATION Jr. has a…

IKEA installs loyalty kiosks in Belgian stores

June 17, 2009

DELFT, The Netherlands — Home furnishings retailer IKEA has deployed 18 Xen X5 customer loyalty-registration kiosks in six of its Belgian stores. The kiosks…

PCI compliance dominates talk at NACStech

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David Drain, executive director of the Self-Service and Kiosk Association, recently attended the NACStech tradeshow, held last month in Grapevine, Texas. Here…

New self-service software provides online customer support

June 14, 2009

MOSCOW — BPC Banking Technologies, a provider of e-payment and retail banking solutions, has announced the launch of a new software solution for self-service…

Video game rental, purchase, trade-in hitting entertainment kiosk market

E-Play has announced a retail partnership that brings video game trade-in to the entertainment kiosk. Will other self-service players follow suit?  

Commentary: Woo customers and build brand awareness with multitouch, immersive and 3D depth-sensing technologies

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Increasingly innovative display technologies create an exciting and unique user experience and help businesses decrease costs and increase revenue.

Interactive 'instant expert' kiosk on display at InfoComm 09

June 9, 2009

Digital Signage Expo: Tandberg and .advancedMethod have combined their respective technologies to develop the Instant Expert/Translation Station, an…

Ecast podcast series to feature KioskCom, The Digital Signage Show interviews

June 3, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO — Ecast, a leader in place-based media, has launched "Touch Points," a series of weekly podcast interviews exploring real-life deployments of…

ADFLOW Networks ranked among Canada's fastest-growing companies

June 2, 2009

TORONTO, Ontario — ADFLOW Networks, a provider of Web-hosted digital signage and interactive kiosk technology in the self-service vertical, announced today it…

Self Service Excellence Award winners, Part II

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A final look at the award-winning deployments from May's KioskCom Self Service Expo.

Self Service Excellence Award winners, Part I

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A look at three of the award-winning self-service deployments from this month's KioskCom Self Service Expo in Las Vegas.

New report reveals consumer attitudes toward self-service technology

May 21, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Self-Service and Kiosk Association has published its 2009 Self-Service Consumer Survey, a comprehensive report that reveals what…