Go mobile or go home: Check-out lines are disappearing

Retailers must embrace mobile POS solutions to stay relevant.

Vending kiosks providing retailers variety of solutions

From dispensing products to tracking consumer behavior, vending kiosks are the new go-to retail solution.

5 stakeholders essential to kiosk success

I used to do a presentation entitled "Ways to Fail Miserably, Quickly and Expensively with Kiosks." One of the quickest paths to failure was to not have the…

Retail tech heats up to beat holiday shopping lockdown

by Christopher Hall — w, t

Behind-the-scenes prep for the holidays is underway, with digital signage and engagement tech on the upswing.

New technology brings 'ease of online shopping' to brick-and-mortar stores

June 27, 2012

A new product to enable interactive cross-selling via iPads in retail stores is now available from software company LightSpeed. The solution will arm retailers…

MokiTouch creates Android kiosks with remote management

June 27, 2012

The trend of transforming tablets into kiosks and digital signs seems to be hotter than ever, a fact not lost on MokiMobility, a provider of cloud-based mobile…

Study: Self-checkout is here to stay

North America replaced western Europe as the largest region for self-checkout shipments in 2011.

Device cuts cost of running iPad POS solutions

June 27, 2012

Business owners can now run their iPad POS systems without additional Internet connection hardware or wiring with the launch of Revel Systems' new Router. The…

Groupon pushing deals with street-side touchscreens

June 26, 2012

Groupon is hoping the multitouch displays it's deploying in Chicago this week will entice passersby to purchase deals. The Chicago-based deal company partnered…

Hardware store deploys InkSpot kiosk

June 25, 2012

A hardware store in Boulder, Colo., is testing an ink cartridge-dispensing kiosk manufactured by KIOSK Information Systems and Denver-based ink distribution…

Why Penn's wine kiosk failed: Part 1

by Natsumi Nakamura — Marketing, PFU Systems

After reading fellow blogger Michael Ionescu's post "Bad execution: Why good kiosk ideas fail", I did some research to learn more about what was behind the…

Theft at self-checkout a growing problem, retail analyst warns

June 20, 2012

According to ABC Sydney, an Australian retail expert says thefts from self-service checkouts in major supermarkets and stores is a growing problem, and one…

KIOSK, SSN partner to demo secure retail kiosk solutions at NRF conference

June 18, 2012

KIOSK Information Systems and Self-Service Network will showcase their fraud-eliminating kiosk solutions that provide secure dispensing, limited-associate…

Kodak Australia partners with AFL, proves photo kiosks aren't dead

June 14, 2012

Fans of the Australia Football League can now print official match photos from 1,400 KODAK kiosks in retail locations throughout Australia. The kiosks allow…

Australian grocer scales back self-serve checkout

June 13, 2012

Woolworths, an Australian grocer, is cutting its self-service checkouts for customers in 400 retail outlets across the country. The kiosks, which launched in…

KIOSK to demo automated retail solution in New Orleans

June 13, 2012

KIOSK Information Systems will display its StoreBOT Automated Retail Platform June 20-21 at the NRF Loss Prevention Conference at the Ernest N. Morial…

Two more retailers embrace mobile self-service

June 13, 2012

As mobile POS solutions gain popularity, major retailers are jumping on board the trend that made this year's top retail technology list, according to the…

Apple's Passbook to help retailers offer loyalty programs

June 12, 2012

Retailers may soon have access to yet another payment and loyalty card option with Apple releasing Passbook Monday at its Worldwide Developer Conference in San…

Improving 4 retail trends with self-serivce

London is buzzing this summer. People flocked to the city for the Diamond Jubilee. While it captivated the world's attention, it was just a warm up for the…

Restaurants using iPad kiosks for customer loyalty

June 11, 2012

Tablets are replacing traditional restaurant loyalty cards in a new partnership between FavoriteEats and MokiMobility, a cloud-based mobile device management…