Retail News & Media
IBM launches improved self-checkout system
November 13, 2011
IBM has launched a checkout solution allowing retailers to provide customers with third-party products and services at checkout.
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CETW11: 3 ways self-service enhances the customer experience
Attendees learned about three successful self-service deployments.
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Robotic kiosk taking self-service to next level
Company testing ice cream in its new kiosk that uses a robot to makes five-layer concoctions.
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Robotic ice cream kiosk
Robofusion has created a self-service kiosk that allows customers to use a robot to create desserts.
watch nowFieldPower apps now available on tablets
October 31, 2011
FieldPower, a provider of field service management, and Knowella Technologies, have entered into a partnership. Under the terms, FieldPower's workforce…
read nowProvisio launches software to protect Android Tablet PCs
October 30, 2011
Provisio, a software engineering company, has released SiteKiosk 8 BETA and SiteKiosk Android 1 BETA for Android 3.0.
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Developing a multi-channel bill payment strategy
by Behshad Hastibakhsh — Director of Marketing, TIO Networks Corp
Self-serve financial services kiosks are often the main attraction at trade shows, conferences and exhibitions, as they capture the imagination of service…
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Manufacturers tout benefits of Windows Embedded POSReady 7 (video)
See manufacturers of retail solutions talk about Windows Embedded POSReady 7.
read nowWireless Ronin expands digital signage/kiosk reach in Mall of America
October 16, 2011
Wireless Ronin Technologies Inc., a Minneapolis-based marketing technologies provider, announced today that it will expand its RoninCast digital signage…
read nowKodak enhances picture kiosk technology
October 12, 2011
Eastman Kodak Company has enhanced its Picture Kiosk software to allow consumers to use images from their own, as well as from their friends' shared photo…
read nowToys'R'Us adds self-service options
October 12, 2011
Toys"R"Us has designed new Wish List tools – including apps and kiosks – to make gift-giving easier. Since Wish List launched in 2009, more than 1 million…
read nowGuam c-stores offering rentals from DVD kiosks
October 11, 2011
Guam's 76/Circle K convenience stores are now offering DVD rentals through Movie Queen Express, a kiosk that offers 250 of the latest movie titles and video…
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Self-service network audience: The benefits of the transient user
by Michael Ionescu — President, Ionescu Technologies
When we first started our kiosk company, our first graphical user interface was a stylized design that used heavy doses of a sky blue color and a gaudy yellow.
read nowGrocer testing cake-ordering kiosks
October 9, 2011
Caputo's Fresh Market in Chicago is piloting a custom cake ordering kiosk developed by Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based ADUSA, Inc.
read nowStudy: Shoppers want self-service options
October 6, 2011
A majority of U.S. consumers believe that self-service technologies such as self-checkout and kiosks improve the store experience, according to consumer survey…
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Canadian retailers getting on board with mobile commerce
October 5, 2011
AisleBuyer LLC, a provider of in-store mobile commerce solutions for retailers, brands and restaurants, and Unified Mobility, a Canadian enterprise mobility…
read nowChristian store embraces music kiosks
October 5, 2011
LifeWay Christian Stores has expanded the use of myMEDIA BurnBar kiosks to an additional 105 stores after seeing the success of a pilot study launched in 4…
read nowSelf-service still thriving in grocery stores
October 5, 2011
Self-checkout technology will be sticking around in several Massachusetts grocery stores, despite Big Y Foods' recent announcement about removing self-checkout…
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