Australian video stores to roll out DVD kiosks

May 22, 2011

Franchise Entertainment Group (FEG) has invested $2 million to order 1,000 kiosks, which if deployed quickly, would make the group the biggest kiosk player in…

NEXTEP expands services to different markets

The company announces new kiosk and digital signage deployments.

AVT Inc., Luxury Automated Retail partner to offer upscale vending units

May 15, 2011

AVT Inc., formerly Automated Vending Technologies, has partnered with Luxury Automated Retail, a Los Angeles-based distributor of high-end self-service…

Minnesotans to repair bikes at kiosks

May 15, 2011

Bicyclists in Minneapolis may soon have access to bike-repair kiosks, according to the Southwest Journal.

Will porn become the 'next big thing' in the kiosk industry?

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Look out DVD-rental kiosks — porn may take over as the go-to product in the self-service industry. 

CETW: Multi-touch assisted POP

RedDotNet demonstrates two tablet-based kiosks, one with thumb-wheel interactivity.

When two become one: Corporate Safe Specialists merges with Fire King

May 3, 2011

Corporate Safe Specialists Inc., a Posen, Ill.-based provider of cash-management products and services has merged with its portfolio company, FKI Security…

CETW: MediaTile's HumanKiosk

MediaTile CEO Simon Wilson shows how the HumanKiosk lets brands have a customer service representative on the sales floor without really having one on the…

Are you ready for the 'Screenagers?'

by Frank Olea

As a father of four children ranging in ages from 6 to 17 years old, I can attest to the fact that the next generation is constantly buried in a screen of some…

CETW: Seiko's platform to provide ISV integration (video)

Kiosk Marketplace editor Cherryh Butler interviewed Seiko's associate director of marketing about the platform at CETW.

HP expands retail portfolio with kiosk, POS solutions

HP's technology can be used in a variety of settings, including retail, hospitality and healthcare.

Kodak designs in-store scanning system

April 24, 2011

Kodak has designed a walk-up photo scanning system to give libraries, specialty retailers and other photo-intensive retail environments an opportunity to…

Kiosks make it easy to buy hard liquor

April 21, 2011

Pennsylvanians can already buy wine from grocery-store kiosks, but the state's Liquor Control Board announced Thursday that some of the kiosks will also stock…

Check-cashing kiosk serves underbanked

Chexar and Nexxo partnered to design an all-in-one, check-cashing solution.

Latest kiosk technology to be unveiled at CETW

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

The kiosk industry is gearing up for one of its biggest shows of the year — Customer Engagement Technology World next week in San Francisco. I'll be there to…

Another DVD kiosk company hits the market

April 20, 2011

Central and Southern California movie lovers have another kiosk option for renting DVDs now that BP's ampm convenience stores are offering $1-per-day DVD…

Body-scanning kiosks a perfect fit for retailers (video)

Mybestfit is a kiosk that measures shoppers' bodies to predict what brands and styles of clothing will fit best.

DSA Excellence Awards honor best in digital signage, kiosks & mobile

by Christopher Hall — w, t

The Digital Screenmedia Association has announced the winners of the inaugural DSA Industry Excellence Awards.

Lumber Liquidators offers credit kiosks

April 17, 2011

Lumber Liquidators, headquartered in Toano, Va., has partnered with Versatile Systems Inc. to deploy in-store credit kiosks.

Mobile kiosks drive retail sales

VendaCarts make it possible for retailers to sell to the masses.