NCR Canada hires new president, heightens focus on self-service

June 25, 2009

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — NCR Corp. has named Luc Villeneuve the new president of NCR Canada.   According to a news release, Villeneuve comes from the…

RBR ranks NCR Corp. No. 1 in global self-checkout market

June 25, 2009

DULUTH, Ga. — NCR Corp. ranks No. 1 worldwide in the self-checkout market, according to Retail Banking Research Ltd., a strategic research and consulting firm…

Digital-download kiosks in store for retail, other verticals

How successful will the technology be against its online competition?

ID TECH helps one company make customer card-use easier

ZoomSystems needed a reliable PIN pad and barcode reader for its self-service retail stores. ZoomSystems partnered with ID TECH to implement a system that…

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…

Happy birthday, barcodes!

This week marks the 35th anniversary of the first retail barcode scanner, installed in an Ohio supermarket.

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…

Frank Mayer, Media Port release digital-download retail kiosk

June 15, 2009

MILWAULKEE — Frank Mayer & Associates Inc. has introduced an interactive digital-download media kiosk that allows convenient access to more than a million…

Tesco to test DVD-rental kiosks in Ireland locations

June 15, 2009

CHELTENHAM, Gloucestershire — U.K. supermarket chain Tesco will trial DVD-rental kiosks from The Movie Booth this month, according to an announcement from The…

PCI compliance dominates talk at NACStech

by David Drain

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

Payment solutions provider Sagem Denmark acquired by BBS

June 11, 2009

OSLO, Norway — BBS, a leading provider of electronic security, payment and information services for retailers and financial institutions in Norway, Sweden and…

New NCR shipping agreement to make repairs, servicing faster

June 11, 2009

DAYTON, Ohio — NCR Corp. has announced it will work with global shipping leaders FedEx and DHL to help manage parts inventory for NCR Services in the Americas…

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.

Redbox DVD-rental kiosks now nationwide at Albertson's

June 10, 2009

Home Media magazine: Each of the 248 Albertson's grocery stores nationwide now have redbox kiosks, the DVD-rental kiosk company said Wednesday.

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…

Sony Music, other labels sign with digital-download kiosk maker MOD Systems

June 8, 2009

Video Business: According to reports today, several high-profile record labels have signed with digital-download kiosk operator MOD Systems. The labels include…

Wegmans grocery chain to deploy produce-tracing kiosk

June 7, 2009

The Packer: Rochester, N.Y.-based grocery chain Wegmans has announced it will test a kiosk in one of its store's produce sections this fall that will help…