Retail News & Media

NCR Corp. recognized for maintenance, support services

July 8, 2009

DULUTH, Ga. — NCR Corp. has announced its No. 1 position in the hardware maintenance and support category in retail infrastructure support for 2006-2008…

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Pennsylvania governor puts stop to wine kiosk plan

July 8, 2009

PITTSBURGH — Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has temporarily shelved the state Liquor Control Board's plan to sell wine via vending machines in grocery stores.

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Zebra Technologies announces availability of print station kiosk

July 5, 2009

BOURNE END, England — Zebra Technologies Europe Ltd., a global leader in specialty printing and automatic identification solutions, today announced the…

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Research: $775 billion in kiosk transactions will be processed this year

June 28, 2009

FRANKLIN, Tenn. — New research from the IHL Group says transactions at self-service kiosks will surpass $775 billion in 2009 and will grow to more than $1.…

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SoloHealth to expand EyeSite kiosk to two new markets

June 28, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: SoloHealth, maker of the EyeSite vision-screening kiosk, has announced plans to expand into two new markets, more than doubling…

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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…

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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…

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Digital-download kiosks in store for retail, other verticals

How successful will the technology be against its online competition?

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Happy birthday, barcodes!

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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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?

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