Retail News & Media
IBM, Sprocket Kiosks partnering for Australian deployments
May 19, 2009
MELBOURNE, Australia — Sprocket Kiosks, based in Melbourne, Australia, has announced a strategic partnership with IBM Retail Store Solutions to integrate IBM…
read nowPhoto kiosk showcased at Asian gaming tradeshow
May 18, 2009
Intergame Online: Song Yung Electro-Optics Ltd., based in Taiwan, has presented its Photo Kiosk I-Take at this year's GTI Asia Taipei Expo, an international…
read nowGivex launches touchscreen kiosk for customer loyalty programs
May 17, 2009
CHICAGO — Givex, a global provider of closed-loop card technologies including gift, loyalty and other stored-value programs, has announced the launch of its…
read nowWal-Mart to test ePlay game, DVD kiosks
May 17, 2009
Video Business: Columbus, Ohio-based kiosk operator ePlay will install videogame, and DVD-rental and trade-in kiosks at 77 Wal-Mart stores in New York…
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GS1 DataBar will simplify self-checkout process
The new barcode standard packs more info into a smaller space, creating opportunities for retailers and saving time for shoppers.
read nowSelf-checkout saves the day for 100 U.K. Tesco locations
May 11, 2009
Belfast Telegraph: An overnight computer glitch at around 100 Tesco locations across the U.K. Monday had shoppers flocking to unaffected self-checkout lanes.
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KIOSKCOM: Virgin CIO shares self-service strategies
Robert Fort outlined the brand's challenges and successes and downplayed its U.S. store closings during his much-anticipated keynote presentation at last…
read nowRedbox first-quarter revenue doubles
May 10, 2009
Video Business: On the heels of its acquisition by Coinstar, redbox and its smaller sister brand, DVDXpressis, reported a 156-percent jump in first…
read nowKIOSKCOM: Survey data reveals self-service user likes, dislikes
May 7, 2009
Self-Service & Kiosk Assocation, AMR Research share survey results during show session; Continental Airlines' self-service strategies also discussed.
read nowKIOSKCOM: Mix & Burn, KIOSK release new MP3 service
May 6, 2009
The DRM-free service makes tracks available from major labels as well as indie aggregators, while adding to KIOSK's existing suite of multifunction…
read nowKIOSKCOM: Tranax shows through-the-wall kiosk
May 6, 2009
A new through-the-wall kiosk advances the ATM leader in the financial self-services space by leveraging the company's background in developing weatherized…
read nowKIOSKCOM: Library of Congress deployment wins big at KioskCom awards show
May 6, 2009
LAS VEGAS — KioskCom has announced winners of its annual Kiosk Self Service Excellence Awards.
read nowRumor: Apple preparing iTunes kiosks
May 6, 2009
Apple Insider: Apple has put some effort into conceptualizing a family of next-generation wireless iTunes kiosks that can be placed just about anywhere…
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Economy may have Coinstar, redbox on a roll
Counting coins and cheap rents have special appeal when money is tight.
read nowKIOSKCOM: Nanonation to bring new software, merchandising innovations
May 3, 2009
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nanonation will showcase a number of new technologies to deploy and manage digital marketing assets across a variety of customer touch points…
read nowKiosk scan event drives record traffic into furniture store
April 29, 2009
Furniture World: Homemakers, a wholly owned unit in the Berkshire Hathaway family of businesses, drove more traffic into its 215,000-square-foot store using a…
read nowFreedom Toaster kiosks let users burn info, music, video
April 29, 2009
ITWeb: Cape Town, South Africa-based Breadbin Interactive has sold 72 of its Freedom Toaster kiosks and says it has received an order for 40 more. The mobile…
read nowEdeka awards contract to Wincor Nixdorf for 600 reverse vending machines
April 28, 2009
PADERBORN, Germany — Wincor Nixdorf has concluded a framework agreement with leading German food retailer Edeka to equip some of the group's stores with…
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