Retail News & Media
Teradata gets more personal at the kiosk
September 17, 2007
TradingMarkets.com: Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation, announced today the enhancement of its Teradata Customer Management Solutions portfolio with a…
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A deployer's dilemma: lease, buy or rent?
Deployers asking the question: pay now or pay later?
read nowMayo Clinic self-check-in offers innovative customer design
September 12, 2007
Business Week: It is strange to me that common practice in the service sector is to still test potential innovations with simple, written-concept statements.
read nowSelf-checkout study: Consumers scanned $137 billion in 2006
September 9, 2007
FRANKLIN, Tenn. — IHL Consulting Group has released its 2007 North American Self-Checkout Systems Market Study, which focuses on statistics of self-checkout…
read nowMan destroys self-checkout after it speaks to him in Spanish
September 4, 2007
Seattlepi.com: A man was in line at a self-service checkout stand at The Home Depot on Utah Avenue South in Seattle on Thursday, ready to buy a pry bar and a…
read nowNew Fuji photo-printing kiosks released
September 3, 2007
The (Malaysia) Star Online: While the excitement and anxiety of waiting for your prints to come back have diminished somewhat with the advent of digital…
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Self-service registers on college campuses
Self-service gains popularity at the college level.
read nowHP, Meijer sign photo kiosk deal
August 29, 2007
NEW YORK CITY — Hewlett Packard has signed an agreement with Meijer, the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based supercenter retailer, to provide a digital HP Photo…
read nowNCR announces details for completion of Teradata spin-off
August 27, 2007
DAYTON, Ohio — NCR Corp.'s board of directors has approved a record and distribution date for the spin-off of its Teradata data-warehousing business. The…
read nowPhoto kiosks exceed 2,000 in New Zealand
August 26, 2007
The New Zealand Herald: Maryanne Dransfield, New Zealand, director of the Photo Marketing Association, said New Zealand now has "well in excess of 2,000…
read nowGroceries use self-service to zero in on loyalty
August 26, 2007
The Charlotte Observer: Loyalty cards are moving higher-tech. Popularized in the 1990s and now a fixture on American keychains, the cards have for years been…
read nowISTS Worldwide develops kiosk apps on Verifone MX870
August 20, 2007
FREMONT, Calif. — ISTS Worldwide Inc. has developed applications for the retail storefront on the Verifone MX870. The applications have been developed for the…
read nowArgos to roll out self-service kiosks
August 15, 2007
Computer Business Review: Home retailer Argos says it expects to roll out kiosks to more of its stores through a new deal with Retec Digital and IBM. The…
read nowMore mobile phone top-up kiosks for U.K.
August 13, 2007
Mobile Choice Magazine: Prepay mobile users can now top up their phones at handy new self-service kiosks. Payzone has joined forces with The Hub to launch a…
read nowMeridian, Elo team for self-service food ordering
August 12, 2007
ABERDEEN, N.C. — Meridian Kiosks announced they have teamed with Tyco Electronics' Elo TouchSystems to provide self-service ordering stations in restaurants…
read nowNCR invests in contactless, NFC tech
August 7, 2007
DAYTON, Ohio — NCR Corp. has made a minority investment in Silicon Valley-based ViVOtech Inc., provider of payment terminals and software, to incorporate…
read nowWal-Mart adds movie-making to photo kiosks
August 7, 2007
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Sequoia Media Group announced the launch of myMovieMaker, a new product available at all Wal-Mart stores that…
read nowREPORT: Self-service improves customer service, differentiation
August 7, 2007
BOSTON — Research report "Killer Kiosks: Redefining the Customer Experience Through Self-Service," published by Aberdeen Group, reveals that 88 percent of the…
read nowMid-Atlantic dairy store deploys 82 kiosks
July 31, 2007
ATLANTA — Radiant Systems Inc. and High's of Baltimore Inc. have announced plans to deploy multiple self-service kiosks in more than 50 High's Dairy Stores.…
read nowTranax, CDS launch self-service gift-card solution
July 29, 2007
NEWARK, Calif. — Tranax Technologies Inc. and Columbus Data Services have parterned to provide a new gift-card function for self-service devices. According…
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