Second-generation IBM Anyplace Kiosk launched

September 24, 2007

HispanicBusiness.com: IBM Corp., which already delivers self-service technology to Circuit City, Food Lion, Lowes Foods and a host of other retailers, is…

IBM unveils initiative to help companies improve service to consumers

September 24, 2007

ARMONK, N.Y. — IBM Corp. has announced a new initiative designed to help businesses across multiple industries connect to today's technology-savvy consumer…

Holographic kiosk lets users throw their own fashion shows

September 23, 2007

SciFi.com: If you've never been able to realize your own personal modeling fantasies, a booth at Shinjuku's Takashimaya department store in Tokyo might do the…

Borders merged-channel kiosk plan is slow coming

September 19, 2007

eWeek.com: With Borders just seven months away from having to fly on its own without Amazon.com, the nation's second-largest bookseller has quietly launched…

Seiko Instruments aims to reduce ATM, kiosk maintenance with new printer

September 19, 2007

TORRANCE, Calif. — Seiko Instruments USA Inc. has introduced the APU-9347 3-inch direct thermal kiosk printer.   Developed for self-service applications, the…

Board make-up changes at Wincor Nixdorf AG

September 18, 2007

PADERBORN, Germany — Jürgen Wilde, a member of the four-person board of directors of Wincor Nixdorf AG, has announced his resignation, effective following…

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…

A deployer's dilemma: lease, buy or rent?

Deployers asking the question: pay now or pay later?

Mayo 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.

Self-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…

Man 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…

New 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…

Self-service registers on college campuses

Self-service gains popularity at the college level.

HP, 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…

NCR 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…

Photo 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…

Groceries 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…

ISTS 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…

Argos 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…

More 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…