Microsoft Retail awards open for entries

December 14, 2006

LONDON — Microsoft Corp. announced that the Retail Applications Developer Awards, now in their seventh year, are open for entries for 2007. The awards will…

Paint kiosk targets female shoppers

Pittsburgh Paints' new device repositions a hardware store tradition.

Coinstar charity program reaches $20 million mark

December 12, 2006

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Coinstar Inc., operator of self-service coin-counting and financial services kiosks, announced that this month it crossed the $20 million…

Vcom kiosk offers 'free month' promotion

December 12, 2006

Orlando Sentinel: Customers who pay their Kissimmee Utility Authority bill at an area 7-Eleven store this month will be entered to win a free month of utility…

Cisco exec: kiosks going through a rebirth

December 10, 2006

Chain Store Age: Ed Jimenez, global retail industry marketing lead for Cisco Systems, said kiosks are going through a rebirth. In this commentary, he…

Palm launches Treo kiosks

December 10, 2006

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Palm Inc. launched a $25 million worldwide marketing campaign to generate mainstream awareness of and attract new users to the Treo…

Pay By Touch acquires Green Stamps company

December 7, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Biometric solutions firm Pay By Touch announced that it has acquired S&H Solutions and its parent company S&H greenpoints. The…

POS displays increasingly high-tech

December 7, 2006

Business Week: Nanonation's Brian Ardinger, speaking at the recent Trex retail trade show, gave several examples of the trend in retail toward point-of-sale…

Nanonation joins Retail Broadband Alliance

December 5, 2006

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nanonation Inc., provider of digital signage and kiosk software, has joined the Retail Broadband Alliance, a forum that makes it easy for…

NCR offers DigitalPersona biometric tech

December 3, 2006

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — DigitalPersona Inc., provider of fingerprint-authentication solutions for enterprise networks and commercial applications, announced…

Supermarket chain replaces video-rental section with kiosks

December 3, 2006

Buffalo News: At some Wegmans stores, the video-rental department has shrunk to the size of a self-serve machine. Wegmans has closed the rental department in…

McDonald's adding more Redbox kiosks

November 29, 2006

Forbes.com: Redbox, provider of automated DVD rental kiosks, and McDonald's announced an agreement to offer the kiosks to a growing number of McDonald's…

DrinksTV selects RDM for digital signage network

November 28, 2006

SARASOTA, Fla. — Real Digital Media (RDM), provider of digital-signage products for establishing point-of-purchase marketing, promotions and…

Kroger adds 170 DVD rental kiosks

November 28, 2006

HOUSTON — TNR Entertainment Corp., owner and operator of DVD rental kiosks in supermarkets and grocery stores under the brand "The New Release," has just…

Lucidiom purchases Trevoli

November 27, 2006

VIENNA, Va. — Lucidiom Inc. announced in a news release that it has purchased Trevoli Ltd., including Trevoli's Photo Finale product family. Founded in 2002 in…

TIO, Dollar General to test hybrid ATM/kiosks

November 27, 2006

BURNABY, B.C. — TIO Networks Corp. announced an agreement with Dollar General to test hybrid ATMs at 52 locations in Tennessee by year-end. TIO's hybrid ATM…

Pharmacy kiosks raise controversy

November 27, 2006

The News Observer: North Carolina's largest health insurer has gotten on the wrong side of state regulators. The N.C. Board of Pharmacy has told Blue Cross and…

Grocery chain Spar to deploy Wincor-Nixdorf self-checkout

November 26, 2006

IT Pro: Supermarket chain Spar is set to test automated self-service retail systems in Northern Ireland ahead of a possible nationwide roll out.

Apparel retailer Nau plans kiosk-based store

November 26, 2006

Chicago Tribune: Nau Inc., an environmentally friendly outdoor apparel company from Portland, Ore., has signed a lease to open what the company has termed a…

Paxar rolls out 'RFID mirror'

November 26, 2006

The Retail Bulletin: Paxar has formed a new working initiative with thebigspace to market and roll out "magicmirror," a new interactive RFID mirror to the…