MEI cash acceptors added to IBM self-checkout

July 18, 2006

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — MEI announced its CASHFLOW bill acceptor has been integrated into IBM's next-generation self-checkout systems.

Planar to acquire Clarity Visual Systems

July 18, 2006

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Planar Systems Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding capital stock of privately-held Clarity Visual Systems…

MEI acceptors chosen for Hillman Quick-Tag kiosks

July 18, 2006

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — MEI announced that its cash acceptors have been integrated into the Hillman Group's Quick-Tag kiosks, installed in more than 3,500 pet…

Micropayments at a tipping point

July 18, 2006

ePaynews: POS-initiated payments of $5 or less are near a tipping point, a recent paper by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia states. Payment cards…

Redbox changes movie-watching behavior

July 17, 2006

Belleville News-Democrat: The low price and high convenience factor of Redbox movie rental kiosks — which dispense DVD rentals for $1 inside McDonald's…

Movielink signs download-to-burn deal

July 16, 2006

Video Business: Software maker Sonic Solutions and download service Movielink are set to unveil a cross-licensing agreement for technology that will enable…

Mercado CEO discusses appeal of kiosks in retail

July 16, 2006

Contra Costa Times: Selling a pair of jeans in a mall is far different from selling a pair from a Web site. Corey J. Leibow, president and chief executive of…

Kiosks keep kids in the store

Self-service increases sales, traffic for a Canadian skate shop.

Cincinnati Reds add kiosks to dispense tickets

July 12, 2006

Dayton Daily News: If you purchase Reds tickets on the Internet or by telephone and plan to pick them up at the stadium, the tickets will be available at new…

DVDPlay kiosks headed for Safeway stores

July 12, 2006

Video Business: After about a year in limbo, DVDPlay has recommitted to installing rental kiosks in the entire Safeway grocery chain.

ImageXpress launches online-enabled photo kiosk

July 12, 2006

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — ImageXpres Corp., a digital imaging and printing solutions provider, announced the availability of ImageXpres Digital iPrint Kiosks with new…

KioskCom 2006 award winners: WebRaiser, The Axxess Group

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

WebRaiser's software platform is at the heart of a business striving to help the unbanked get the services they need.

Tesco adds self-checkout to 50 percent of lanes

July 11, 2006

BIRMINGHAM, England — NCR Corp. announced that Tesco, the largest deployer of self-checkout terminals in Europe, has signed an agreement to install NCR…

Self-checkout comes to Amish grocer

July 11, 2006

Progressive Grocer: In an indication of the growing acceptance of self-checkout technology on the consumer landscape, next month Amish shoppers at…

Lucidium photo kiosk adds options

July 9, 2006

VIENNA, Va. — Lucidiom Inc., developer of the APM photo kiosk, has unveiled its expanded Luci, a creative photo kiosk program packed with new content and…

Item-level tagging may dominate RFID market

Item-level tagging — the tagging of the smallest possible unit in the supply chain — is poised to be the largest RFID market by value, worth $11 billion by…

7-Eleven expands Vcom kiosk services

July 6, 2006

Convenience Store News: 7-Eleven signed an agreement with Financial Services Centers Cooperative that will eventually allow members of FSCC-network credit…

Mediaport MediaATMs add Sony BMG content

July 6, 2006

NEW YORK — Mediaport Entertainment Inc. announced an agreement to offer consumers music from Sony BMG Music Entertainment's recorded music library through its…

Self-Service World launches dedicated c-store research section

July 5, 2006

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Self-Service World, an online portal for news and information related to self-service technology, has launched a "research center" devoted…

RFID on the horizon for self-checkout

Advances in RFID technology will eventually benefit self-checkout at retail stores, but how long it will take is anybody's guess.