Woolworths to add in-store product-ordering kiosks

July 31, 2006

Retail Week: Woolworths is expanding its multichannel offering with the launch of a new in-store collection service. The "Woolworths: You collect or we…

U.K. gets PSP download kiosks

July 27, 2006

PSP News: U.K. retailers GAME, HMV, Virgin and Gamestation are teaming with Sony to offer PlayStation Spot kiosks in hundreds of store locations. Shoppers…

Minnesota grocer installs electronic shelf labels

July 26, 2006

PLANO, Texas — Knowlan's Super Markets Inc., an independent grocery chain that operates Festival Foods stores in Minnesota, has tapped StoreNext Retail…

Self-checkout impacting impulse sales

July 25, 2006

Storefront Backtalk: In what's been called the self-checkout diet plan, retailers are learning the unintended consequences of self-checkout systems as they…

Proper data usage crucial for loyalty programs

As U.K. retailers duke it out with Wal-Mart, loyalty cards prove their value — if the data they gather is handled correctly.

Digital signage trade association formed

July 24, 2006

Yahoo News: The Out of Home Video Advertising Bureau has just been incorporated as the latest advertising trade association for digital signage and in-store…

One Touch Ireland to install 200 touchscreens at payphones

July 24, 2006

Silicon Republic: An Irish company has signed a deal worth around €1m ($1.26 million) to supply touchscreen technology that will be fitted inside Eircom…

Create new possibilities

July 23, 2006

This article appeared in the Retail Self-Service Executive Summary, Summer 2006.   Using streaming video on kiosks to help customers use them seems like a…

Skate shop glides from signage to kiosks

July 23, 2006

This article appeared in the Retail Self-Service Executive Summary, Summer 2006.   Some shoppers cruise to the mall in mid-sized automobiles to sort through…

Gift card kiosk is 'beary' best

July 23, 2006

This article appeared in the Retail Self-Service Executive Summary, Summer 2006.   One of the big winners at the 2006 KioskCom Excellence Awards was the…

Scala integrates digital-signage suite with DS-IQ

July 23, 2006

BELLEVUE, Wash. — DS-IQ and Scala announced the integration of Scala's InfoChannel software suite with DS-IQ's Web-based Digital Signage Marketing Performance…

TIO kiosk network adds insurance product

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

A leading billpay kiosk network now sells an accidental death policy for $12 a year. Is this a harbinger of enhanced services for the unbanked?

Kiosks give CDs new lease on life

July 20, 2006

The Sydney Morning Herald: In a sprawling downtown Sydney music store, shoppers clutching MP3 players weave through a phalanx of CD racks to line up before…

RealTime Shredding expands into Texas

July 19, 2006

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — RealTime Shredding, developer of the first self-service kiosk to help consumers and businesses fight identity theft, has installed…

Customers prefer self-service

July 19, 2006

Computing.co.uk: Self-service is proving to be a win-win situation, benefiting businesses and customers alike. Companies like Tesco, Marks & Spencer…

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…