Competisys, EDR Media team for dual-language kiosks, digital signage

September 18, 2006

IRVINE, Calif. — Competisys Corp. and EDR Media LLC announced a strategic alliance for the development and management of a dual-language digital-advertising…

U.K. travel agent placing kiosks in grocery stores

September 18, 2006

Brand Republic: Green Room Retail Design has created a series of kiosks for travel agent First Choice to be located in Sainsbury and Asda stores in the United…

Woolworths adding kiosks in U.K.

September 18, 2006

IT Week: Woolworths has signed a contract to install interactive kiosks in its shops as part of its multichannel push to enable customers to buy items on their…

Photo retailers benefit from 'Starbucks effect'

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Comfy chairs, bottled water and photo kiosks — photofinishers are taking self-service upscale to make their business profitable again.

High-speed photo profits

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Creative pricing drives brisk photo kiosk sales for a California store.

Circuit City adding digital signage in Toronto

September 14, 2006

Mediacaster: IntelliMats LLC is launching a pilot program with The Source By Circuit City to put digital video signage in stores in the Toronto area.

Protocall Tech gets $2 million for DVD burn-on-demand kiosks

September 14, 2006

Long Island Business News: Protocall Technologies Inc., which makes a device used to burn computer software CDs on demand for retailers, has secured $2 million…

TIO adding Alltel to billpay network

September 13, 2006

BURNABY, BC — TIO Networks Corp. announced it will launch a new bill-payment program that allows Alltel Wireless customers to securely and conveniently pay…

Wisconsin furniture store adding private-label credit app kiosks

September 12, 2006

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Steinhafels, operator of six furniture superstores in Wisconsin, announced it is adding kiosks from Versatile Systems Inc. to gather…

New PDNB kiosk dispenses prepaid credit cards

September 11, 2006

MINNEAPOLIS — Ready Credit Corp. and Palm Desert National Bank announced the launch of a self-service kiosk, ReadySTATION, that issues a prepaid MasterCard…

DVmatic DVD kiosks arrive in Japan

September 11, 2006

TOKYO — With one vending machine per an estimated 23 people, Japan has one of the world's highest vending machine densities per capita. One can buy almost…

Fingerprint payment gaining consumer acceptance

September 10, 2006

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: The idea of shopping without bringing a purse or wallet might take some time to catch on, but companies using the finger-scan…

RESOLUTE TAP announces three new contracts

September 10, 2006

SOUTHINGTON, Conn. — RESOLUTE TAP Services, provider of services to the kiosk and self-service technology industry, announced in a news release it has signed…

The employee-free c-store

Self-service is widening margins for Illinois-based Get & Go Express, a group of unmanned "c-stores" developed by entrepreneur Jeff Parsons.

Wolf Furniture adds new features to kiosks

September 6, 2006

MECHANICSBURG, Penn. — Wolf Furniture has completed an upgrade of the kiosks deployed throughout all Wolf Furniture Stores, according to a news release from…

Jewel-Osco unveils ambitious loyalty program

September 5, 2006

The Chicago Tribune: Grocery chain Jewel-Osco is testing a program that examines a customer's purchases and allows the store to offer significantly larger…

Kodak to place photo kiosks in 1,000 Wal-Mart stores

September 5, 2006

The Street: Kodak signed a multiyear contract that will place new picture-printing kiosks in 1,000 Wal-Mart stores across the United States.

TELeasy unveils small-footprint DVD rental kiosk

September 4, 2006

DALLAS — TELeasy Corp., a Dallas-area company, has announced its new compact DVD vending kiosk. The Mini-Quik Flik kiosk, which can hold up to 300 movies for…

Blockbuster New Zealand to launch download kiosks

September 4, 2006

The New Zealand Herald: In a sign of the looming decline for the traditional movie rental and music retail business, Blockbuster is merging with CD chain…

DVDXpress adds online reservation feature to kiosks

August 30, 2006

NEW YORK, NY — DVDXpress Inc., operator of automated DVD rental kiosks, announced the launch of its Internet Reservations Service. Customers can now go online…