Retail News & Media
Real-estate kiosks land in malls
April 24, 2006
The Bakersfield Californian: Valencia-based Reosk, a company that opened its doors last fall, is placing interactive real estate kiosks in high-traffic…
read nowPay-at-the-pump can prevent drive-offs
April 24, 2006
ePaynews: Gas stations, with the proliferation of pay-at-the-pump services, are the most common place for credit cardholders in the United States to use their…
read nowSainsbury's rolls out entertainment kiosks
April 24, 2006
Aka.tv: Sainsbury's, the U.K.'s second-largest supermarket, plans to roll out screens and interactive kiosks in the entertainment zones at 100 of its largest…
read nowOfficeMax rolls out ink-refill kiosks
April 20, 2006
Chain Store Age: OfficeMax has implemented an ink-refill program that allows customers to replenish old computer printer cartridges rather than buying new…
read nowAWG forms strategic relationship with NCR
April 19, 2006
ATLANTA - Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. (AWG), the second-largest cooperative grocery wholesaler in the United States, has signed an agreement with NCR…
read nowMade for each other
April 18, 2006
This article appeared in the Retail Self-Service Executive Summary, Spring 2006.
read nowApunix teams up with Verifone
April 18, 2006
Apunix is now building the software for Verifone's multimedia kiosks. Both companies debuted the solutions at Kioskcom '06 in Las Vegas, NV.
read nowSelf-checkout driving Europe's POS market growth
April 18, 2006
ePaynews: New self-checkout and loyalty programs at supermarkets and hypermarkets in Europe and the MEA region drove a 4 percent growth in the POS market in…
read nowCinebank, The Movie Case adopt ELO Media DVD rental kiosk
April 18, 2006
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Cinebank, based in San Jose, Puerto Rico, and The Movie Case, based in Herndon, Va., have begun installing DVD rental kiosks manufactured by…
read noweAnytime Kiosks offers automated solution for dry cleaners
April 18, 2006
COLUMBUS, Ohio - eAnytime Kiosks Inc. has announced its DropOff & PickUp station, which addresses dry cleaning, laundering, alterations, leather apparel…
read nowTNR installs DVD rental kiosks in Texas Kroger locations
April 17, 2006
HOUSTON - The New Release Entertainment Corp. (TNR) announced in a news release that it will be installing its self-service DVD rental units in 84 Kroger…
read nowNCR, Matthias MoneyBoard offer on-demand couponing kiosk
April 17, 2006
ATLANTA - NCR Corp. and Matthias MoneyBoard Inc. announced they have signed an agreement to offer a self-service coupon dispensing solution using NCR EasyPoint…
read nowShell stations to show NBC News at the pump
April 17, 2006
Brandweek: NBC Universal Television Stations is announcing a deal this week to get its programming out to captive audiences at the gas pumps. Under the deal…
read nowGiving self-service a voice
by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance
Many kiosks and self-service devices utilize a human voice in addition to on-screen prompts - and most often, that voice is female. NCR lab tests show why this…
read nowCoinstar turns loose change into iTunes songs
April 10, 2006
Playlist: Self-service coin counting company Coinstar has announced an expansion of its Coin to Card program to include iTunes Music Store songs.
read nowWincor-World Update
PADERBORN, Germany - Many attendees of the annual Wincor World trade event stayed at a 16th century hunting lodge that made it easy to forget the modern world…
read nowCASE STUDY: Kiosk and gift registry software for retailers
April 9, 2006
Gift RegistryWorks - an independent, scaleable and modular gift registry solution for in-store and Web-based deployment - features self-service or assisted…
read nowWebRaiser, Storm partner on financial services kiosks
April 9, 2006
Sacramento dBusiness News: WebRaiser Technologies and Storm Solutions have released the CashStorm kiosk to address the large and growing market of unbanked…
read nowCustomer loyalty, profitability and razor-thin margins
April 9, 2006
This article appeared in the Retail Self-Service Executive Summary, Spring 2006.
read nowCoinstar stock upgraded, shares rise
April 6, 2006
Business Week: Shares of Coinstar Inc. hit a new 52-week high April 6, after analysts said the operator of coin-counting kiosks could boost sales through a…
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