Your 2 Feet announces debut of iStep Foot scanning kiosk system

September 16, 2004

SEATTLE - Your 2 Feet, Seattle's one stop shop for pain relief, has taken a step toward providing customers with foot comfort by debuting the iStep digital…

Q&A: The Wal-Mart Digital Photo Processing Center

Recently our editors sought the market's best digital-to-high quality print solution. Quality was consistently good, but Wal-Mart's price was best: 24 cents…

PRODUCT UPDATE: NCR's EasyPoint Xpress

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The EasyPoint Xpress, a first-time entry, won the 2004 Complete System Excellence award from KIOSK magazine for its Sprint application. Where has it gone from…

Enrollment kiosk boosts restaurant sales

September 8, 2004

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Fishbowl, a full-service marketing company for the hospitality industry, is rolling out its new Membership Enrollment Kiosk throughout the…

Newest Home Depot features project-planning kiosk

September 8, 2004

ATLANTA - The Home Depot opened Manhattan's largest home improvement store, bringing 105,000 square feet of merchandise and advice from 300 associates to the…

Online photo service adds in-store kiosks to develop customer base

September 8, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO - Snapfish, a leading online photo service, announced the opening of its concept retail store in Alexandria, Va. Snapfish is leaping from the…

Interactive touchscreens aid in-store wine sales

September 7, 2004

The New York Times: Many stores are adopting interactive touchscreens to educate consumers on the finer points of wine, but are customers buying it? (Free…

Dynamic Imaging brightens experience for lighting shoppers

September 6, 2004

Novato, Calif. -- Scene7 announced that Lamps Plus is using its solution to improve the visual presentation of its product line for customers online, in…

Top 20 drug stores spending $1.8 billion on IT in 2004

September 6, 2004

Franklin, Tenn. -- North America's top 20 drug stores represent $1.8 billion of information technology buying power focused on pharmacy systems, RFID…

IBM Store Integration Framework links POS with kiosks, other wireless devices

September 6, 2004

Raleigh, NC -- Hudson's Bay Company (Hbc), Canada's largest department store retailer, is using IBM's Store Integration Framework as part of a new wireless…

Wincor Nixdorf acquires specialist in reverse-vending systems

September 4, 2004

PADERBORN, Germany -- Wincor Nixdorf is taking over the business and roughly 80 employees of Prokent AG, insolvent specialist in reverse vending machines.

Want better ROI?

September 2, 2004

The integration of technology into convenience stores continues at a fast pace, according to the NACS 2004 State of the Industry report. And self-service…

Get the edge when offering financial services

September 2, 2004

Americans are using prepaid services more than ever before. And C-store operators are cashing in by deploying kiosks solutions that offer prepaid services to…

Network photo kiosks to increase profit

September 2, 2004

Spurred by the use of digital photography, retail store photo kiosks are continuing their dominance. A report by Summit Research Associates Inc., shows…

Fill 'er up and add a six-inch

September 2, 2004

Retailers have found that customers are willing to help themselves when the benefits include less hassle, shorter lines, and faster service. It's one of the…

Simplify loyalty programs with technology

September 2, 2004

For operators of commercial fueling centers, customer loyalty is a constant challenge.

All-in-one units: More profit in less space?

September 2, 2004

C-stores are built around a model of providing a multitude of services in limited physical space. So are multi-use kiosks.

To deploy, or not to deploy

September 2, 2004

C-store operators understand the relationship between convenience and profit. By selling products such as fuel, tobacco, snack foods and beverages, C-stores…

Take steps to improve kiosk cash security

September 2, 2004

For years, one of the biggest challenges C-store operators faced was finding ways to stem employee-created loss and other shrinkage in the store.

Where do C-stores fit in the bill-payment puzzle?

September 2, 2004

According to the Online Banking Report, by 2010 more than 55 million U.S. households will use online banking and ePayments services.