Mayer receives point-of-purchase honor

February 10, 2004

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Frank W. Mayer, chairman of the board of Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc., was inducted into the Point-of-Purchase Advertising International…

Healthnotes, KIS launch info kiosk

February 10, 2004

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Healthnotes Inc., a provider of consumer information on health and lifestyle issues, and Louisville, Colo.-based Kiosk Information Systems…

Vendor releases music-burning kiosks

February 10, 2004

RICHARDSON, Texas -- Immediatek Inc., inventor of NetBurn technology for the digital distribution of Internet content, has announced the immediate availability…

Warm weather, hot technology at Wincor World

Group editor Joseph Grove is attending Wincor World 2004 in Paderborn, Germany, where each year Wincor Nixdorf presents some of its newest technologies for…

Kodak promises digital prints in 7 minutes

February 8, 2004

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The latest advance in old-fashioned photography is coming soon: a self-service kiosk that can convert a roll of 35mm film into prints in as…

Coinstar revenue $176M in '`03

February 5, 2004

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Coinstar Inc. made headway in prepaid wireless capability during the fourth quarter of 2003, with more than 600 kiosks offering the top-up…

JetBlue Airways unveils self-serve apps

February 5, 2004

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- JetBlue Airways, working with IBM Corp. and Antenna Design, is unveiling a new self-service program designed to enhance the traveling…

KiosksEurope day two delves into customer relationships

One viewpoint is that kiosks are not a marketplace, but a business application. The kiosk is one tool companies use in delivering services to customers.

German retailer extends commitment to self-checkout

February 4, 2004

AUGSBURG, Germany -- METRO Group will deploy NCR FastLane self-checkout systems in 50 of its Real hypermarkets and Extra supermarkets in Germany by the…

Wincor Nixdorf grows sales by 7% in '`03

February 3, 2004

PADERBORN, Germany -- Wincor Nixdorf grew its net sales by 7 percent to €1.4 billion (U.S. $1.7 billion) in fiscal 2002/03.

Wincor World casts light on tech future

February 3, 2004

Opening Day -- Tues., Feb. 3

KAL, EWI Prepaid form partnership

February 3, 2004

SAN DIEGO, Calif. and EDINBURGH, UK -- EWI Prepaid, a provider of advanced prepaid services and technologies, has formed a strategic partnership with KAL, an…

Radiant completes divestiture of enterprise software biz

February 2, 2004

ATLANTA -- Radiant Systems Inc., a provider of systems for managing and supporting site operations of retail and hospitality businesses, has completed the…

Sears, Citigroup exploring financial-services kiosk

January 29, 2004

CHICAGO -- Sears, Roebuck and Co. plans to offer financial services such as home mortgages in its stores through a partnership with banking giant Citigroup…

KIS enters digital photo shoot-out

January 29, 2004

Survey: Kiosks may push prepaid into mainstream

January 28, 2004

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- For millions of Americans seeking to become more financially fit this new year, new data shows prepaid products such as cash cards and…

Wincor Nixdorf developing self-checkout products for European market

January 27, 2004

PADERBORN, Germany -- Wincor Nixdorf is working with retailers to develop self-checkout products that will meet the European market's needs, according to a…

Kiosks driving higher tickets and more sales at retail outlets

"It's exciting to be part of a deployment that allows up-selling, cross-selling and instant ROI," said Sylvia Berens, vice president of Apunix.

Vendor offers retailers self-serve RFID

January 25, 2004

BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Accelitec Inc., provider of retail RFID technology, solutions and services has released the AcceliStation, a self-service automated…

Carnival Cruise Lines to test ROI potential of biometrics

January 22, 2004

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- ImageWare Systems Inc. has signed an agreement with Carnival Cruise Lines, the world's largest cruise operator, to conduct a pilot project…