Federated's holiday décor to include kiosks

September 23, 2002

CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores Inc. (NYSE:FD)(PCX:FD) is adding in-store computer kiosks to its new décor as the chain upgrades 42 stores…

Human resources and kiosks

September 22, 2002

A wide variety of companies are discovering the benefits of human resources kiosks as a way to empower current employees and attract new workers. While return…

Office Depot to sell broadband service via kiosks

September 22, 2002

DELRAY, Fla. -- Office Depot will install Web kiosks in its 820 stores across the United States to market broadband service.

Info Touch announces ZapLink expansion plans

September 15, 2002

BURNABY, British Columbia -- Full-service kiosk provider Info Touch Technologies Corp. (TSX Venture Exchange:IFT) will deploy up to 500 additional ZapLink…

NCR helps Brits bag it themselves

September 11, 2002

LONDON -- UK retailer Marks & Spencer will utilize self-service checkout technology developed by NCR Corp. (NYSE:NCR) in a three-store test that will begin…

NetShift extends software capabilities to nReach

September 4, 2002

GOLDEN, Colo. -- Kiosk developer nReach, preparing to debut its signature product, the Mobile Content Kiosk, at Los Angeles International Airport, has entered…

Handango, WideRay to deliver wireless downloads from a kiosk

September 4, 2002

HURST, Texas, and SAN FRANCISCO -- Mobile software publisher Handango Inc. and platform provider WideRay are joining forces to produce mobile kiosks that will…

NCR lands self-service checkout deal

August 28, 2002

ATLANTA and RICHMOND, Va. -- Self-service checkout technology developed by NCR Corp. (NYSE:NCR) will be utilized in seven Ukrop's Super Markets in the Richmond…

Kroger turns to Healthnotes

August 27, 2002

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Health and wellness information developer Healthnotes Inc. will provide a portion of its product line to grocery chain The Kroger Co.

Moneybox's ATM division cashing in

August 20, 2002

LONDON -- ATM group Moneybox, which trialed a line of retail and services kiosks with UK convenience store SPAR last year (See story: Kiosks, convenience, and…

Healthnotes extends pact with Vitamin Shoppe

August 20, 2002

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Health and wellness information provider Healthnotes Inc., maintaining a robust relationship with one of its partners, announced on Aug. 2…

Mobile content kiosk to debut at Los Angeles International Airport

August 11, 2002

GOLDEN, Colo. -- Users of handheld devices such as personal digital assistants and MP3 players will have a new destination spot at the Los Angeles…

It talks, it checks IDs, it dispenses smokes

August 7, 2002

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Cigarette maker Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., seeking to reinvigorate the cigarette vending market while assuaging critics of the…

Canadian retailer finds its way to NCR kiosks

August 6, 2002

MONTREAL -- Canadian retail chain Les Ailes de la Mode, in a move to streamline and improve customer service, has installed 17 directional kiosks manufactured…

Putting CPXe in focus

August 4, 2002

Digital photofinishing companies are waiting to see what effect the new CPXe initiative will have on encouraging more consumers to process their digital images…

Cabela's takes kiosks to the great outdoors

August 1, 2002

KANSAS CITY -- Outdoors retailer Cabela's will be using kiosks to communicate the beauty of freshwater fish when it opens its latest retail store on Aug. 15 in…

Wine Insite plays the numbers game

In the second installment of our series on a kiosk startup company, Wine Insite founder Lisa Allen talks about survey results and the quest for a second trial…

Cigarette kiosks snuffed out in New York

July 15, 2002

ONEIDA, N.Y. -- An upstate New York Indian tribe which installed touchscreen, cigarette-ordering kiosks in convenience stores in April to circumvent the…

NCR, A.T. Cross bring shopping lists to the kiosk

June 26, 2002

ATLANTA -- The tools of the shopping list -- pen, paper, and a coupon keeper -- could be replaced with a scanner and a kiosk if two companies have their way.

Fuji turns to IBM for photo kiosk rollout

June 16, 2002

ARMONK and ELMSFORD, N.Y. -- Technology provided by IBM is providing Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc. the impetus for the rollout of its new self-service, digital…