Convenience chain launches check-out free stores

February 21, 2023

Coen Markets Inc., a convenience chain, has launched two check-out free stores. The Amoco store sites, in Oakdale and Southpark, Pennsylvania, are using the…

NCR to extend ATM services at Walgreens nationwide

February 21, 2023

NCR Corp. will become the provider of ATM services across nearly all Walgreens stores in the U.S., Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia under an agreement…

Tyme self-order kiosks to offer PopPay face verification

February 20, 2023

Tyme, a self-ordering platform for restaurants, will offer PopPay face verification from PopID at Tyme self-checkout kiosks, according to a press release.

Art-o-Mat continues to thrive

February 17, 2023

The Art-o-Mat, a refurbished cigarette machine that sells art from various artists, has been a big success at the Saint Kate The Arts Hotel in Milwaukee…

Aisle 24: From vending to cashierless ‘grocery markets’

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Learning the convenience store business from the ground up, John Douang has developed a cashierless grocery market concept proving popular with education and…

Atlanta startup launches self-operated dry cleaner

February 15, 2023

Presso, an Atlanta-based startup, has introduced a self-operated dry cleaning machine that resembles a vending machine and is more economical than traditional…

Key Digital updates button programmable wall plate keypad

February 14, 2023

Key Digital, a developer and manufacturer of digital video processing and video signal distribution solutions, has updated its KD-WP8 keypad, according to a…

Recycle Track Systems acquires reverse vending machine maker Cycle Technology

February 14, 2023

Recycle Track Systems Inc., known as RTS, a provider of traceability and sustainability solutions utilized in the materials, waste and recycling industry, has…

Nevada gaming board busts embezzlement scheme tied to sports betting kiosks

February 13, 2023

The Nevada Gaming Board has broken up an embezzlement scheme involving internal information from sports betting kiosks, according to a Las Vegas Review-Journal…

EV charging payment simplicity: Key to driver satisfaction

Retailers planning to install EV charging stations should consider how EV charging payments are handled and ensure the process is secure, intuitive and easy…

Anheuser-Busch invites Super Bowl LVII fans to recycle containers with reverse vending machine

February 13, 2023

Super Bowl LVII fans were invited to recycle beverage containers at a reverse vending machine at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, presented by…

Super Bowl LVII drives Indiana casinos to roll out sports betting kiosks

February 13, 2023

Casinos in Indiana expanded the deployment of sportsbook kiosks prior to Super Bowl LVII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday…

Valentine’s Day prediction: 1M photos in photo booths

February 10, 2023

Apple Industries Inc., which manufactures the Face Place Photo booth, predicts a record 1 million Valentine's Day photos will be taken worldwide in its booths…

UAE food stores install PopPay face verification

February 10, 2023

Majid Al Futtaim, which operates shopping malls in the United Arab Emirates, has teamed with Network International, an enabler of digital commerce in the…

Colorado dispensary introduces marijuana vending machine

February 10, 2023

Marijuana products can be purchased at a vending machine at the Terrapin Care Station dispensary in Aurora, Colorado, according to a Denver Post report.

Ohio bars see boost in sports betting kiosk use as Super Bowl nears

February 8, 2023

Bars in Toledo, Ohio that have installed sports betting kiosks are experiencing an uptick in kiosk use as Super Bowl LVII on Sunday approaches, according to a…

Self-service innovation emerges faster, but 2023 brings new challenges

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Thought leaders during the Executive Roundtable offered positive predictions for 2023 and beyond as consumer acceptance of self service reaches new levels.

Diebold Nixdorf names Octavio Marquez board chairman

February 7, 2023

Octavio Marquez Diebold Nixdorf Inc. has named Octavio Marquez, who was appointed as Diebold Nixdorf president and CEO on March 11, 2022, to the…

HappyOrNot uses AI to update mood reader kiosk

February 7, 2023

HappyOrNot has updated its Smiley Touch mood reader kiosk in airports and retail spaces around the world using artificial intelligence, according to a press…

NRF: Recession unlikely, growth ahead

February 7, 2023

A U.S. recession is unlikely and there will be slight growth this year, according to National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz.