Kodak enhances picture kiosk technology

October 12, 2011

Eastman Kodak Company has enhanced its Picture Kiosk software to allow consumers to use images from their own, as well as from their friends' shared photo…

Toys'R'Us adds self-service options

October 12, 2011

Toys"R"Us has designed new Wish List tools – including apps and kiosks – to make gift-giving easier. Since Wish List launched in 2009, more than 1 million…

Guam c-stores offering rentals from DVD kiosks

October 11, 2011

Guam's 76/Circle K convenience stores are now offering DVD rentals through Movie Queen Express, a kiosk that offers 250 of the latest movie titles and video…

Self-service network audience: The benefits of the transient user

by Michael Ionescu — President, Ionescu Technologies

When we first started our kiosk company, our first graphical user interface was a stylized design that used heavy doses of a sky blue color and a gaudy yellow.

Grocer testing cake-ordering kiosks

October 9, 2011

Caputo's Fresh Market in Chicago is piloting a custom cake ordering kiosk developed by Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based ADUSA, Inc.

Study: Shoppers want self-service options

October 6, 2011

A majority of U.S. consumers believe that self-service technologies such as self-checkout and kiosks improve the store experience, according to consumer survey…

Key-making kiosk hitting big-box stores (video)

CEO of minuteKEY predicts strong growth.

Canadian retailers getting on board with mobile commerce

October 5, 2011

AisleBuyer LLC, a provider of in-store mobile commerce solutions for retailers, brands and restaurants, and Unified Mobility, a Canadian enterprise mobility…

Christian store embraces music kiosks

October 5, 2011

LifeWay Christian Stores has expanded the use of myMEDIA BurnBar kiosks to an additional 105 stores after seeing the success of a pilot study launched in 4…

Self-service still thriving in grocery stores

October 5, 2011

Self-checkout technology will be sticking around in several Massachusetts grocery stores, despite Big Y Foods' recent announcement about removing self-checkout…

minuteKEY

About 100 key-making kiosks are already deployed throughout big-box stores, including Lowe’s and Wal-Mart, across 15 states. Headquartered in Boulder, Colo.…

UK store rolls out kiosks

September 29, 2011

Debenhams shoppers have full Internet range while shopping, thanks to touchscreen kiosks currently being tested in some locations.

Makeovers go virtual

ModiFace debuts technology to provide retailers with makeover kiosks.

New POS solution is PCI compliant with NFC capability

September 27, 2011

Designers in the retail electronic transaction space can now develop portable point-of-sale applications that incorporate secure payment card processing…

S.F. may ban booze at self-checkout lanes

September 27, 2011

Buying alcohol in San Francisco grocery stores may soon be only done via human transactions.

Greenopolis recycling kiosk

Mercyhurst College in Erie, Penn., has recently launched the recylcing program on its campus. Here's how it works.

Tesco stores add to fleet of NCR self-checkout systems

September 19, 2011

Tesco customers throughout Central and Eastern Europe can now scan, bag and pay for goods themselves.

Macy's testing self-service

September 13, 2011

Macy's and Bloomingdale's are testing technology-related innovations, including kiosks and digital signage, throughout stores and online sites to drive sales…

Motorola launches imagers, kiosk with scanning capabilities

September 13, 2011

Offering retailers a way to provide more self-service options for customers, Motorola Solutions Inc. has unveiled a micro kiosk and four new compact imagers…

'Look, Ma. No glasses' Kiosks offer improved 3-D experience

September 12, 2011

Shoppers in Ithaca, N.Y., are testing 3DFusion's stereoscopic broadcast quality glasses-free 3D television platform. The company has launched its system as a…