Winn-Dixie installing IBM retail tech in 484 stores

August 23, 2011

IBM has announced that Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. has chosen IBM point-of-sale and self-checkout technology to help with customer service, speed and operational…

NCR deploys SIM card kiosks to Africa, Middle East

August 14, 2011

According to GlobalAtlanta.com, Duluth, Ga.-headquartered NCR Corp. has launched self-service kiosks in the Middle East and Africa that allow consumers to buy…

Summit: Helping customers find themselves

A new kiosk/digital sign from Lo-K can show customers the way to specific products as well as perform many other functions.

Best Buy rolling out 100 more Best Buy Express kiosks

August 9, 2011

According to Twin Cities Business, Best Buy is expanding its vending kiosk program to 100 more locations, including kiosks in the Downtown Disney District in…

Walmart teams with Ticketmaster for nationwide kiosk deployment

by Christopher Hall — w, t

More than 500 ticket-shopping kiosks have been rolled out to Walmarts across the U.S.

Four Benefits for Retailers and Customers from Self-Service Kiosks

Deployment of the technology yields benefits on both sides of the counter.

Retailers turning to tech-enabled touch points

July 14, 2011

Seventy percent of retailers are empowering their employees with technology-enabled touch points — including digital signage and self-service kiosks — to help…

Is self-checkout in danger of checking out?

by Christopher Hall — w, t

Troubling news from Albertsons and Kroger is raising concerns about the future of self-checkout.

Digital signage kiosk lands on Canary Islands

July 5, 2011

The Meridiano Tenerife mall on Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands has installed an interactive wayfinding digital signage display to inform visitors…

Dutch telco calls up Scala to drive digital signage, kiosks

July 4, 2011

Scala announced today that Dutch telco giant KPN, formerly KPN Primafoon, has re-vamped its image and interior design at 105 retail stores across the…

Canadian Tire adds mobile shopping app, digital signage kiosks

July 4, 2011

According to Retail Info Systems News, 1,200-store general merchandise retailer Canadian Tire is testing both a personalized location-based mobile shopping app…

Body-scanning tech being used in retail kiosks to help find best fitting clothes

June 27, 2011

According to the Tri-City Herald in Kennewick, Wash., body-scanning technology just like that used to screen airline passengers has now been licensed to a…

Help, there's an iPad in my kiosk!

Even though it's just over a year old, the iPad has become one of the most well-known and technologically-advanced products to hit the market, and consumers…

NetWorld Alliance publishes new roadmap for mobile retail apps

June 21, 2011

Louisville, Ky.-based NetWorld Alliance, publisher of Kiosk Marketplace, Self-Service World and other B2B news and information portals, has published…

EA Sports using demo kiosks in new retail stores

June 14, 2011

According to gaming website Gamasutra, video game developer EA Sports will feature playable game demo kiosks in its new chain of retail stores designed to…

Walmart MoneyCenter kiosks should have retailers, banks shaking in their boots

June 12, 2011

According to Bank Investment Consultant.com, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. recently announced that it will be rolling out automated kiosk-based versions of its…

Mobile automated stores?

Mobile kiosks combine the fast-turn, high-volume worlds of vending, concessions and catering with mobile real estate, allowing the owner to capitalize on new…

Food Lion hungry for BLOCKBUSTER kiosks

June 7, 2011

NCR Corp. today announced the addition of more than 800 BLOCKBUSTER Express locations at Food Lion grocery stores in 11 states throughout the Southeast and…

Complaints help give wine kiosks the boot

June 6, 2011

According to a story from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Wegmans Food Markets is pulling out of Pennsylvania's much-criticized wine-kiosk program.

Kohl's to land kiosks in airports

June 6, 2011

Kohl's Corp. is seeking a deal with Milwaukee County that would allow the retailer to put three kiosks in Mitchell International Airport, according to a story…