Is there a better way than big retail?

by Kurt Myrick — Technical Engineer, Phoenix Kiosk

Not only do big retail box stores leave one heck of an eco footprint, they also come with an enormous price tag. Commercial rental, initial construction costs…

Australians demand technology-based shopping

June 5, 2011

Nearly three quarters of Australian consumers wanted their shopping experiences to have some type of technology, including in-store kiosks, mobile phones and…

Wegmans puts a cork in wine kiosks

June 2, 2011

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Wegmans Food Markets is pulling out of Pennsylvania's oft-criticized wine-kiosk program.

Blockbuster slashes prices to compete with kiosks

May 26, 2011

Blockbuster, which was recently acquired by satellite operator DISH Network, announced today that it's lowering the prices of thousands of videos to compete…

Self-service goes wireless

Being able to reach consumers at any time, anywhere has become increasingly important to businesses trying to remain competitive in the current economy. The…

Apple using its iPad 2 as kiosk

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

Retailers have been using iPads as a cheaper way to deploy kiosks, but it looks like Apple is doing the same thing in some of its retail stores.

Lowe's to deploy kiosks to help customers get solar power

Demand for residential solar power has spurred Lowe's to implement kiosks that quote pricing options.

Australian video stores to roll out DVD kiosks

May 22, 2011

Franchise Entertainment Group (FEG) has invested $2 million to order 1,000 kiosks, which if deployed quickly, would make the group the biggest kiosk player in…

NEXTEP expands services to different markets

The company announces new kiosk and digital signage deployments.

AVT Inc., Luxury Automated Retail partner to offer upscale vending units

May 15, 2011

AVT Inc., formerly Automated Vending Technologies, has partnered with Luxury Automated Retail, a Los Angeles-based distributor of high-end self-service…

Minnesotans to repair bikes at kiosks

May 15, 2011

Bicyclists in Minneapolis may soon have access to bike-repair kiosks, according to the Southwest Journal.

Will porn become the 'next big thing' in the kiosk industry?

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

Look out DVD-rental kiosks — porn may take over as the go-to product in the self-service industry. 

CETW: Multi-touch assisted POP

RedDotNet demonstrates two tablet-based kiosks, one with thumb-wheel interactivity.

When two become one: Corporate Safe Specialists merges with Fire King

May 3, 2011

Corporate Safe Specialists Inc., a Posen, Ill.-based provider of cash-management products and services has merged with its portfolio company, FKI Security…

CETW: MediaTile's HumanKiosk

MediaTile CEO Simon Wilson shows how the HumanKiosk lets brands have a customer service representative on the sales floor without really having one on the…

Are you ready for the 'Screenagers?'

by Frank Olea

As a father of four children ranging in ages from 6 to 17 years old, I can attest to the fact that the next generation is constantly buried in a screen of some…

CETW: Seiko's platform to provide ISV integration (video)

Kiosk Marketplace editor Cherryh Butler interviewed Seiko's associate director of marketing about the platform at CETW.

HP expands retail portfolio with kiosk, POS solutions

HP's technology can be used in a variety of settings, including retail, hospitality and healthcare.

Kodak designs in-store scanning system

April 24, 2011

Kodak has designed a walk-up photo scanning system to give libraries, specialty retailers and other photo-intensive retail environments an opportunity to…

Kiosks make it easy to buy hard liquor

April 21, 2011

Pennsylvanians can already buy wine from grocery-store kiosks, but the state's Liquor Control Board announced Thursday that some of the kiosks will also stock…