Thai kiosk company targets retail chains and malls

March 18, 2008

Thaindian News: City-based Technology Frontiers has announced it is targeting growing malls and retail chains for its digital kiosks. The touchscreen digital…

MaxBox signs deal for 5,000 kiosks

March 18, 2008

CHESHIRE, England — MaxBox Digital Retail Ltd., developers of the MaxBox digital retail kiosk, have signed a deal with TCSJOHNHUXLEY Europe, one of the…

GLOBALSHOP 2008 opens in Chicago

March 17, 2008

CHICAGO — GlobalShop, billed as "the world's largest annual retail design and in-store marketing trade show," opens its doors today at Chicago's McCormick…

TIO Networks reaches dollar milestone, launches OEM Express

March 17, 2008

BURNABY, British Columbia — TIO Networks Corp., a bill payment and financial services network, has announced that it has surpassed the one billion dollar…

GlobalShop: Smell machine may make scents for retail

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

March 17, 2008

CHICAGO — Today was opening day for GlobalShop 2008, the 16th installment of the trade show devoted to store design, visual merchandising and in-store…

HP to add photo kiosks in India

March 16, 2008

The (Mumbai, India) Business Standard: Hewlett-Packard Retail Photo Solutions has announced it plans to launch photo-printing and imaging kiosks at retail…

Retail RFID solution to aid sales, decrease labor costs

March 12, 2008

HICKORY, N.C. — Freedom Shopping Inc., a consumer RFID solution provider, has announced the availability of a retail offering that plugs into existing cash…

Cruz Bay, Radiant Systems partner for gift card kiosk

March 11, 2008

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — US-based gift card technology provider Cruz Bay has partnered with Radiant Systems to produce the iGift Print on Demand gift card kiosk. The…

Runtriz, SeePoint partner on wine kiosk

March 9, 2008

LOS ANGELES — Using a new interactive wine-retailing solution from runtriz, and touchscreen technology from SeePoint Technology, wine shops, tasting rooms and…

Kansas town objects to R-rated Redbox kiosks

March 9, 2008

Video Business: A McDonald's restaurant in Anthony, Kan., removed the R-rated movies from its Redbox kiosk after a local independent video store owner raised…

KioskCom Self Service Expo, The Digital Signage Show announce keynote speakers

March 9, 2008

TRUMBULL, Conn. — KioskCom Self Service Expo and The Digital Signage Show, a tradeshow and educational conference featuring customer- and employee-facing…

Larco announces USB kiosk security mat

March 6, 2008

BRAINERD, Minn. — Larco Manufacturing, a U.S. supplier of automatic door mats, handicap wall switches and industrial safety mats, has announced that it has…

DVD rental kiosks to open in Taiwan

March 5, 2008

DIGITIMES: SFMM Inc., a subsidiary of Taiwan-based optical disc maker CMC Magnetics, has introduced its kiosk-based automatic rental DVD movie service for…

NCR to deploy self-checkout in Lithuania

March 5, 2008

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Self-checkout has arrived in Lithuania, courtesy of NCR Corp. and its reseller NEW VISION. IKI, Lithuania's second largest retail grocery…

BREAKING: Diebold rejects offer from United Technologies

March 2, 2008

NORTH CANTON, Ohio — Diebold Inc. announced this afternoon that its board of directors has unanimously rejected United Technologies Corp.'s unsolicited…

Fujitsu releases new self-checkout graphical user interface

February 28, 2008

FRISCO, Texas — Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. has announced the availability of its redesigned self-checkout graphical user interface, built on Microsoft…

Redbox lands deal with Walgreens

February 27, 2008

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. — Redbox, a DVD rental kiosk featuring new release rentals for $1 per night, has announced an agreement with Walgreens to expand the…

IBM, Microsoft to collaborate on plug-and-play POS

February 26, 2008

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. announced that it is working with IBM to deliver a Windows Embedded-based "plug-and-play" solution to help make it faster and…

CFM introduces personal grocery shopping assistant

February 25, 2008

EDINA, Minn. — Touch ‘n Save is a personal grocery shopping assistant that can explain the different cuts of meat, help plan a menu, provide recipes, print…

Dynasign announces new partnerships, products

February 25, 2008

FREMONT, Calif. — Dynasign announced a partnership with BlueFire Digital, provider of mobile marketing technologies. The Dynasign screens integrated with…