January 4, 2007
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — NetWorld Alliance, a publisher of b-to-b trade news and information, will launch a portal dedicated to the rapidly expanding market of…
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Media Life Magazine: To steer post-holiday shoppers in the right direction, retailers in Atlanta, New York, Las Vegas and 15 California markets are putting up…
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YORK, Penn. — Livewire International Inc., provider of transactional self-service technology solutions, and Sentegra Corp., developer and owner of RFID-based…
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CNN: Stores in central Tokyo are set to beam news of special offers, menus and coupons to passers-by in a trial run of a radio-tagging system. The Tokyo…
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — The Reactrix Media Network, which operates interactive digital signs in 160 shopping centers, movie theaters and public spaces…
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PADERBORN, Germany — On December 20, 2006, the Board of Directors of Wincor Nixdorf AG passed a resolution for the repurchase of up to 166,390 of the company's…
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DAYTON, Ohio — NCR Corp. announced that Mike Webster has been named vice president of Self-Service Solutions, a new business unit in NCR focused on…
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The Retail IT Bulletin: Tesco has installed 400 of ZBD's electronic shelf-edge display labels at its Loudwater store near High Wycombe. The labels are used in…
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PITTSBURGH — Supermarket and convenience store retailer Giant Eagle Inc. is testing Redbox DVD rental kiosks at five area GetGo c-stores beginning this month.
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ePaynews: Spending on contactless payments hardware and software will reach $870 million by 2011, up from just $260 million in 2006, according to ABI Research.
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LONDON — Microsoft Corp. announced that the Retail Applications Developer Awards, now in their seventh year, are open for entries for 2007. The awards will…
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BELLEVUE, Wash. — Coinstar Inc., operator of self-service coin-counting and financial services kiosks, announced that this month it crossed the $20 million…
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Orlando Sentinel: Customers who pay their Kissimmee Utility Authority bill at an area 7-Eleven store this month will be entered to win a free month of utility…
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Chain Store Age: Ed Jimenez, global retail industry marketing lead for Cisco Systems, said kiosks are going through a rebirth. In this commentary, he…
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Palm Inc. launched a $25 million worldwide marketing campaign to generate mainstream awareness of and attract new users to the Treo…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Biometric solutions firm Pay By Touch announced that it has acquired S&H Solutions and its parent company S&H greenpoints. The…
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Business Week: Nanonation's Brian Ardinger, speaking at the recent Trex retail trade show, gave several examples of the trend in retail toward point-of-sale…
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LINCOLN, Neb. — Nanonation Inc., provider of digital signage and kiosk software, has joined the Retail Broadband Alliance, a forum that makes it easy for…
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — DigitalPersona Inc., provider of fingerprint-authentication solutions for enterprise networks and commercial applications, announced…
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Buffalo News: At some Wegmans stores, the video-rental department has shrunk to the size of a self-serve machine. Wegmans has closed the rental department in…
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