Bulgarian service stations to get kiosks with lottery terminals

July 29, 2003

PADERBORN, Germany -- Starting January 2004, Wincor Nixdorf will add a lottery scanner to its Certo kiosk system being deployed at 300 Petrol AG service…

Retail association promotes two to vice president

July 29, 2003

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Retail Federation announced that Scott Krugman and J. Craig Shearman have been promoted.

Small devices plays big role in Bluetooth use

July 29, 2003

LAUREL, Md. -- Etenna Corp., an antenna developer for commercial wireless applications, announced that its EA2400 AccuWave antenna is an integral part of the…

7-Eleven bets customers will like lottery tickets from Vcom

July 28, 2003

DALLAS -- Convenience store chain 7-Eleven has added lottery ticket sales to services available at its Vcom electronic commerce kiosks in 1,000 stores in 1…

Circle K claims profit from Zaplink kiosks

July 28, 2003

BURNABY, B.C. -- Circle K Stores Inc.'s Zaplink Web-based kiosk program offers a growing number of products and services ranging from video messaging to…

Shoe store using scanners to size up customers

July 27, 2003

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The kids' shoe market is a crowded place, but Olly Shoes is trying to get a leg up with scanning technology that can tell a child's shoe…

Metro AG to reveal '`store of future' at NRFtech

July 22, 2003

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Retailer Metro AG will illustrate how emerging technologies will shape the future of the consumer shopping experience at the NRFtech 2003…

Safeway in London trials self-checkout

July 21, 2003

LONDON -- NCR Corp. announced that Safeway PLC has begun a pilot deployment with NCR FastLane self-checkout, allowing customers to scan, bag and pay for goods…

Door hardware dealers to streamline biz with kiosks

July 13, 2003

CARMEL, Ind. -- IR Security and Safety's electronic access control division has announced an online service that lets distributors, dealers and end users…

Working Solutions touts interactive terminals

July 10, 2003

LEICESTER, U.K. -- Working Solutions (Creative IT) has launched Acquire, a family of four interactive kiosks for retailers.

Grocery chain Price Chopper ready for self-serve technology

July 7, 2003

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- East Coast grocery chain Price Chopper will deploy a self-service kiosk solution that includes software applications for deli ordering…

HP markets kiosks as back-to-school buying tool

July 6, 2003

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Hewlett-Packard Corp. announced an easy-to-buy PC package for students, parents and families preparing for the back-to-school season.

U.S. Cellular retail store remodels to include kiosks

June 29, 2003

CUMBERLAND, Canada -- U.S. Cellular has opened a new "high-tech, high-touch" retail store at Braddock Square.

Sears, Dell end kiosk experiment

June 23, 2003

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- A high-profile experiment between Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Dell Computer Corp. has ended with Dell shutting down personal-computer…

Sears using kiosks to qualify new sales hires

June 19, 2003

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- Before job applicants at Sears, Roebuck and Co. even sit down for an interview, they must answer questions at an electronic kiosk…

Target to roll out loyalty program in Q3

June 18, 2003

MINNEAPOLIS -- Target Corp. is on track to roll out the loyalty program for its smart cards in the third quarter. Consumers will insert their cards into kiosks…

HHP adds new retail-focused kiosk to lineup

June 12, 2003

SKANEATELES FALLS, N.Y. -- HHP has added a new generation of kiosk to its Transaction Team family of products, the Image Kiosk 8870 for in-store data…

Retail Systems: Day One

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June 9, 2003

Craig Keefner, publisher of Kiosks.org, covered the first day of the Retail Systems show in Chicago, where the latest research from Gartner Group was released.

U.K. retailer adds units, tests virtual self-checkout

June 8, 2003

LONDON -- NCR Corp. announced that Marks & Spencer, a leading U.K. retailer, will install NCR FastLane self-checkout in eight additional stores, following…

Pizza company selects POS terminals

June 8, 2003

AUSTIN, Texas -- Wincor Nixdorf Inc., a provider of open-system solutions for the retail and banking industries, has announced that Papa John's International…