U.K. supermarket plans evening class for self-service checkout

June 20, 2014

The manager at the Attleborough branch of U.K. supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is to hold an evening advice and guidance session, with coffee and biscuits, to…

Co-operative stores consider joining ban on £2 coins for self-service machines

June 19, 2014

The U.K.’s Co-operative grocery stores are considering joining U.K. supermarket chain Morrisons in banning £2 ($3.40) coins at self-service tills after…

iPatientCare launches patient kiosk for Physician’s Offices

June 19, 2014

iPatientCare, a developer of mHealth and cloud-based ambulatory EHR (electronic health records), integrated practice management and patient portal solutions…

Abu Dhabi automates vehicle licensing with self-service machines

June 19, 2014

The Sahel self-service e-payment machines at the Vehicles and Drivers Licensing Department in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, have carried out 106,89…

Tesco extending 'Scan-as-you-shop' program to 100 more stores

June 19, 2014

Self-service technology provider Re-Vision has announced that after completing a successful 200-store rollout during 2012–13, Tesco have made the decision to…

U.K. grocer Morrisons rejects £2 coins and foreign lookalikes at self-checkout

June 17, 2014

Foreign coins deposited at self-checkout kiosks have led U.K. grocery chain Morrisons to stop accepting all £2 coins ($3.40), reports the Daily Mail.

Motorola upgrades mobile personal shopping device

June 12, 2014

Motorola has launched the fifth generation of its MC18 Personal Shopping device, which enables shoppers to scan items in a store and receive offers. Once they…

Qatar cinema chain to premiere self-service ticket kiosks

June 9, 2014

The network of self-service machines belonging to Qatar-based international communications company Ooredoo will be dispensing cinema tickets for the Qatar…

Supermarket self-checkout technology approaching tipping point?

Will all new supermarkets include the technology? And what about other retail segments?

China’s Rainbow Department Store chain pilots self-checkout tech, UK's Tesco trials high-speed self-checkout

May 30, 2014

NCR has won a contract for a self-checkout pilot project from China’s Rainbow Department Store chain, according to a company announcement. After an initial…

Nearly one in two U.K. shoppers need help with self-service checkout

May 23, 2014

Nearly one in two U.K. supermarket shoppers say they regularly need help when using self-service checkouts, a survey by independent U.K. market research firm…

Sainsbury’s store bags more self-service checkouts

May 15, 2014

The Sainsbury’s store in Bath, U.K. has installed more self-service tills as part of a refurbishment, the Bath Chronicle reports. The store, located in Bath’s…

Bitcoin Vending Network launched

May 12, 2014

Phoenix-based Cephas Holdings has launched the Bitcoin Vending Network for businesses interested in selling Bitcoins via vending machines and POS terminals…

Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library introduces checkout kiosks

May 5, 2014

The Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library in Topeka, Kansas, is introducing self-service checkout in order to improve inventory management and security…

Self-service pharmacy vending patent close, ADVS says

May 1, 2014

ADVS Technologies announced its patent for its Optimization of Pharmacy Operations using Automatic Distributed Vending System is in the final stages of…

Panera 2.0 picks up self-service speed

The Panera Bread chain is embracing digital, kiosk and mobile ordering to speed in-and-out times, improve service.

Self-service fuel and RFID payments on tap in Dubai

April 23, 2014

All gas stations belonging to Emirates National Oil Company and its subsidiary, Emirates Petroleum Products Company, in Dubai are offering self-service…

Crane Merchandising Systems releases API for remote micro market management

April 23, 2014

Crane Merchandising Systems is testing a software update for managing micro markets.

USA Technologies adds card tokenization to self-service payments

April 7, 2014

USA Technologies, a provider of cashless payment services for small-ticket, self-serve retailing, has included tokenization in the latest upgrade to its Port…

Wincor Nixdorf to use MEI banknote recycling systems in retail checkout lanes

March 21, 2014

Wincor Nixdorf is to use the MEI BNR banknote recycling system in its retail payment terminals.