Amazon to offer Kindle-based POS systems

January 30, 2014

The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon is looking at getting into the mobile POS business, by possibly providing brick-and-mortar retailers with in-store…

Precision measuring tech for retail checkouts to weigh in at EuroShop

January 27, 2014

METTLER TOLEDO, a manufacturer of precision measuring instruments, will present retail concepts to improve the in-store experience at fresh service counters…

NCR retail tech rolls out in UK supermarket chain

January 16, 2014

NCR Corp. announced that the U.K. supermarket chain Morrisons has deployed NCR software, self-checkout and scanner solutions throughout a new lab store in…

24/7 library kiosk lands in San Diego

December 26, 2013

San Diego has landed a new way to check out library books, with a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week self-service library checkout kiosk, according to CBS 8 TV.

Target Canada's French-only self-checkouts cause controversy

December 3, 2013

A Target shopper in Montreal has called attention to the apparent lack of English on the retailer's self-checkout kiosks.

Red-Fork Hospitality, Motion Computing team for kiosk POS

November 18, 2013

Red-Fork Hospitality Solutions, a provider of mobile and online hospitality ordering solutions, announced that its Windows 8.1 platform kiosk was deployed at…

Are self-service kiosks our answer to convenience?

by Kisha Wilson — Marketing Manager, SlabbKiosks

Convenience has become an important factor in our daily lives increasing consumer demand for self?service options.

Are self-checkouts causing shopper frustration?

by Natalie Gagliordi — Editor of KioskMarketplace.com, Networld Media Group

Shoppers are abandoning their shopping carts if they struggle with self-checkout, a new study finds.

Revive Self Checkout taps USAT for streamlined cashless payments

October 3, 2013

USA Technologies Inc. today announced that Revive Self Checkout used USAT's QuickConnect Web service to complete the integration of its micro-market offering…

Ireland's academic libraries turn to self-service

September 26, 2013

The technology company 3M is rolling out its second-generation SelfCheck library kiosks to libraries around Ireland, according to businessandleadership.com.

Jewel-Osco puts an end to self-checkout

September 25, 2013

The northern Illinois grocery store chain Jewel-Osco is in the process of removing self-checkouts from its more than 170 store locations, according to a post…

Calvin Klein taps Toshiba for in-store technology

September 23, 2013

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions has announced that the fashion brand Calvin Klein has deployed its TCxWave solution in the brand's retail locations across…

Russian locations of Globus hypermarkets to increase NCR self-checkouts

September 19, 2013

Globus, an international chain of hypermarkets in Germany, the Czech Republic and Russia, will deploy NCR SelfServ self-checkout kiosks in more of its Russian…

Boise Albertsons checking out of self-checkout

August 13, 2013

Three Boise, Idaho, Albertsons stores are getting rid of their self-checkout lanes, a spokesman for the regional Albertsons division has told the Idaho…

LEID rolls out iLibrary system in rural NC county

August 6, 2013

LEID Products has rolled out two Express Library locations for the Granville County Public Library system in North Carolina. The Express Libraries provide…

Turkey's largest retail chain wows shoppers with self-checkout

August 5, 2013

Shoppers at Turkey's Migros Türk supermarket chain are embracing self-checkout technology from NCR, according to an article from International Supermarket News.

Retailers shaking up self-checkout offerings as deployments increase

The global installed base of self-checkouts will nearly double within five years, an RBR study finds.

Italy's Coop Group deploys self-scanning by Datalogic

July 18, 2013

The Italian consumer cooperative Coop Estense is rolling out a self-scanning shopping solution by Datalogic. The Coop Group deployed 600 Joya terminals and the…

In-aisle self-scanning enters the Middle East

by Natalie Gagliordi — Editor of KioskMarketplace.com, Networld Media Group

A concept store in Abu Dhabi implements in-aisle scanning to go with the area's modernization project.

AVT enters propane market with tank exchange, purchase kiosk

July 17, 2013

The automated retail systems manufacturer AVT Inc. announced the development of a self-service kiosk for the sales and exchange of propane tanks.