‘The year of digital media' for NCR

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

NCR execs tout 2008 as being a year of change in the self-service space.

Pa. Liquor Control Board seeking wine kiosk proposals

April 27, 2008

Philly.com: The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is seeking proposals for a contractor to operate up to 100 wine kiosks throughout the state. The kiosks, a…

VeriFone to focus on security and unattended payment systems at Kiosk Europe

April 27, 2008

ESSEN, Germany — VeriFone, a secure electronic payment solutions provider, will host a drop-in Security Advisory Clinic May 6 at Kiosk Europe 2008. Visitors…

VIDEO: Coverage from KioskCom Self Service Expo 2008

April 27, 2008

Self-Service World and Kiosk Marketplace present a look at some of the exhibits and people from the KioskCom Las Vegas show.    

Self-service makes crowded counter lines a thing of the past

April 24, 2008

NEXTEP SYSTEMS provides customer self-service solutions to the quick-serve, fast-casual, concessions, grocery and casino markets. Nino Salvaggio International…

KioskCom Las Vegas wraps

EyeSite kiosk sticks out among the record number of exhibitors.

Australia retail stores add self-service checkout

April 20, 2008

News.com.au: Woolworths and Safeway supermarkets will soon have self-service checkouts at more than 70 stores around Australia by the end of June. The…

Start-up company offers product search kiosks for retail customers

April 17, 2008

CNET.com:  OK, so Google dominates the market for online search and accompanying advertisements. But what about people trying to find what they need in a…

The man behind KioskCom

The head of Self Service Expo and The Digital Signage Show talks.

New MEI toolkit speeds integration time of kiosk cash acceptors

April 10, 2008

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — Cash transactions cost retailers far less than the average two percent fee incurred from signature debit and credit transactions. MEI has…

Turnkey self-service store may employ RFID instead of people

April 9, 2008

RFID Journal: Food retail research and consulting company Food Information Service Europe is in discussion with retailers in the Netherlands and Belgium to…

3D video kiosks installed in the U.S.

April 3, 2008

CHATSWORTH, Calif. — Provision Interactive Technologies has announced its 3DEO Reward Centers are now available in the United States. The kiosks are currently…

Fiserv offers self-service billpay at ReadySTATION kiosks

March 26, 2008

BROOKFIELD, Wis. — CheckFreePay, now part of Fiserv Inc., has signed a deal with Ready Credit Corp. to implement the CheckFreePay walk-in bill payment service…

Europe, Middle East, Asia POS grows while U.S. slows, study says

March 24, 2008

FRANKLIN, Tenn. — The PC-based electronic point-of-sale market in Europe/Middle East/Africa experienced a 4 percent shipment increase in 2007 and continues to…

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…

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…

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…

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…