Self-checkout, good and bad, can leave a lasting impression

November 16, 2012

Implementing grocery self-checkouts is a lofty decision for stores. An article from jsonline.com explained that the final impression shoppers take away from a…

Wincor Nixdorf updates its automated checkout portfolio

October 22, 2012

At last week's Wincor World event, Wincor Nixdorf's lineup of self-checkout solutions added a few new offerings. 

Scan and Go crosses the pond, piloted in London Sainsbury's

October 18, 2012

Sainsbury's supermarket in London is currently testing the Scan and Go self-checkout app that made headlines here in the U.S. when Walmart piloted the program.

Tesco to deploy 'scan as you shop' at more locations

October 5, 2012

The U.K. chain store Tesco is planning a national rollout of scan-as-you-shop devices after a successful trial, according to a recent article on…

Acquire Digital, Coupon Express announce partnership

September 26, 2012

Acquire Digital announced its partnership with Coupon Express and the companies' plans to have 300 of their multifunctional digital signage coupon kiosks…

Coinstar kiosks to print store gift cards at grocery chain

September 19, 2012

Grocery chain Giant Food announced that it will now offer customers using the Coinstar coin-counting kiosks the option to place the full value of their coins…

Coinstar to count change for charity

September 6, 2012

The Seattle-based Change Making Change Fund announced today a partnership with the Ben Towne Foundation for cancer research to support its 2012 Summer Coin…

Paper shredding kiosk to deploy at Seattle Safeways

August 27, 2012

Document shredding gets taken out of the home and in to retail locations with the Washington-based Shred Stop kiosk. The self-serve, industrial-strength paper…

Kroger to deploy health assessment kiosks nationwide

August 16, 2012

Kroger Co. Family Pharmacies announced this week plans to place self-service health screening kiosks at all 1,950 locations nationwide.

Tesco piloting virtual grocery kiosks at Gatwick Airport

August 7, 2012

U.K. retail giant Tesco has announced that it will soon begin the pilot deployment of a "virtual grocery shopping" kiosk in London's Gatwick Airport, according…

Tennessee mulling self-checkout beer ban

February 28, 2012

According to WBIR TV-10 in Knoxville, Tenn., the Tennessee legislature is considering a ban on beer sales at self-checkout terminals:

Udi's Food using ShelfX self-checkout

February 13, 2012

ShelfX, a provider of a self-checkout and inventory management solution, announced today that Udi's Food will integrate the system to shorten customer…

NRF 2012: The 360-degree scanner evolves

At retail's Big Show, Wincor Nixdorf showed the lastest generation of its flagship self-checkout unit.

Sainsbury's signs up for NCR's predictive services for POS and self-checkout

January 17, 2012

NCR Corp. recently announced that U.K.-based supermarket chain Sainsbury's has entered into a five-year managed service agreement which will see Sainsbury's…

Tesco to begin deployment of the Retalix 10 Store Suite

January 15, 2012

Retalix Ltd. announced today that Tesco Plc. will commence the deployment of its next-generation store platform following a successful initial pilot of the…

Global Axcess extends grocery store partnerships

December 28, 2011

Global Axcess Corp., a provider of kiosk solutions, has entered into a three-year extension with the company's largest ATM customer, a grocery store chain with…

Checkout system ShelfX allows shoppers to skip lines

ShelfX will eliminate long lines and the need for cashiers, but how adoptable is the platform?

California bans self-service alcohol sales

October 16, 2011

According to the Los Angeles Times, California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law a bill that prohibits the sale of alcohol via self-service or…

Grocer testing cake-ordering kiosks

October 9, 2011

Caputo's Fresh Market in Chicago is piloting a custom cake ordering kiosk developed by Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based ADUSA, Inc.

S.F. may ban booze at self-checkout lanes

September 27, 2011

Buying alcohol in San Francisco grocery stores may soon be only done via human transactions.