Battery recycling could take off with Oregon kiosks

October 1, 2012

A Portland, Ore.-based startup will attempt to take on the battery industry with its concept of a rechargeable battery kiosk.

Kyocera adds new low-cost display lineup for digital signage, kiosks

September 19, 2012

A new series of cost-effective TVL industrial flat panel digital signage displays will be added to the Kyocera Display linecard of long-term industrial…

Predicting the future of intelligent vending kiosks with digital signage, Pt. I

by Christopher Hall — w, t

Combining digital signage and mobile technologies with vending gives a look at next-generation smart kiosks.

Why Penn's wine kiosk failed: Part 3

by Natsumi Nakamura — Marketing, PFU Systems

In this series, we have been discussing why the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board's Wine Kiosk project failed. In this post, we will continue to focus on the…

AVT granted patent for wireless management of remote vending kiosks

July 5, 2012

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has approved AVT Inc.'s patent application on the company's technology regarding a wireless system designed to…

Vending kiosks providing retailers variety of solutions

From dispensing products to tracking consumer behavior, vending kiosks are the new go-to retail solution.

Redbox closes deal to buy NCR's DVD kiosks

June 26, 2012

Coinstar's Redbox has completed the acquisition of NCR's DVD kiosk business, including DVD kiosks, DVD inventory, intellectual property and certain retailer…

Hardware store deploys InkSpot kiosk

June 25, 2012

A hardware store in Boulder, Colo., is testing an ink cartridge-dispensing kiosk manufactured by KIOSK Information Systems and Denver-based ink distribution…

Why Penn's wine kiosk failed: Part 1

by Natsumi Nakamura — Marketing, PFU Systems

After reading fellow blogger Michael Ionescu's post "Bad execution: Why good kiosk ideas fail", I did some research to learn more about what was behind the…

UK vending machines get mobile payments, connectivity

June 15, 2012

Nokia Siemens Networks and U.K. wireless carrier Everything Everywhere have partnered to introduce mobile payments to vending machines. The international…

Pizza-making kiosk also making headlines

June 13, 2012

Although Let's Pizza, a vending kiosk that creates pizzas from scratch in 2.5 minutes, hasn't yet planted a flag in U.S. soil, the mainstream media has…

KIOSK to demo automated retail solution in New Orleans

June 13, 2012

KIOSK Information Systems will display its StoreBOT Automated Retail Platform June 20-21 at the NRF Loss Prevention Conference at the Ernest N. Morial…

Redbox refuses to adhere to Disney's delay on 'John Carter'

June 7, 2012

Although Walt Disney Studios has jumped on the 28-day delay bandwagon of new releases, Redbox isn't waiting to give its customers access to the studio's newest…

Coinstar's coffee kiosks have a name -- Rubi

June 5, 2012

It's official: Coinstar coffee kiosks are coming to market. It's not exactly news, considering the company previously discussed the business venture with us…

Family Dollar to welcome redbox kiosks

June 5, 2012

Family Dollar Stores will be the newest locations for Coinstar’s redbox DVD kiosks. The retailers have entered into a multi-year agreement, according to a…

Coinstar testing photo kiosk

May 30, 2012

Coinstar is at it again. No longer satisfied with ruling the coin-counting and the DVD kiosk industries, it's been piloting several new kiosk projects…

Redbox sets sights on Canada

Will the retail giant push out the smaller competition?

Portugal opens 'never-closing post office'

Escher Group's software helps CTT Portugal deliver self-service post office.

World's smallest retailer makes Omaha debut

May 7, 2012

Many attendees of this weekend's Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha saw something they'd never seen before, a complete retail store in just 2 square…

Time reporter disses Best Buy kiosks

April 26, 2012

Best Buy is reexamining the processes around its Express kiosks, managed by ZoomSystems, after a columnist from Time Magazine published details of his…