Vending Kiosks News & Media
LeBron James deploys kiosk, crude humor at the mall
August 8, 2011
LeBron James has gotten into the kiosk business.
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Bicycles, strollers, now Rug Doctors? Kiosk rentals going far beyond DVDs
by Christopher Hall — w, t
Rug Doctor has piloted self-service carpet cleaner-rental kiosks. What's next?
read nowKiosk firm Vigix raises another $1.5M in venture capital
June 23, 2011
According to xconomy.com, Cambridge, Mass-based kiosk company Vigix closed a $1.5 million Series A-1 round this week, led by Waltham, Mass.-based VC firm Still…
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Video games now available at 21k+ redbox kiosks
by Christopher Hall — w, t
Redbox is now offering video games: another coffin nail for brick-and-mortar or a last gasp for kiosks?
read nowComplaints help give wine kiosks the boot
June 6, 2011
According to a story from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Wegmans Food Markets is pulling out of Pennsylvania's much-criticized wine-kiosk program.
read nowWegmans puts a cork in wine kiosks
June 2, 2011
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Wegmans Food Markets is pulling out of Pennsylvania's oft-criticized wine-kiosk program.
read nowBlockbuster slashes prices to compete with kiosks
May 26, 2011
Blockbuster, which was recently acquired by satellite operator DISH Network, announced today that it's lowering the prices of thousands of videos to compete…
read nowXONA kiosks expand DVD capacity
May 23, 2011
XONA Media, developer of a movie kiosk that not only rents traditional DVDs but also allows digital media downloads, announced today a breakthrough in the…
read nowAustralian video stores to roll out DVD kiosks
May 22, 2011
Franchise Entertainment Group (FEG) has invested $2 million to order 1,000 kiosks, which if deployed quickly, would make the group the biggest kiosk player in…
read nowPublic Media Works to enter phase 2 of testing DVD kiosks
May 17, 2011
Public Media Works has completed the operational test of its first 25 DVD kiosks at high traffic outdoor locations in Riverside County in Southern California.
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Minnesotans to repair bikes at kiosks
May 15, 2011
Bicyclists in Minneapolis may soon have access to bike-repair kiosks, according to the Southwest Journal.
read nowPhone app guides consumers to DVD kiosks
May 4, 2011
Integrating technologies to better serve consumers is all the rage in the retail world, and Gulf Coast Multi Media is jumping on the band wagon with DVDFind, a…
read nowDVD kiosk companies announce first-quarter profits
April 27, 2011
Coinstar and NCR both announced today that they have surpassed Wall Street's profit expectations with their first-quarter reports.
read nowSignifi Solutions deploys weather-protected DVD kiosks
April 24, 2011
Signifi Solutions inc has added another kiosk model to its outdoor line up.
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Kiosks make it easy to buy hard liquor
April 21, 2011
Pennsylvanians can already buy wine from grocery-store kiosks, but the state's Liquor Control Board announced Thursday that some of the kiosks will also stock…
read nowAnother DVD kiosk company hits the market
April 20, 2011
Central and Southern California movie lovers have another kiosk option for renting DVDs now that BP's ampm convenience stores are offering $1-per-day DVD…
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Virginia city says goodbye to redbox
April 13, 2011
City officials in Alexandria, Virginia recently ordered the removal of all redbox DVD kiosks stationed outside 7-Eleven convenience stores, according to the…
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The DVD kiosk is king
by Soheil Samimi — President, iMOZI
During the first month of this new year, a watershed milestone was reached for the DVD kiosk business: redbox, the reigning king of the concept, also took the…
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BLOCKBUSTER Express to release 'Black Swan' on street date
March 28, 2011
Consumers can rent "Black Swan" from BLOCKBUSTER Express kiosks on March 29, which is the title's street date.
read nowNCR to sell DVD rental machines to retailers
March 24, 2011
NCR Corp. has plans to sell its own DVD kiosks to retailers, who will then brand them with their own logos and sell DVDs, video games or music CDs that are now…
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