Known as just-in-time electronic software distributions systems, these in-store kiosks offer customers a way to purchase software quickly and conveniently. Consumers simply use a touch-screen to search for software titles, such as Red Rock DeltaGraph 5. Once a user has...
Since the rollout began in 1996, JCPenney has been able to save more than $12 million in travel and lodging costs alone. Other benefits include an acceleration in the time required to deploy new systems and procedures, and a...
Having noticed a sharp increase in global demand for smart card services, MasterCard International is now working with its customers on over 400 chip projects around the world - more than double the number of projects active in the fourth...
Unicru and People Report Partner to Provide Advanced Workforce Analysis for Service Industries Today's News...
Woodcraft offers digital 'Toolbox' -- Crafty types can find over 14,000 products...
For issuers of credit cards, the new systems are expected to ultimately be far more secure, making it harder to steal information. That could save issuers billions of dollars a year that now are lost to fraud....
Miami International Airport has opened its new central collections plaza, which should make its parking garages easier to use....
Sir Richard Branson who will unveil the most progressive music entertainment store, at the Virgin Megastore, San Francisco. There will be a celebration on December 3, from 4-8pm; and Sir Richard Branson, CEO of Virgin companies, will be on hand...
Travelers returning to the skies this Thanksgiving will encounter more people in the ticket lines - and far fewer people behind the ticket counters....
Online platforms for employee self-service and benefits communication have become the norm at most corporations. Firms that haven't already rolled out such services are planning implementations now....
Brokers need to get with the program on self-service, administrative technology...
The Transportation Security Administration has awarded an $8 million contract to Unisys Corp. to test technologies to improve airport security....
Verizon Wireless is using the Twin Cities to experiment with a new kiosk display in four area malls that it hopes will put some hip-hop style f'shizzle into the company's sales pitch....
The inaugural NRF Gift Card Survey, conducted by BIGresearch for NRF, found that 69.9 percent of consumers plan to buy gift cards this holiday, spending an average of $34.24 per card....
AT&T Wireless launches EDGE service. Targets higher data transfer speeds...
Self-checkout for retail stores is heating up; technology can allow redeployment of clerks as service reps and upselling agents...
New Bank Branch Java Controller Allows Remote Installation and Support for Retail Bank Branches...
Obstacles aside, retailers embrace new strategies. Loyalty, redemption, preferences, For Hallmark, The strategy, the systems, the analytics, the marketing programs-all are integrated horizontally into the business....
Amid rapid growth among dollar stores, Dollar General, the sector’s biggest chain, says it will open 675 stores over its next fiscal year....
A close look at Walgreens and how it grows in world of Shopping Centers....
A look at British Airlines and its roadmap for self-service in its business....
The Office fo the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) has published a report Process Evaluation of the Implementation of Electronic Local Government in England: Research summary....
Do you find vacation just too expensive? Well, how does 21 dollars to San Jose sound? 35 dollars to Phoenix? 27 to Las Vegas? Introducing SkyHigh Airlines Super Scrimper Fares....
New Yorkers and people just passing through can now go to a street corner kiosk to surf the Internet, check e-mails or have their photo taken by a Web cam, city officials announced yesterday....
A free guide book covering the 'top ten' best practices for improving retail customer loyalty has been published by loyalty consultancy, Frequency Marketing Inc (FMI). The guide outlines how retailers can motivate customers with recognition and rewards by establishing strategies...
With an innovative take on personalised customer service, NCR has prototyped and exhibited its latest ATM (automated teller machine) concept: an on-screen, individually personalised 'avatar' (a cartoon-like character) to guide bank customers through transactions....
Whitepaper Advert from Coinstar: Coinstar's patented technology is one reason the company's machines perform consistently and are used in more than 10,000 supermarkets throughout the country....
Delta Air Lines agreed to a $1.35 million civil penalty for failing to provide adequate help to passengers using wheelchairs....
Tennessee's Online Driver License Renewal Service Grows 164 Percent in Three Years...
Eastman Kodak Company today announced agreements that will provide mobile imaging services to help people store, share, organize and print their digital images....
Postilion Realtime 5.0 will be available on Linux in addition to Windows and will support both SQL Server and Oracle....
MagTek, Inc., a global leader in electronic payment technology, today announced the release of the IntelliPIN(R) SPT, MagTek's next-generation secure encrypting PINpad with magnetic stripe and smart card capability....
Interlink Electronics, Inc. and MagTek, Inc. to Develop E-Signature Enabled Card Reader Solutions for Banking Sector...
TransCore announces the development of an ATM-like machine that dispenses radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder tags...
Striding into the airport here one recent afternoon, Kimberly Ward did not so much as glance at the two ticket agents waiting at the counter....
Nice case study on the NCR site about VANs and KIS...
The power of affluent shoppers, the rise of practical consumers and the dynamics of debit cards [great STORES survey]...
Independent restaurateurs across the United States increasingly are banding together to fight competition from ever-expanding chain operations....
After a year-long experiment, the fast-food giant is pulling the plug on all four Redbox automated convenience stores in the Washington area...
Retail customers under 35 are more likely than older people to opt for e-mail, web-based self-service or instant messaging for contacting customer service instead of resorting to telephone calls or store visits, a study by Harris Interactive says....
LAKE FOREST, Calif., Nov 10, 2003 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Hotel Information Systems (HIS), a division of MAI Systems Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: MAIY), is pleased to announce that an agreement has been finalized with It Just Works Software based...
Wincor Nixdorf Inc., today announced that Donato Food Corporation will install BEETLE(R) /iPOS point-of-sale (POS) systems in the company's 170 quick-service restaurants in Canada....
MusicNow Works With Top Digital Device Manufacturers and Best Buy for Launch Of New Digital Music Store...
ATM Refurbisher Includes Triple DES Upgrades When Refurbishing Equipment...
Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters will appear on this morning's "Today" show to promote the campaign, and then join city leaders for the official kickoff in Central Park....
"The walls (to the network) are down," Conner said. "People can come in and do self-service and make changes. Businesses have to be concerned with who they are. Security and privacy are part of the conversation of business now."...
McDonald's Reduces Payroll Costs up to 22% with IR Recognition Systems Biometric HandReaders...
The real-time marketing solutions firm, Ernex Marketing Technologies, is to be sold by its parent company, RBC Financial Group, to the North American payment processing company, Moneris Solutions Corporation....
Bankers are celebrating the enactment of the new law, known as the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, or Check 21 for short. October 28, 2003 signed into law....
New STORES Consumer Credit Survey Answers Critical Question: Will That Be Cash or Charge?...
Great wrap by Ann All on recent goings-on at Financial tradeshows....
Just how easy is it to break into your company's networks? Hire a hacker, then sit tight....
The first-half results that Fuji Photo Film announced--net profits were up 22% on flat sales--belie some of the big challenges that the Japanese giant has ahead of it....
The Bentonville, Ark.-based-company is meeting with their top 100 suppliers beginning Tuesday to set radio frequency identification (RFID) compliance standards....
The Defense Department has extended by six months its deadline for issuing Common Access Cards to its more than 4 million users. It still has about 500,000 cards to distribute....
The Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) of the National Retail Federation is a retailer-driven membership organization dedicated to creating an international, barrier-free technology environment for retailers. One of which is UnifiedPOS. Site Link...
Elotouch is one of our partners for touch screen technology (CRT and LCD). Here are some resources available to learn more about touch screen technology....