Concierge services that promised to relieve overworked office drones from the hassles of picking up the dry cleaning, getting the car detailed and scoring choice concert tickets enjoyed a brief heyday during the height of the dot-com era, but most...
Brokers need to get with the program on self-service, administrative technology...
INFO TOUCH TECHNOLOGIES 2003 FINANCIAL RESULTS --Record Revenue Growth in Revenue and Earnings-...
FedEx announced Tuesday that it would acquire Net-savvy business-services company Kinko's in a $2.4 billion cash deal....
...An intranet kiosk inside a store would let shoppers order whatever they want, regardless of the inventory at hand, he said...Walgreens and Sears profiled......
Best Buy gets major writeup (Company of the Year) in Forbes on its direction in 2004....
Businesses need to supply CIOs with a pecking order of the upcoming year's priorities, plus a timeline associated with those tasks...
The slow death of the payphone continues with nice article from Rocky Mountain News....
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is hoping a new outreach initiative will attract customers to its discount program for low-income households....
Grocery clerks' real nightmare. A good look at value proposition for self-serve checkout and its payback in real dollars....
Two contracts valued together at $3.3B went to Computer Sciences Corp. and Accenture s part of its Care Records Service program. story link...
Do-it-yourself kiosks are just fine with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles. [published by Kiosk Magazine]...
In a year of milestones for Subway Restaurants, the company has once again been named the No. 1 franchise opportunity Following Subway in the top 10, in order, are Curves, Quizno�s Franchise Co., 7-Eleven Inc., Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, The...
The editors of Human Resource Executive once again recognize 10 HR products that stand out from the pack...
For the first time, electronic payments have surpassed cash and checks as consumers' preferred payment method for in-store purchases...
Apples iTunes Music Store still isn't profitable and if Wal-Mart has anything to say about it, it never will be. On Thursday America's ... ahem ... favorite retailer launched its own digital music storefront online. Developed by Liquid Digital Media,...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT - news) said on Thursday it would begin testing digital music downloads on its Web site, joining a list of companies hoping to profit from the growing demand for such services....
Tri-Valley Herald Online - More Local News As part of a "major push" to boost enrollment in the discount program, PG&E has installed self-service kiosks at customer service centers in the Bay Area. The kiosks allow customers to fill out...
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Microsoft will offer some applications in the SoftwareToGo kiosks, developed by Protocall Technologies Inc. And CompUSA will roll out the kiosks to all its stores starting next year....
Despite the increasing number of payment methods available to consumers, however, 21% of Americans do not see a future without cash, and 45% believe society going cashless is at least 10 to 20 or more years away. Even pre-paid card...
Multi-channel organization should differ by retailer type, Forrester says...
GCN lays out what to expect tech-wise in goverment sector in 2004...
Now, casinos are returning to low-denomination slots as ticket-in, ticket-out technology makes the machines more efficient and players tell operators they like the added entertainment time they offer for the same volume of play....
As Wal-mart nears the unheard of level of $300B in revenue, FastCompany takes long look at their practices....
WHY SEARS AND KMART SHOULD MERGE After All, They Have Stockholder Eddie Lampert in Common -- Ad Age Opinion...
The kiosks will offer free internet access, text messages and tourist information. People will also be able to pay their council tax bills, book on-line tickets and report complaints to the council. If the sites are successful, advertising space on...
Several computer kiosks are located throughout the center of the store, offering information about almost anything: Wine and food parings, information about diabetes, recipes, a map of the store sale items and more....
Mixed-media Methods Support Commitment to Employee Education Krispy Kreme ensures consistent delivery of its unique product with video training delivered to all sites...
IBM's industry focus reaches beyond software to include all parts of the business, from consulting to sales...
Microsoft is angling for retail banks' business with technology products aimed at achieving a 360-degree view of customers, but will the banks line up to buy its offerings?...
SAM'S CLUB Canada Names TelePlus to implement and operate Franchise of in-store retail wireless kiosks...
Las Vegas Hotel-Casino's Bar-Coded System Helps Valets Cut Patrons' Wait Times...
Last-minute worries about the technology and the political motivations of vendors may set back a US attempt to introduce electronic voting for upcoming presidential primary elections...
Passengers could walk down to a lobby kiosk to order cars or review the status of their phone orders....
Voting is being conducted by electronic ballot on the league's Web site (nhl.com), through broadband kiosks at 580 Best Buy locations...
Eight weeks after being introduced, the new security features intended to thwart counterfeiters continue to vex self-serve machines at King Soopers stores and at RTD light-rail stations....
Ricochet also will cut its prices and add more than 300 retailers to sell the product, as well as add mall kiosks....
�For the most part, this technology is barely above the toy stage,� Boone said at the Secure Trusted Operating System Consortium symposium in Washington....
IBM started a new email campaign on CRM which utilizes iqtv. It's pretty cool. Link...
Kiosks will allow mobile camera phone users to beam their images to the kiosk using Bluetooth or Infrared (IrDA) technologies...
Another way of providing service to digital camera owners....
Looking to further tap into the growing digital camera segment, both CVS and Walgreens on Wednesday announced new digital photo printing services....
A new study of the techniques used for online business analysis has raised some serious questions about the way web businesses are modelled...
December 1, 2003 - New York, NY: KioskCom, organizers of the largest Conference and Exhibition devoted solely to interactive self-service kiosks is pleased to announce the opening of the 3rd Annual Interactive Kiosk Excellence Awards Competition....
What is small, plastic and shiny and will bring retailers $45 billion in sales this year? The answer is gift cards, which are quickly replacing paper gift certificates....
Wal-Mart said Wednesday that high fees are forcing it to drop certain MasterCard debit-card transactions beginning Feb. 1....
Regal Entertainment Group Announces New Entertainment Center for Lima, OH...
And for another wonderful way to shop, Marshall Field's offers guests the "best of Marshall Field's Direct," featuring several exclusive items from inspirational gifts, home decor, jewelry and accessories. The fully web- enabled kiosk also provides a direct phone line...
CVS Will Become the First National Chain to Offer the Ability to Print From Mobile Imaging-Enabled Phones and Wireless Devices at KODAK Picture Maker Kiosks...
Kiosks seem to be the hot item, as several chains are running tests to see if guests are willing to bypass the personal touch at the front desk in favor of a quicker check-in and check-out....
Many people in Latin America who receive money from immigrant relatives in the United States don't have bank accounts, making it difficult to save some of the $30 billion sent back to them, international banking officials said last week....
Wireless News: DoCoMo Hands Linux Symbolic Victory...
The bright spot in the network-computing picture may be in service data objects....
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The Home Depot Inc., facing a growing challenge from rival Lowe's Cos. Inc., is undergoing a transformation...
Ticket-in, ticket-out - or TITO - machines accept and pay out with cash-redeemable paper tickets instead of coins....
New CRM suite gives retailers the power to directly target promotions to specific customers at Point-of-Sale (POS) systems, information kiosks or the Internet....
Partner programmes and a salesforce reorganisation are key to IBM's focus for 2004...