October 30, 2009

It’s official: NCR will not exhibit at BAI’s Retail Delivery Expo

From Tracy Kitten & ATMmarketpalce -- Despite being listed as an exhibitor at this year’s Retail Delivery Conference & Expo, NCR Corp. insists it will not have a presence on the exhibit hall floor next week in Boston....



Target taps RadioShack to run cell-phone depts

Business news from Target Stores as they outsource their mobile phone segment. Not unlike their photo and their clinics....



NCR takes kiosks to private practice

DULUTH - NCR has moved into the smaller, private practices with its self-service kiosk solutions. Orlando Internal Medicine, an eight-provider practice, is expediting the collection of patient co-payments, deductibles and payer reimbursement through its use of self-service solutions from Greatwater...



October 27, 2009

KioskCom in New York

November 10th and 11th in New York is KioskCom. We'll be there and recommend it. For more information you can visit www.kioskcom.com. Held at the Javits Center, this is the big end of the year show and always tends to...



Financial Service Kiosks In the News

Pantel Systems releases PR with new data from multi-function kiosk in supermarkets. Advertising and coupon dispensing are focus areas for them. Picture included....



ROI and Kiosks

Info on Amtrak project detailing number of kiosks (up to 330) and revenue illustrating ROI. Additionally new projects in prepaid and also in medical (diagnostic eye machines)....



October 21, 2009

Market Segments - Discount Grocery Chains

Betting that consumer thriftiness won't be going away anytime soon, Supervalu Inc. Chief Executive Craig Herkert Tuesday unveiled plans to double the size of the underperforming grocer's discount chain Save-A-Lot to about 2,400 stores over five years....



October 15, 2009

Advanced ATMs coming to Portugal

Not your fathers ATM story -- It is a multi-function kiosk where they can book train and cinema tickets, make social security and tax contributions, pay utility bills and parking fines, top up their mobile phones and play the lottery....



October 09, 2009

IKEA Execs Discuss Launch Of US Loyalty, Use Of Mobile Medium

Interview with IKEA execs on how they see mobile apps getting integrated with their business & customers....



'Holy Grail' Nearing Local Grill: Food-Order Kiosks Rolling Out

Some splash news on new deli order terminals installed in Metro Silver Diners. Also mentions 70 in Subway....



October 08, 2009

Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates/Atrius Health Chooses D2 Check- In Kiosk

D2 Sales LLC announced that Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates of Boston has chosen the company’s My Patient Passport Express kiosk for its patient check-in program....



Windows 7 - Review by Walt Mossberg

According to Mossberg Microsoft's New Operating System Is Good Enough to Erase Bad Memory of Vista....



RFID - Wristbands for Guests

Water park deploys RFID wristbands so that guests can open their lockers with a wave of their hand......



October 07, 2009

Events - Talk on PCI, UPT and Kiosks

Talk on PCI, UPT and Kiosks at the next KioskCom New York in November. Kirk Nelson with Arcatech and Craig Keefner of KIOSK are the joint speakers....



News from all over - Barcodes

Google celebrates the first patent for bar code and notes the earlier birthday of bar code scanning. Points to IBM as inventor....



October 05, 2009

Self-service kiosks provide convenience, speed in making purchases

Perspective writeup on impact of self-service along with some new IHL numbers...