Google Chrome will now support managed public sessions
Continue reading Google readies Chrome OS for all comers at the kiosk.
CORONA, Calif., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AVT, Inc. (OTC Markets: AVTC) (www.autoretail.com),
a technology leader in developing automated retailing systems,
customized kiosks and micro-stores, announced that they have entered
into a 10-year exclusive licensing agreement with Utique, Inc. - a San Francisco based innovator of retail automation technologies and operator of U*tique Shop automated stores.
Continue reading AVT and Utique, Inc. Enter into 10-Year Exclusive Partnership.
Google c
ontinues to move beyond Internet search in the San Francisco area with a pilot program called Google Shopping Express. The project allows local residents to order items from participating retailers, including Toys "R" Us, Target, Walgreens, Staples, American Eagle Outfitters, Nob Hill Foods, Blue Bottle Coffee and more as well as items from multiple stores.
Continue reading Google's Same-Day Delivery Pilot A Shot at Amazon?.
Online retailers Walmart.com and Amazon.com are looking to extend their reach by putting delivery lockers in drugstores and convenience stores, and in chain stores like Staples, to meet customers' demands for faster access to online orders.
Continue reading Can retailers sell delivery lockers idea?.
New Coi
nstar Chief Executive Scott Di Valerio takes over the Bellevue-based company amid tough questions on Wall Street: Is Coinstar's all-important Redbox movie DVD business past its prime? And can its new Rubi coffee-vending machines succeed where others have failed?
Continue reading For Coinstar CEO, no time to ease into new job.
April 8, 2013 - Ensuring package control through order placement, shipping, delivery, and notification to purchaser as well as shipper, parcel delivery system employs combination of bar code tracking, cellular technologies, RFID master access, and texting or emailing. System is specifically designed to meet needs of retailers and internet companies that deal with delivery of products through central pick up point.
Continue reading Parcel Delivery System features fully automated operation.
"LEID Products' iLibrary System is an innovative approach to extending library hours and accessibility," said Sam Hoff, president, LEID Products. "The libraries of Kentucky have already recognized benefits of using LEID's self-service solutions. Seven library districts in the state have installed our systems in multiple locations to provide better access to library materials for their patrons."
NEW YORK -- Shares of Best Buy rose 16 percent Thursday after it announced plans to create store-
within-store kiosks for Samsung products - a vote of confidence from a major consumer electronics retailer that the brick-and-mortar format is still an important way to sell products.
Continue reading Samsung kiosk plan pumps up Best Buy stock.
Here they come...Amazon already has 2 day, then Google goes same day. Now Google adopts Amazon's escalation into lockers and substation delivery. There might be hope for our post offices after all
Using hundreds of autonomous mobile robots and sophisticated control software, the Kiva Mobile-robotic Fulfillment System enables extremely fast cycle times with reduced labor requirements, from receiving to picking to shipping.
Continue reading Company Profile - KIVA Systems.
(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc , facing growing competition for quick delivery of physical goods from online retailers like Amazon.com Inc , said on Tuesday it would start using its stores to get Internet orders to customers faster.
While Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer by overall sales, on the Internet its revenue is a small fraction of Amazon's, adding some urgency to its e-commerce efforts.
Continue reading Wal-Mart steps up its online game with help from stores.
Continue reading Walmart Review - Fewer employees really means more growth & profit?.
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) -- Vending machines are commonly known for dispensing snacks and sodas, but machines dispensing medical marijuana have created a buzz among California dispensaries. Over 800 items per Autospense machines. For sale or lease. San Diego is next. $60K per machine.
De
veloping a "next generation fulfillment network" will be one of Walmart's key global priorities for this year, along with investing in a global e-commerce platform that will provide the world's largest retailer with common digital technology in multiple countries.
Walmart Supercenter sign (Photo credit: Ron Dauphin)
Continue reading Walmart Will Use Stores Plus Fulfillment Centers for Next-Gen Network.
SoloHealth's stations, slated to be in 2,500 Walmarts and Sam's Clubs next month, to video consultations with doctors, to sma
rtphone apps that track blood pressure and heart rate, consumer health technology is attracting big-name backers such as retailer Walmart,
PharmaSmart in Rochester, NY releases whitepaper on blood pressure compliance with AAMI/ISO. Video details the features. Currently serves 6,000 locations and the study details over 8 million readings.
The battle between Walmart and SuperCenters against Amazon and its Web escalate. How they mitigate the advantages of each other, how quickly and effectively is the question to be answered.
Continue reading Wal-Mart Anxious to Combat Amazon's Lead in Web Vendors.
Article highlighting Bsquare lead developer for Intel and multiple intelligent vending products.
NEW YORK CITY -- Intel Corp. showed a few of the developments in its "intelligent vending" initiative during this year's National Retail Federation trade show here. Also on display were concepts that might be as applicable to micromarket operators as to any other sort of retailer. Intel's work with international coffeehouse titan Costa Coffee (Dunstable, UK) was a center of attention at the show, which took place Jan. 13-16.
Great article from Vending Times on Intel and Next Generation 
Vending.
Last weekend, at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto, toy car makers Hot Wheels, together with Chevrolet Canada and marketing firm TrojanOne, displayed Canada's first Twitter-activated promotional vending machine - aptly called "The Hot Wheels Camaro-matic Trending Machine." By tweeting the correct hash-tag, it dispensed free (if small) Camaro's to attendees.
The new system involves a touch-screen kiosk, which people use to indicate whether they are renewing tags or getting title work done. The kiosk then prints out a ticket, which is reflected on a large screen situated above the kiosk. The screen shows, with updates every five seconds, the tickets' expected waiting time.
Continue reading Treasurer's office launches automated system Take A Number.
PROVO, UT -- Newcomer AirVend, based here, is offering a touchscreen solution for vending machines. It is designed to enhance the POS experience and ease compliance with government product content disclosure rules.
Continue reading New Company Offers AirVend Touchscreen Interface For Vending Machines.
Walmart has expanded its use of the "Scan & Go" iPhone app from a
single-store test to 40 locations in the Denver area. Shoppers who
download the app can scan items with their phones as they walk the
aisles of the store. When they're finished, they select "done shopping"
and the app creates a unique QR code that is read at a self-checkout
station where the customer chooses a payment option to complete the
transaction, according to published reports.
Continue reading Walmart Expands iPhone-Based Self-Checkout to 40 Denver Stores.
OfficeMax Incorporated and Office Depot Inc. have entered a
definitive merger agreement under which the companies will combine in an
all-stock merger. The transaction was unanimously approved by the Board
of Directors of both companies and will create a stronger, more
efficient global provider better able to compete in the rapidly changing
office solutions industry. Customers will benefit from enhanced
offerings across multiple distribution channels and geographies.
Continue reading Office Depot and OfficeMax Merge to Create $18B Company.
The kiosks work like vending machines, or like the DVD lending dispensers at grocery stores. A student who wants to check out a laptop - or whatever device the university is offering - navigates a touch screen that authenticates the student's identity and then dispenses a charged machine.
Continue reading Dispensing Computers.
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The library wants to earmark $99,500 in its upcoming budget to purchase three laptop lending kiosks that would boost the number of available computers and remove the human element from the current system where librarians check out portable computers to patrons for inside use. The kiosk pilot program would start in July if the funds are approved.
Continue reading S.F. library eyes laptop-lending kiosks.
Best Buy Express offers more than 60 product skus including headphones, chargers, MP3 players, iPods, travel adaptors, tablets and more. As new products are introduced into the stores and online, they are also brought into Best Buy Express machines to ensure customers and travellers have the best, most up-to-date technology options.
Continue reading Best Buy automated retail now in Vancouver airport.
Drexel University vending machines dispense Macbooks to students
Continue reading University Installs Vending Machine That Dispenses Macbooks.
New iPad solutions for POS and Retail have a nice look.
Continue reading Griffin Unveils new kiosk retail POS solutions for iPad.
Manhattan NY article on iPad & tablet rental. That concept has been explored before based in airports and other high footfall traffic areas. Here is photo of Powerport unit built five years ago for precisely that..(ipad laptop rental). Click to enlarge the image.
Continue reading Public Kiosks Lockers for IPads & Tablet rental borrow..
From Fox Business News -- EcoATM founder Mark Bowles weighs in on his kiosk business.
Kiosks Give Cash for Your Cell Phone
3:14 - Ecoatm founder Mark Bowles weighs in on his kiosk business.
Continue reading Interview with Mark Bowles of ecoATM.
New marijuana autoretail automated retail dispensing machine come to Washington and soon Colorado. Stock price of company thru the roof.
Continue reading Marijuana Vending Machine Manufacturer Medbox Wants To Go Mainstream.
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Continue reading AVT, Intel team to transform intelligent vending.
One of our intrepid reports caught a shot of this.
Continue reading In The Field - Proactiv Skincare solutions vending.
Showcasing BACS Asset Management System Including Kiosk and Electronic Lockers used to Provide Paramount Security, Management, and Tracking for Critical Inventory.
New solution for enabling customers to pickup merchandise at remote locations. Consumers use their mobile phone and/or RFID membership cards to authenticate
Continue reading Mobile Package Pickup Locker Solutions at NRF 2013.
ATLANTA, Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- InComm, a leading prepaid product and transaction services company, today announced an agreement with SMV to become the sole distributor of electronic gift cards for the loyalty and rewards programs managed by SkyMall. Consumers of these programs will now have the option to select electronic card delivery in addition to physical plastic cards when redeeming reward points, allowing them to access the value of the card via email within hours. Consumers can then redeem their gift cards instantly online or print them out and use in-store.
Supply chain directors need an innovative mindset to meet the challenges posed by the multichannel retail landscape.
Continue reading Analysis: The future of supply chain solutions.
Interview with John Belcher of ARINC. Belcher is charting ARINC's next moves, which will be primarily aimed at the commercial travel industry. On Tuesday, ARINC's parent company, The Carlyle Group, agreed to sell ARINC's Defense Systems Engineering and Support division to Booz Allen Hamilton for $154 million.
Continue reading ARINC CEO ready for growth.
When the student stops for a drink, the RFID tag at the bottom of the 20-ounce, insulated bottle is swiped on a reader, a personal identification number is entered and the bottle is cleaned and filled with purified chilled water, or simply filled.
Continue reading Free water makes a hit on college campus.
SEOUL, KOREA - Since Steve Jobs first unveiled Internet-based smartphones that integrated music, video, a camera, computer, and even GPS navigator, few would deny that the convergence of mobile devices have brought about a paradigm shift in the way we work and live. You may wonder now what will come next following the smart society. Se-kyong Song, CEO of Future Robot is confident that we will be moving into the robotics era, where human and robots co-exist, over the course of the next decades. "When it comes to the potential of robot convergence, it cannot be compared to smartphones. As almost all electronics can be integrated into robotics with human-robot interaction (HRI) technologies, the convergence is essentially limitless."
Continue reading FURO - Intelligent and Interactive Robot.
Continue reading Rite Aid opens "next generation" Wellness store .
The 'Quote Vendor' is a concept by Taiwanese designer Alice Wang that applies the idea of a vending machine to writing. Quotes are assembled in categories like types of snack foods and people can choose one of the plastic bottles and open it up for a surprise quote.
Continue reading Inspirational Vending Machine Sells Quotations.
The i
nitial deal for kiosks is set at 5,000 units around the country. Coinstar believes it is possible to expand to 15,000 nationwide, if the initial launch is a success. Machines will be found at drug stores and big box retailers, with an emphasis on stores that do not already have a coffee store inside. Safeway (SWY), the number two grocery chain, has already signed up for more than 50 kiosks. Safeway is betting on the kiosks, even though its units have Starbucks locations inside.
Continue reading Coinstar Has Two New Kiosks You Need To Know About.
Boulder-based minuteKEY, a maker of self-service machines to copy house keys, has raised an additional $10 million in funding, according to documents filed Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Continue reading Boulder key machine maker minuteKEY raises $10M.
Two of the market leaders in kiosks and digital services have just announced a merger of their operations to create a new force in the European market, providing customers with an unrivalled product and service offer. Retec Digital PLC and NeoProducts (UK) Ltd will both benefit from increased scale and synergies, and consolidate their respective positions in the industry.
Continue reading Major new force in the European Kiosk Market.
When the city of Plano installed an automatic payment kiosk at City Hall in 2008, it hoped the new technology would allow people to quickly and easily pay their utility bills without having to leave their vehicles.
Continue reading Utility bill payment changes approved.
AT
LANTA, Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SoloHealth®, a consumer-driven healthcare technology company, and Sam's Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., announced today that the SoloHealth Station® kiosk will begin to rollout this week in Sam's Club locations nationwide, making Sam's Club the first warehouse club retailer to install the kiosks.
Continue reading SoloHealth Stations to Rollout in Sam's Club Locations Nationwide.
By November, Tennessee residents needing to renew or replace their driver's licenses could be going to their local library, police precinct or county clerk's office and using a self-service kiosk instead of one of the driver service centers.
Continue reading Tennessee DMV to deploy self-service kiosks.
Continue reading Hubway bike rental kiosks installed at UMass campus, JFK-UMass station.
Visit the right British restaurants and you might assume so. This evening, you could eat at Piccolino and scan QR codes on the menu to find out more about the dishes, self-order at London's Inamo using its touch-screen e-tables, and use an app to settle your bill online at Pizza Express. All of which will minimise your interaction with actual real-life waiting staff.
Continue reading Rise of the Automatic Robot Restaurant.
10,000 Square-Foot Space Showcases What Consumers Can Do With AT&T Products, Innovations and Wireless Technology
Continue reading AT&T Opens Flagship Retail Store on Chicago's Famed Magnificent Mile.
As on
line shopping grows, UK retailer tests a 'multichannel' approach, using touchscreens and Wi-Fi at a massive new concept store.
Continue reading Marks & Spencer Make It Easy In-Store.
LAS VEGAS--Airlines are laying the groundwork for the next big step in the increasingly automated airport experience: a trip from the curb to the plane without interacting with a single airline employee.
Continue reading The Self-Service Airport.
If you have heard or read the news of late it has been all over that the FDA is considering making certain drugs available over the counter that are now prescription only.
Continue reading FDA Considering Digitally Driven Kiosks.
SoloHealth, which operates interactive screening kiosks in retail pharmacy locations, announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its new SoloHealth Station, which provides advertising opportunities in addition to its consumer health functions.
Continue reading Medication-dispensing kiosks and Pharmalogic.
Continue reading Document shredding become next Coinstar?.
Continue reading IKEA and NCR Self-Checkout Turbelence.
Add one more startup to the hopefuls looking to corner the market for location-aware offers for shoppers: Swirl Networks today exits stealth mode with a website and free iOS app to help people find the best fashion deals closest to them, lead them to physical stores to make purchases, and then share that experience with others.
Continue reading Showrooming - New Twist on Personal Mobile Shopping.
Fresh Healthy Vending Launches Innovative Self-Serve Vending Concept
BOONE, N.C., June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ECR Software Corporation (ECRS) has again been recognized with the Vity Award for Best Computerized Point of Sale System. Vity Awards are given annually by Vitamin Retailer magazine to the top products and services in the Natural Products/Health industry as selected directly by retailers. ECRS is the leading supplier of retail automation to merchants in this vibrant, growing industry.
KIOSK Information Systems of Louisville has teamed up with Denver-based ink distribution company Legacy Imaging to launch a new automated retail kiosk. The new kiosk, called InkSpot, offers consumers "convenience and savings" when it comes to buying ink cartridges for their printers, said Legacy Imaging Vice President Michael Frothingham. The system is installed at McGuckens in Boulder.
Continue reading Louisville firm's InkSpot dish out printer cartridges.
The Nation
al Retail Federation announced that Tom Litchford, a retail technology veteran that has held positions at Microsoft Corporation and NCR, will join NRF as the association's new vice president of retail technologies.
Continue reading People in the News - Litchford Joins NRF as VP.
Continue reading KAL unveils cashless ATM.
CORONA, CA -- AVT Inc. announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has approved its application for a patent that relates to wireless networks for vending machines.
Patent No. 8,191,779 B2 was issued for AVT-developed technology regarding a unique wireless system designed to manage a network of remote vending machines. AVT's patented technology employs graphical touchscreen user interfaces, which can include means for paying for items vended and a two-way wireless network to connect an enterprise control center with remote vending machines.
KIOSK Information Systems (KIOSK) will be featuring their new StoreBOT™ Automated Retail Platform at the NRF Loss 
Prevention Conference in New Orleans June 20th - 21st at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (Booth #1731). The solution provides a fully automated consumer sales transaction with secure product category lockdown and real-time inventory intelligence. Also the GiftWise turnkey gift card solution from Self ServiceNetworks.
Prevention Conference in New Orleans June 20th - 21st at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (Booth #1731). The solution provides a fully automated consumer sales transaction with secure product category lockdown and real-time inventory intelligence. Also the GiftWise turnkey gift card solution from Self ServiceNetworks.
AVT reports income up this quarter. Net income $3.5M for quarter with margin of 60%.
Continue reading AVT Reports Dramatic Revenue, Income Improvement In First Quarter.
Continue reading Extended Store Automated food ordering and pickup in car .
This week's print edition of the Puget Sound Business Journal checks in on Coinstar (subscription required), the Seattle-based company that started with coin-counting vending machines and is now best known for its Redbox DVD rental kiosks.
Continue reading Coinstar's new kiosks: From fancy photo booths to phone recycling.
Write up on MinuteKey soon to be in Lowes, Costco, and Walmart. Minutekey is led by Randall Fagundo ex-Sugar Loaf/Coinstar.
Continue reading MinuteKey kiosk duplicates your keys.
Continue reading IKEA tracks customer loyalty.
How
legacy IT systems are hindering and preventing JC Penney from making strategic changes,
Continue reading JCPenney COO Calls Legacy IT Systems Major Hurdle in Turnaround Efforts.
NC
R Express Key kiosk to let guests who check in online or via mobile device bypass registration to obtain room key.
Continue reading NCR Launches 'Key' to Seamless Hotel Check-in.
Mike Lee is long time executive director of the ATMIA (ATM Industry Association) and they publish Future Trends. One of the recurring topics is the prospects and usage of cash. Cash has been declared dead many times but reality seems to always win out over potential technology fascinations.
Continue reading Cash -- the prospects according to Mike Lee of ATMIA.
Nice article from Wall Street Journal on anticipated bank upgrades to all types of do it yourself services.
Continue reading Banks Join the Do-It-Yourself Craze.
Lots of automatic coffee makers but this is self-service robotics handling all of the ordering, creation, and delivery of the product. Includes a nice video.
Continue reading Automation Comes To The Coffeehouse With Robotic Baristas.
DULUTH, Ga., May 07, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NCR Corporation NCR +0.22% today announced the launch of NCR Customer Voice, a web-based customer loyalty, retention and referral tool that enables operators to monitor customer satisfaction, deal with any dissatisfaction immediately and turn happy customers into brand ambassadors using social media channels.
OMAHA, Neb., May 07, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Many attendees of this weekend's Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting saw something they'd never seen before: a complete retail store in just 2 sq. ft. of floor space. In contrast to the usual large booths selling products made by Berkshire-owned brands. Richline Group, a Berkshire Hathaway-owned jewelry manufacturer, employed the Vigix vending kiosk to sell commemorative, gold and silver coins, pendants, and money clips. Sales were strong throughout the meeting, achieving an annualized sales per square foot of more than $1,125,000.
Continue reading Vigix Vending Kiosk Debuts at Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting.
Tar
get CEO takes aim at Amazon in latest showrooming skirmish.
Continue reading Target Tosses Amazon Kindle in Latest Showrooming Salvo.
Wher
eas the majority of EMV hardware demand will be driven by the April 2015 deadline, when merchants must upgrade their payment solutions and card issuers will move to EMV-capable cards, VDC expects the preceding 2013 directive--which affects only acquiring banks, not merchants or card issuers--to have relatively little impact on the EMV hardware market.
Continue reading US EMV Migration...Opportunity Abounds, but Will it be Fulfilled?.
Interview by Fast Company of NCR on Square. Play nice...
Continue reading Square Vs. NCR: Disruptive Innovation In Action.
Big Blue sheds another hardware biz (while keeping 20% stake). Toshiba becomes the new dominant player.
Continue reading Toshiba gobbles IBM's POS biz for $850m..
Continue reading IBM - Commentary from Cringely.
DULUTH, Ga., Apr 19, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NCR Corporation NCR +4.49% today launched an expanded suite of digital signage, kiosk and managed services that have been tailored to the community banks and credit union market. The solutions are being made available via NCR solution partners who are part of the NCR Interact Global Partner Program in select geographies.
Solar-powered. Wireless. Data-driven. You might not think of these terms when describing waste collection, but this traditionally low-tech field is about to become less dirty and more digital thanks to a new program at UW.
Continue reading UW introduces 'intelligent' kiosks for composting, recycling, garbage.
LAS VEGAS -- 365 Retail Markets has won a gold iSpot Innovation Award in the kiosk category for its second-generation SmartHub Gen II self-checkout kiosk. The company will be among the innovators honored at next week's National Automatic Merchandising Association OneShow here.
Continue reading 365 Retail Markets Wins Gold, Announces Micromarket Giveaway.
CHARLOTTE, NC -- Canteen Vending Services, a division of Compass Group North America, has acquired the vending and dining operations of CL Swanson Corp.
Continue reading Canteen Vending Acquires CL Swanson's Vending And Dining Business.
"Today, we have eight seed businesses with domain managers for each seed," said Paul Davis, Coinstar's chief executive. "We pay the domain managers like at a venture capital firm: They get a percentage of the value they create. We tell them, 'It's high risk, high reward.'"
Continue reading Coinstar Plants Entrepreneurial Seeds To Keep Growing.
Thanks to the good people at POP Online for highlighting Kiosk Industry Group awards handed out at CETW in San Francisco. POPonline is great resource and we welcome them to our network.
Continue reading Resource Point of Purchase Online Network.
Chicago enters into a contract with Portland, Oregon-based Alta Bicycle Share, Inc. to run the city's first major bike sharing system with 3,000 bikes at 300 stations, slated to launch in September. Another 1,000 bikes at 100 kiosks will be added next year.
Continue reading Alta Win Bikeshare in Chicago 400 stations.
WATERLOO -- What started out as an idea for solving the annoying problem of having to be home for parcel pickups has evolved into a high-tech delivery business that is ready to roll out in big cities.
Continue reading BufferBox is ready to deliver the goods.
Im
agine a kiosk inside a Macy's Inc store that pulls up customer reviews and lets shoppers pay on the spot, or an electronic concierge in the cosmetics section that can recommend skin care products across brands in the store that can best help with a blemish.
Continue reading Macy's CEO sees stores borrowing ideas from online.
You may have used self-checkout stations at grocery stores and supermarkets, do-it-yourself retailers like IKEA, Lowe's and Home Depot, CVS Pharmacy, and even to borrow books from your local public library. Designed to expedite service for shoppers with just a few items, to manage checkout queues with limited staff on hand, or simply to add a self-service option for customers who prefer it, these self-checkout solutions have been around for a decade or more.
Continue reading Self-Checkout Footprints Get Smaller For Retail.
Self-checkouts are supposed to save retailers in labor costs, because they do not need a cashier and, theoretically, the customer can do the checking out him or herself. But some retailers are finding that they may be costing more than they save, as incidents of customer theft grow
Continue reading Self-Checkout, Too Easy to Steal?.
