Amazon check-out free tech powers store experience at Dallas airport

September 28, 2022

Amazon's Just Walk Out technology, a checkout-free experience, is up and running at a concessions store at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.

UK retailer debuts self-service package pickup kiosk

September 22, 2022

The Timpson Group, a U.K. and Irish retailer with a portfolio of more than 2,100 stores, has teamed with Position Imaging Inc., a provider in package logistics…

Grocery self checkout surges faster than many consumers wish

September 20, 2022

Self checkout at the grocery continues to expand due to labor shortages, and many shoppers are not happy about it, according to a report in The Wall Street…

Ways to improve cashierless experiences for today's shoppers

by Michael Jaszczyk — CTO, U.S. CEO, GK Software

With personalized offers, real-time access to information and post-purchase communication, cashierless stores can be sure to create an easy, fast experience…

SOLVING QUICK-SERVE DILEMMAS WITH THE SELF-ORDERING KIOSK

If the ups and downs of the last few years weren’t enough, the current economic climate is presenting new challenges that organizations of all sizes have to…

Love’s Travel Stops launches Jamba by Blendid robotic smoothie kiosk

September 9, 2022

Love's Travel Stops has opened its first Jamba by Blendid autonomous robotic kiosk at the rest area in Williams, California on I-5, Exit 578/Highway 20 just…

Amazon Just Walk Out tech plays starring role in NFL stadium store

September 6, 2022

Amazon's Just Walk Out technology and Amazon One, its payment palm recognizition system, are playing a starring role in a food and beverage store in an NFL…

Hudson delivers frictionless shopping to Colorado airport

September 6, 2022

Hudson Group, a travel experience retail provider with more than 1,000 stores in airports, commuter hubs, landmarks and tourist destinations across North…

THE SMART LOCKER: PAVING A NEW PATH FOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

If the sight of a long checkout line is enough to make you pull a U-turn and head to a new restaurant or store, then you aren’t alone. So what is a smart…

NY arena pioneers Amazon’s ‘On The Fly’ automated retail

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Guests can insert their credit cards at the entry gates. Once inside, anything they take off the shelf is automatically added to their virtual cart. They are…

QuickTrip Tulsa store boasts Amazon Just Walk Out tech

August 22, 2022

The new QuickTrip store in Tulsa, Oklahoma is the first of the convenience retailer's locations to employ Amazon's Just Walk Out technology, a checkout-free…

Aisle 24 cashierless grocery chain expanding in Toronto

August 16, 2022

Aisle 24, a fully-automated, 24/7 cashierless grocery chain based in Toronto, has installed its solution in a location that includes surveillance coverage…

Contactless transactions soared in vending during pandemic

August 15, 2022

Contactless transactions soared during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a joint study by Cantaloupe Inc., a digital payments and software services…

Consumers still wary about touchscreen germs

August 15, 2022

Consumers are still concerned about using public touchscreens due to fears of germ transmission, according to a recent survey. Some are even changing their…

Convenience store launches EV powered store on wheels

August 12, 2022

FamilyMart, a Taiwan convenience store chain, has launched a convenience store on an electric vehicle that offers self checkout, according to a Taiwan News…

Bulk vending machine offers art work in Windsor

August 4, 2022

A bulk vending machine in Windsor, Canada allows patrons to purchase locally commissioned art work, according to a cbc.ca report.

UK supermarket chain deploying reverse vending machines for recycling

August 2, 2022

Iceland Foods Ltd., a Scotland-based supermarket chain with thousands of stores in the U.K., has selected Envipco, a Netherlands-based provider of reverse…

Love’s Travel Stops launching Jamba by Blendid robotic kiosks

July 27, 2022

Blendid, a robotic foodservice solutions provider, and Jamba, a provider of on-the-go freshly blended fruit and vegetable smoothies, made-to-order bowls…

UK retailer teams with Fujifilm on greeting card printing kiosk

July 15, 2022

Scribbler, a U.K. chain of greeting card stores, has teamed up with Fujifilm, a Tokyo based photography technology provider, to offer an instant greetings card…

Airport installs kiosks for automated baggage handling

June 22, 2022

Zurich Airport has integrated an automated baggage handling system to streamline the baggage drop process using 20 self-service kiosks, according to a press…