Tampa deploying smart city kiosks downtown

December 23, 2020

The Tampa Downtown Partnership will install about 30 digital informational kiosks from IKE Smart City of Columbus, Ohio to provide information on local…

Indiana meat producer teams with QuickCollect Solutions on automated grocery pickup

December 23, 2020

Munsee Meats, a Muncie, Indiana meat provider, will allow customers to pick up their orders placed through the company's website at an "Automated Farmers…

Blendid teams with Jamba on robotic smoothie maker in Walmart store

December 2, 2020

Blendid, an autonomous, contactless robotic kiosk that offers fresh smoothies, has teamed with Jamba to introduce a co-branded kiosk at a Walmart in Dixon…

Bakery Express Cake ATMs expand in Canada

November 20, 2020

Carlo's Bakery, a Hoboken, New Jersey-based family bakery, has installed its 14th Bakery Express Cake ATM at Limeridge Mall, Hamilton, Ontario, according to a…

Rapid Prototyping With Neonode Touch Sensor Modules

Neonode is the leader in providing products for Contactless Touch. Using our Touch Sensor Module you can easily retrofit your elevators, kiosks or other…

Contactless Touch – Interaction With Images Floating In-air

Neonode is the leader in providing products for Contactless Touch. Using our Touch Sensor Module you can easily retrofit your elevator control panels, self…

Contactless Touch - a Safer Method for Interaction

Neonode is the leader in providing products for Contactless Touch. Using our Touch Sensor Module you can easily retrofit your elevator control panels, self…

Canada mall operator cited for consumer privacy violations, pulls facial recognition cameras

November 3, 2020

Cadillac Fairview in Toronto — one of North America's largest commercial real estate companies — has removed the embedded cameras inside its digital…

Cannabis vending machines evolve, but face hurdles

November 3, 2020

A new cannabis vending machine, called Anna, has hit the market in Colorado, with other states on the horizon, but the automated dispensers must overcome a…

Coinstar debuts in-store advertising platform for kiosks

October 28, 2020

Coinstar is introducing adPlanet, a digital advertising platform that sits atop Coinstar kiosks in grocery stores, according to a press release.

Albertsons introduces contactless payment for easy checkout

October 22, 2020

Albertsons Companies Inc. has introduced Albertsons Pay, a contactless checkout experience available through its just for U loyalty app. Albertsons Pay…

Prepango to offer travel items via vending machines at Greenville/Spartanburg airport

October 22, 2020

Prepango LLC., an operator of vending machines that carry travel items, will offer travel items produced by brand retailers. in high traffic areas of Concourse…

Iowa meat shop uses vending to offer 24/7 service

October 22, 2020

S&S Meats & Spirits in Osage, Iowa, has made its smoked and fresh products available 24/7 by offering a vending machine, according to a kchanews.com…

Can self-service kiosks offer support in today’s retail conditions?

by Katie Kochelek — Senior Marketing Specialist, Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc.

One day the pandemic will be a memory, but as with most historical events, it’ll leave a wake of change in its path. For retail, this may mean a new lineup of…

Retailers warm to pickup lockers during pandemic

October 16, 2020

Eighty-three percent of retailers using automated pick-up locker solutions cite improved efficiency, according to a survey by Package Concierge, a provider of…

Blendid opens robotic food kiosk at California Walmart

October 15, 2020

Blendid, an autonomous and contactless food automation platform that leverages machine learning, robotics and artificial intelligence to create smoothies, made…

CBD retailer installs AI vending machine at Atlanta airport

October 14, 2020

Chemesis International Inc., a cannabis product development company, has installed its first VICKI artificial intelligence self-checkout solutions machine at…

How to navigate the legal side of touchless technology

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

Many retailers are embracing touchless technology, but they may run into legal issues related to privacy if they don't cover their bases. Attorney Brian…

MLB Flagship Store opens in NYC, features photo booth

October 8, 2020

The MLB Flagship Store opened at 1271 Avenue of the Americas in midtown Manhattan on Friday. "MLB NYC" will be the first permanent MLB retail store in the…

Carvana installs its 26th used car vending machine in Detroit area

October 8, 2020

Carvana, the online used car shopping service that allows customers to pick up their vehicles from a massive vending machine, installed its 26th eight-story…