Kiosks / Self-Service News
U.K. supermarket plans evening class for self-service checkout
June 20, 2014
The manager at the Attleborough branch of U.K. supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is to hold an evening advice and guidance session, with coffee and biscuits, to…
read nowMotorola upgrades mobile personal shopping device
June 12, 2014
Motorola has launched the fifth generation of its MC18 Personal Shopping device, which enables shoppers to scan items in a store and receive offers. Once they…
read nowTesco extending 'Scan-as-you-shop' program to 100 more stores
June 11, 2014
Self-service technology provider Re-Vision has announced that after completing a successful 200-store rollout during 2012–13, Tesco have made the decision to…
read nowChina’s Rainbow Department Store chain pilots self-checkout tech, UK's Tesco trials high-speed self-checkout
May 30, 2014
NCR has won a contract for a self-checkout pilot project from China’s Rainbow Department Store chain, according to a company announcement. After an initial…
read nowCoinstar sweepstakes to celebrate one billionth transaction
May 30, 2014
Coinstar announced it will soon celebrate its one billionth transaction. To date, Coinstar said it has processed 649,963,558,659 coins, weighing approximately…
read nowVandalism forces removal of giant automated convenience store
May 23, 2014
A giant vending machine located on the Omaha side of the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge linking Omaha to Nebraska has been removed after being repeatedly…
read nowNearly one in two U.K. shoppers need help with self-service checkout
May 23, 2014
Nearly one in two U.K. supermarket shoppers say they regularly need help when using self-service checkouts, a survey by independent U.K. market research firm…
read nowTesco store testing new automated checkout scanner
May 21, 2014
Tesco announced that its newest Tesco Extra store in the U.K. city of Lincoln is using a new checkout scanner belt from Datalogic that it says reduces customer…
read nowSainsbury’s store bags more self-service checkouts
May 15, 2014
The Sainsbury’s store in Bath, U.K. has installed more self-service tills as part of a refurbishment, the Bath Chronicle reports. The store, located in Bath’s…
read nowMillennial travelers prefer digital shopping
April 29, 2014
Millennial travelers are willing to spend their money and loyalty points on purchases for ancillary items at self-service kiosk and mobile devices, according…
read nowVersatile Credit introduces tablet-based credit app device for retail
April 16, 2014
Versatile Credit has announced the launch of The Hive, a new countertop kiosk designed to fit in more store environments. Versatile Credit is a business unit…
read nowVillage Vending brings back English village stores
April 9, 2014
Village Vending, a company based in the small historic town of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, U.K., is providing self-service kiosks with the look and feel of…
read nowWincor Nixdorf to use MEI banknote recycling systems in retail checkout lanes
March 21, 2014
Wincor Nixdorf is to use the MEI BNR banknote recycling system in its retail payment terminals.
read nowShopRite grocery chain pilots in-aisle scanning app
February 5, 2014
ShopRite, a grocery chain with stores around Connecticut and New Jersey, has launched a pilot program to test the ShopRite Mobile Scan app, an in-aisle…
read nowKodak extends photo partnership with Bartell Drugs
February 4, 2014
Kodak Alaris announced that it has renewed a multi-year agreement with Bartell Drugs, the oldest family-run drug store chain in the nation. According to the…
read nowPrecision measuring tech for retail checkouts to weigh in at EuroShop
January 27, 2014
METTLER TOLEDO, a manufacturer of precision measuring instruments, will present retail concepts to improve the in-store experience at fresh service counters…
read nowAVT licenses wireless management system to Marley Coffee Automated Stores
January 27, 2014
AVT Inc., a provider of custom vending machines, automated retailing and self-service kiosks, has announced that it has licensed its patented wireless vending…
read nowAmazon quietly rolls out Kindle vending kiosks
January 10, 2014
It appears the king of e-commerce is experimenting with physical retail. According to an article on GeekWire, an Amazon-branded Kindle vending kiosk has been…
read nowAutomated retailing kiosk lands in Detroit
December 31, 2013
AVT Inc. announced that its Utique Shop has deployed in the Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
read nowWalls + Forms introduces wireless retail kiosk
December 10, 2013
Walls + Forms, Inc. announced that it now has a wireless retail kiosk that is designed for cell phone and accessories display. Interchangeable units allow…
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