How digital signage software delivers a personalized customer experience

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator

The modern customer can pull up information instantly on their phones, and retailers and other businesses have struggled to compete for customer's attention.

Best practices, fundamentals for understanding the audience when it comes to digital signage

by Egor Belenkov — CEO, Kitcast

Egor Belenkov, founder and CEO at Kitcast, shares insight on why engaging your customers in digital signage is now easier than ever. But retailers need to ask…

Accenture buys up ?What If!

March 7, 2019

As part of its strategy to help clients reinvent and take an experimentation-focused approach, Accenture is acquiring ?What If!, a U.K.-based innovation firm.

Macy's teams with Perch on interactive platform for fragrance sales

March 6, 2019

Macy's introduced a partnership with Perch, a provider of an interactive platform for interactive retail marketing, for select Macy's locations, according to a…

The Venders refreshes automated retail dispenser

March 4, 2019

The Venders, a provider of kiosks and automated retailing systems, has announced an updated version of its newest innovation, The Cube, a vending…

Podium named to most innovative list for 2019

February 28, 2019

Interaction management platform Podium has landed on Fast Company's annual list of the world's most innovative companies for 2019.

BrightSign teams with Converge Retail for LCD touch displays

February 28, 2019

BrightSign has partnered with Converge Retail to provide Bluefin LCD touch displays with BrightSign's HS123 system-on-a-chip solution for Converge Retail's…

An insider's view of Walmart's digital transformation

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Jeremy King, Walmart's executive vice president and chief technology officer, offered insight during the NRF show on how the company formulates its technology…

Samsonite taps Cappasity tech for enhanced online product viewing

February 21, 2019

Samsonite is using Cappasity technology to provide shoppers and customers an enhanced view of its online products via 3D visualization.

Kibo aims to boost retail solutions with Certona acquisition

February 21, 2019

Kibo, a cloud commerce company, is acquiring Certona, a real time omnichannel personalization provider, in a quest to offer retailers a more powerful set of…

Vend taps Epson printer for retail POS

February 20, 2019

Vend, a cloud-based POS and retail management software provider, has adopted the Epson TM-m30 compact receipt printer to help retail clients deploy more…

Walmart launching VR experience tied to DreamWorks film

February 20, 2019

Walmart will soon be setting up 50-foot tractor trailers that will be home to a virtual reality experience involving DreamWorks' "How to Train Your Dragon…

The biggest threat facing brands today

Roger Bannister, business development director at Timico, outlines why retailers and brands must enhance the user experience using digital transformation…

5G is here and promises to revolutionize retail

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

5G technology promises to make it easier for retailers to access cloud technology, and to enable faster development of both business and consumer services.

Symphony CPG|AI names chief product officer, analytics leader

February 18, 2019

Adeel Najmi has been named chief product officer and Rahu Bhattacharya has been tapped as chief analytics officer for Symphony CPG/AI, which provides revenue…

Experiences consumers want versus data retailers need; what's ahead?

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Customer relationship strategies are impacted by more devices, more data, more category disrupting innovation and deeper customer relationships. Retailers need…

4 tips for training associates on a POS solution

Saleem Khatri, Lavu CEO, offers up four tips for teaching staff how to use a point-of-sale system and get them on the right track from the very start.

Omnichannel a prime focus this year, reveals report

February 15, 2019

Sixty-seven percent of retailers are all about omnichannel this year and 50 percent view a mobile shopping app as a top priority, according to a Shopgate…

Appriss Retail enjoys record growth achievement

February 14, 2019

The year 2018 was one of robust sales for Appriss Retail which hit record growth with 16 retailer contracts.

Cleveland switches out wayfinding kiosks for digital signage, Wi-Fi kiosks

February 14, 2019

Kiosks offering free Wi-Fi, wayfinding services, transportation information and advertising will replace existing wayfinding kiosks in Cleveland, according to…