Hershey Uses Tech To Get Consumers Down Grocery Aisle
execs from hershey, affectiva and wild blue technologies talked about using tech kiosk to decipher emotion and drive consumer conversions retail Source: adage.com
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Analyst calls ecoATM a failure, Outerwall takes $85.9M impairment charge on electronics kiosk business – GeekWire
EcoATM, a maker of in-store kiosks where shoppers buy used phones, tablets and other electronics, is a failure, according to an analyst who tracks the comp Source: www.geekwire.com
Retail Automation – Carlyle Group invests US$85 million in vending machine operator Ubox to tap China’s evolving e-commerce boom
Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest buyout funds, said on Thursday it will invest US$85 million in Ubox to help expand the Chinese vending machine operator’s network and give consumers a better-quality service. …
Source: www.scmp.com
For several years, Ubox’s customers have been able to shop online via its mobile app and collect their drinks or snacks from its network of interactive vending machines, which now number over 30,000 and are spread across 58 Chinese cities.
Recyclers and ATM Solution Now in Trial
Recycling cash is a retail automation cornerstone. Handling cash is its own cost and needs to be lowered. Article points out new install of ATM with recycler. If you’ve been around the ATM industry during the last several years, you will have heard a lot about cash recycling technology. But if you’ve been around the industry in the… Read More »
The truth about the death of cash
In the US, cash in circulation grew 42% between 2007 and 2012 (Credit: Getty Images) Source: www.bbc.com Read the entire article on bbc.com — It’s tempting to forecast the demise of cash. In fact, people have been predicting the end for physical money for nearly 60 years. With the rise of credit cards, contactless payments and cryptocurrencies like… Read More »
Retail Automation – Jessica Alba Debuts The Honest Co. Airport Kiosk
On the heels of launching a beauty line for The Honest Co., Jessica Alba is further expanding her $1 billion empire with another brilliant business strategy: opening airport kiosks for all those last-minute travel essentials.
Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com
Merchant Acquirers Think the EMV Migration Is a ‘Big Joke’
If you’ve been sifting through your wallet and counting the increasing number of chip-enabled cards you can find in there, you’re probably becoming more and more confident that EMV is finally happening in the U.S. Source: www.paymentssource.com Key basis — According to a DDPR survey of 26 ISOs and acquirers in the first quarter, only 30% had an… Read More »
3 ways wearables transform shop floors
Wearables in manufacturing will transform shop floor activities such as training, safety and transparency, writes Plex Systems’ Jason Prater. Source: diginomica.com
Retail automation – Which local Kroger Co. (KR) stores will offer ClickList online ordering next?
Kroger’s Finneytown store will be the first local non-Marketplace store to offer online ordering.
Source: www.wcpo.com
Kroger about to dive into the online ordering & in-store pickup market.
Bid on RFP – Interactive Kiosk/ATM Solutions in Lakeland | Florida Bid Network
Provide its electric utility with a turn-key solution that is integrated, cohesive, cost effective, and provides its customers with interactive kiosk devices where they can check their account balance and due date, make utility payments via cash,… Source: www.floridabids.net