Apollo Global buys Outerwall for $1.6 bn

By | July 26, 2016

Apollo Global to buy DVD-rental kiosk chain Redbox owner Outerwall for $1.6 bn

Source: www.domain-b.com

Outerwall has more than 40,000 kiosks located in neighborhood grocery stores, drug stores, mass merchants, malls, and other retail locations in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, the UK, and Ireland.

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Craig Allen Keefner is an industry analyst, content strategist, and longtime authority on self-service kiosks, digital signage, unattended payment systems, and interactive technology. He manages content and industry strategy for Kiosk Industry and The Industry Group, with a focus on kiosk software, hardware-software integration, accessibility, payment compliance, healthcare kiosks, restaurant self-service, and emerging AI automation. Craig has covered the self-service and kiosk industry since the 1990s, tracking how public-facing terminals move from concept to field deployment. His work combines industry research, vendor analysis, operator conversations, standards tracking, trade show coverage, and practical experience with the real-world constraints of kiosk deployments. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiosk