Category Archives: Retail Systems

The automated retail industry is one of the two core technology showplaces today (financial Services being #2).

    • Emerging technologies such as robotics, lockers, digital signage, vending and automated vending lead the way.   Amazon and Google revolutionize physical delivery. OuterWall has another great idea (or not).
    • More mature retail technology includes interactive displays, next-generation POS,  mobile interplay, multi-touch, kiosks for self-service, video services, and customer service technology.
    • Companion technologies include ATMs, kiosks, Advanced ATMS,  NFC and thin client.
    • Standards – here we have more regulatory guidelines in play along with more standards than any other industry. PCI, OPOS, JPOS, MPOS,  HIPAA, ADA, UL, CE just to name a few.

pci compliance isn’t enough

PCI compliance is up — but it’s not enough to protect retailers from fraud. Source: nrf.com So you built an 8 foot wall guess what? somebody will build a 10 foot ladder.

Patient Check-in : Clinics in stores, cash-only doctors shake up pricing

The rising cost of health-care, along with higher insurance deductibles and co-pays, is fueling changes in the way medical services are being delivered. Retailers, such as grocery and drugstore chains, who have for years offered in-store Source: www.toledoblade.com In addition to Kroger, retail giants such as Walmart, Target, CVS, and Walgreens have opened clinics in stores, but none… Read More »

Frank Mayer rolls out interactive gaming kiosks – Digital Signage Today

Frank Mayer and Associates Inc. have partnered with game developer Creative Kingdoms to create interactive gaming kiosks for children. Source: www.digitalsignagetoday.com “Working with Frank Mayer and Associates Inc. has really helped us to take our game play to the next level,” Creative Kingdoms Senior Vice President Melissa Blettner said in the release. “With the combination of virtual environments on… Read More »

Schools consider digitized kiosks – Cody Enterprise

Door-sized digital kiosks could be coming to a school near you. Source: www.codyenterprise.com The SkoolLive touch-screen kiosks are “essentially 6-foot tall iPads or cell phones if you will, except you don’t get a call from them,” Kapptie said. “And with that, they are controlled by the school. They are controlled by the district in that sense.”

IBM Watson Analytics helps grind big data in unmanned coffee shops

Honest Café automated shops tap into cloud-powered cognitive computing Source: www.v3.co.uk IBM has worked with Revive Vending to create systems for unmanned coffee shops that tap into the cognitive computing technology of Watson Analytics for data analysis. Three unmanned Honest Café coffee shops are in operation in London, and another four are in the pipeline. The outlets offer… Read More »

Kiosk & Self-Service Advisory Panels – At home At work

I’ve been involved in this industry (kiosk) for way too long. A few years back we added self-service, and it seems the entire world is going that direction.  Yesterday I setup my new Amazon Echo. I am the early adopter techno-gheek running too many operating systems. Turns out though that it works perfectly for my wife who basically despises… Read More »