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 »
BroadSign digital signage software will power kiosks in 200 university locations. Source: www.digitalsignageconnection.com
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 »
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.”
As consumers continue to gravitate toward using computers, tablets, and mobile devices to complete a retail transaction, it is more important than ever for retailers to develop an “omnichannel” shopping strategy that integrates the online and offline experiences – a combination of “bricks and clicks.” Source: www.olea.com
Today’s customer service is becoming increasingly digital—35 percent of interactions now take place on digital channels. In response, more and more businesses are providing support across a varie… Source: www.business2community.com
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 »
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 »
IHL, which tracks retail payment trends, has slammed EMV in a recent report, calling it “a colossal waste of time, effort and capital to the retail industry.” Source: www.paymentssource.com Major holdup for EMV is that the banks are going to charge more per transaction to do EMV. That’s a break in tradition where usually the more secure transaction… Read More »
U.S.-based payment processor Total System Services (TSYS) has launched a service called Chip Card on Demand that provides issuers the option to add EMV chips to compatible magstripe cards during the production process. Source: www.paymentssource.com
