From Kiosk Industry Preview Unprecedented consumer empowerment is redefining food service: delivery, privacy, personalization, alternative payments, artificial intelligence; stir in new ways to streamline the back of the house, and it’s a full-on innovation inferno. That’s why at MURTEC 2020 we’re giving restaurants an innovation heatmap. The agenda is packed with subject matter experts, and the show floor features 75+… Read More »
CSUN 2020 Conference – Kiosks From CSUN website Feb 2020 KMA at CSUN This March 11th-13th, Vispero will be leading multiple presentations on kiosk accessibility at CSUN’s Annual Accessibility Conference being held in Anaheim, CA. Vispero’s Vice President and subject matter expert Matt Ater, will lead a panel of kiosk accessibility experts on “Lessons Learned from Developing Accessible Kiosks”. The panel will include KMA… Read More »
From Kiosk Industry Feb 2020 Excerpt: Self-Service QSR Kiosks Gaining Popularity Editors Note: Short and concise report on QSR Kiosk market. Nothing on drive-thru kiosks. Quite a few players not included (maybe next time). Example would be reference to McDonalds Times Square Flagship project (see CNBC writeup we published back in May 2019). That is Pyramid Computer out of Germany making… Read More »
Effects of Automation on American Workers Nice article on GQ Magazine Feb 2020 Excerpt: When McDonald’s began experimenting with automated kiosks for customers to place their orders, the company’s former CEO Ed Rensi blamed it on movements to raise the minimum wage. In a 2016 post for Forbes, he crowed, “I told you so. In 2013, when the Fight for… Read More »
Source: Borndigital.com 2/6/2020 and Supermarket News Cashierless now being tested by 7-Eleven at Irving Texas headquarters. 7-Eleven said Wednesday that the 700-square-foot store is only for employees, who first must download an app and sign up. To shop, they use the app to gain entry to the store and then take the items they want and exit. A… Read More »
BOPIS: The future of order fulfillment – Nice article on BOPIS from Smart Brief We met with Cleveron on NRF 2020 and they have quite the portfolio of retail automation especially in BOPIS technology. The Walmart towers are designed by them (manufactured by Bell & Howell). International company. Here in Colorado we used to go to WholeFoods to… Read More »
Nice article PBSNewshour Paul Solman A quarter of the U.S. population is made up of people born from the mid-1990s to around 2010, known as Generation Z. When it comes to making purchases, this group is accustomed to buying online and using credit cards, but less familiar with cash. How does the absence of tangible currency, and the… Read More »
New ADA software released for Windows by Vispero and PacielloGroup JAWS Kiosk by Vispero Vispero®, the world’s leading assistive technology provider for the visually impaired, is excited to announce an addition to the Vispero family: JAWS Kiosk. A collaboration between The Paciello Group (TPG) and the Freedom Scientific brand (owned by Vispero), JAWS Kiosk is focused on delivering accessible kiosk solutions whether… Read More »
Redbox Kiosk News From Engadget 12.10.19 The internet seems to have caught up with the games via Redbox. Xbox subscriptions have cut into the market. Consumers spent $400 million renting DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies in 2019 first quarter according to several sources. Most came at 41,000 Redbox kiosks, which accounted for 61% ($244 million) of spending, up… Read More »
Amazon executive Doug Herrington can sum up the formula for his company’s rapid innovation in ten rules. Herrington, a 1988 Princeton alumnus, shared those rules, along with reflections on his own career journey, during a talk on campus Nov. 30. Students, faculty, staff and community members packed McCormick 101 to hear Herrington, senior vice president for North America retail… Read More »
