NRF 2023 Preview See our local page here on NRF 2023 as well as our portal page on NRF The Kiosk Association is again exhibiting at NRF 2023 in New York. Here are some preliminary items. Our portal page on NRF Click for full size Jan. 14: Opening Party | Jan. 15-17: Conference & Expo Location: Jacob K. Javits Convention… Read More »
Kiosk Mode Recently there was a large RFP for kiosk enclosures (at a federal cemetery). The procuring office indicated that no computers would be required as they had existing stock of some older Dell laptops. The laptops run Windows 7 (consumer edition). Deploying self-service computers with an unsupported (and often hacked) operating system in order to save $20… Read More »
POS Kiosk and Terminal Companies The POS kiosk faces the customer. The POS terminal is generally employee-facing though double-sided is now facing customers. It is hardware and software. It is transactional but it can also be informational. Consider digital menus and messaging, for example, digital advertising and branding. Simply put — Point-of-sale (POS) systems are all types of… Read More »
Kiosk News Articles Couple of new articles out there mainly pointing to Labor Shortage as a prominent driver for self-order kiosks. Excerpt From Mondelez Foodservice operators may be feasting on opportunities as the pandemic retreats, but economic challenges persist. One of the toughest to swallow is the labor shortage. September was ripe with a robust harvest of hiring… Read More »
NASA Ticketing Kiosks Video – Double Vision Screen Terminal Wow. Been a long long time since we’ve seen stacked double screens in a ticketing kiosk. Usually, it’s an overhead attractor but this is a new design iteration that makes the old overhead attractor iteration look rudimentary. Worth noting too that the top screen is independently controlled via BrightSign.… Read More »
NRF 2023 Also covered for this “NRx” tradeshow — include 22Miles, BurgerFi, Cosmopolitan, Wendys POS, Menu Boards, WelcomeWare and Elotouch — Here is link to NRF page. The NRF (National Retail Federation) show, known as “Retail’s Big Show,” is a premier event held annually in New York City. It brings together the retail industry’s biggest names, innovators, and… Read More »
Grocery Self Checkout & Accessibility by Food Institute. Includes comments from Toshiba, Storm Interface and also Kiosk Association. One distinction that we like to make is that self-checkout at grocery stores is closely aligned with Point of Sale terminals and in fact are truly just hybrid customer-facing POS terminals or platforms. You can see on the Toshiba site… Read More »
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 16, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Olea Kiosks®, Inc., the premier provider of innovative self-service kiosk solutions, is proud to welcome industry veteran Michael Tulloch to its team as Director of Solution Sales. In this role, Tulloch will be responsible for growing the business in Access Control and Transportation. With his ability to build strategic relationships,… Read More »
Kiosk Software Development Platform News New functions from Intuiface no-code development platform which now includes Raspberry Pi. One of Intuiface’s claims to fame is its breadth of Player’s operating system support. For a refresher, those platforms are Windows, Android, iPadOS, BrightSign, ChromeOS, Samsung Tizen, and LG webOS. From Intuiface blog December 2022 December 2022 – New Features for… Read More »
JAWS ADA for Kiosk screen reader available for Android Kiosks Editors Note — big announcement from Vispero/TPGi on the availability of Android software for ADA assistive (Android screen reader). Android has been lacking a good ADA accessibility solution and no surprise Vispero delivers one first. You can see JAWS for Kiosk at NRF in January at booth 1602.… Read More »
POS Clover Order Kiosk ROI POS Clover case study on customer order kiosks’ positive impact on a relatively small retail shop. Most of us like to think in terms of 14,000 kiosks at Mcdonald’s and relegate small businesses to the footnotes. It’s a challenge aggregating tens of thousands of SMBs literally and dealing with an overall number literally… Read More »
Point of Sale Accessibility & Ingenico From POSRFP.com Update on Ingenico Accessibility Options Video link on LinkedIn of Ingenico’s strategy for visually impaired consumers for payment terminals without a physical pin pad. Basically Ingenico is developing a plastic grid overlay that could be put on the terminal that could be used with text-to-speech prompts. The plastic grid overlay… Read More »
Receptionist Kiosk Case Study Case study on: better utilization of employees, despite location Avoiding the hiring and vetting process for a new employee Not having to go thru the process of training a new employee instead of utilizing exceptional employee already in the role For more information and to download case study visit WelcomeWare. The Situation Businesses everywhere… Read More »
Disabled Shoppers Struggle With Inaccessible Self-Checkouts Dec 1, 2022 – New article from Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on inaccessible self-checkouts. Blind people, wheelchair users and others say the design of typical self-service machines prevents them from shopping independently. By Katie Deighton — we continue to see major media taking the “increase our viewership” tactic by less than accurate… Read More »
