The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act recently signed into law includes multiple provisions which encourage businesses to invest in kiosk financing, self-service and automated technology equipment in the 2018 tax year. These include:
Immediate Expensing
100% immediate expensing (bonus depreciation) is available for certain business expenses including machinery and equipment and qualified improvement property acquired and placed in service after
September 27, 2017. The provision applies to both new and used property. The 100% expensing is available through 2022, after which it begins phasing out by 20% per year. Bonus Depreciation is useful to very large businesses spending more than the Section 179 Spending Cap (currently $2,500,000) on new capital equipment.
Enhanced Section 179 Deduction and Depreciation
The popular Section 179 deduction has been increased from
$500,000 to $1 million with the phase-out limitation increasing from $2 million to $2.5 million for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017. These amounts are indexed for inflation for years beginning after 2018. All businesses that purchase, finance, and/or lease less than $2,500,000 in new or used business equipment during tax year 2018 qualify for the Section 179 Deduction.
What this means for buyers of kiosks and other self-service technology equipment: There has never been a better time to invest in kiosks and self-service technology.
Buyers can write off 100% of the solution’s cost in the tax year of purchase. Additionally, if they elect to finance the purchase, they can pay for it over multiple years.
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Other restaurant groups—including Irvine-based Yogurtland—have looked at the meal segment as well, as a way to get more customers through the door while morning-intensive chains such as Starbucks Corp. made a mirror-image bid to bring customers back for lunch.
Bendel also told analysts the burger house will develop a mobile app to “allow our customers to skip the line and place their order from their mobile phones or tablets,” in a move that also brings Habit in-line with other chains.
Habit is also “developing a self-ordering kiosk to promote speed of service [and alleviate] cashier labor.”
First Ever Border Control Kiosks Installed on Passenger Cruise Ship
Richmond, B.C., January 26, 2018: Today, Vancouver International Airport’s (YVR) Innovative Travel Solutions (ITS) and Ferries del Caribe celebrated the installation of two BorderXpress kiosks onboard its cruise ship, the MV Kydon. This marks a milestone for the industry as Ferries del Caribe becomes the first-ever cruise operator in the world to install border control kiosks onboard a cruise ship or ferry.
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Today’s announcement follows a five-month pilot program using two BorderXpress Automated Passport Control (APC) enabled kiosks. The pilot program illustrated the effectiveness of BorderXpress kiosks in expediting passenger processing, while also improving the overall passenger experience by streamlining and simplifying the border clearance process without compromising safety.
“Today marks a momentous occasion for the cruise ship industry, and we are proud that our line of BorderXpress self-serve kiosks were chosen as part of this industry first,” said Chris Gilliland, Director of ITS, Vancouver Airport Authority. “No matter where they are implemented, BorderXpress kiosks enable immigration officers to process more passengers per hour, reduce passenger wait times and overall operating costs, and free up border officers to focus on security, intelligence and enforcement activities.”
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Ferries del Caribe’s MV Kydon offers services from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The BorderXpress kiosks can be utilized by U.S. citizens, U.S. legal permanent residents, Canadian citizens, travelers utilizing ESTA (Visa Waiver Program), and travelers entering with a B1/B2 or D visa.
“This is a celebratory day for Ferries del Caribe as we become the first in the world to install border control kiosks onboard a passenger ship,” said Néstor González García, President of Ferries del Caribe. “We’re delighted to partner with Innovative Travel Solutions to implement the BorderXpress kiosks, which allow us to modernize our border clearance process and ensure our passengers have an enjoyable and seamless experience on their trip with us.”
A major differentiator between border control kiosks installed at airports and onboard passenger ships is that the cruise ship kiosks can connect via satellite with secured segregated VLAN for kiosk communication. Passengers using BorderXpress complete their customs declaration onscreen and scan their passport at the kiosk which then sends their encrypted information to a border control agency that returns a government response in seconds. A receipt is then printed from the kiosk which the traveller takes to a border services agent who verifies the document and makes the final approval to allow a traveller into the country.
“At YVR, innovation is key to our success. We continue to bring our technology innovations to market to help improve the overall passenger experience, whether it is for air travel or sea travel,” said Gilliland.
More than 1,300 BorderXpress kiosks are currently in use at 39 airport and seaport locations. As of December 2017, BorderXpress kiosks have processed over 160 million passengers in 36 languages.
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That’s a belief driving the startup Bite, which creates facial recognition kiosks for quick service restaurants (QSRs). Using a combination of iPads, proprietary software and machine learning, Bite’s tablet kiosks can recognize your face to unlock loyalty programs, bring up food preferences and provide opportunities for restaurants to upsell.
Jack in the Box CEO, Leonard Comma, made news this week when he said “it just made sense” for his fast-food chain to consider switching from human cashiers to machines. To be sure, there are big societal implications if every restaurant made such a shift, but what if automated kiosks provide a better customer experience?
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As bitcoin’s spotlight fades and banks work to adapt its underlying blockchain technology for more traditional uses, it seemed that the world was ready to move on from the infamous cryptocurrency. And then Donald Trump was elected president of the U.S.
Premise is that one Trump consequence is the blocking of more traditional money transfers will drive users to alternative mechanisms like Bitcoin. I think Bitcoin is might be desperately optimistic if it is counting on Trump following thru with a blockade. I think it more posture than possible.
The Colorado MV Express self-service kiosk program was piloted in Arapahoe County beginning in February of 2017. Arapahoe County residents have processed over 12,000 kiosk transactions since the program began. , , , , Tremendous customer acceptance in Arapahoe County resulted in the expansion of MV Express Kiosks into the following Colorado counties: , , , , , , • Adams County
Many have written and ranted a few times about the dubious market research reports that get generated by research factories in India – companies that produce expensive reports on pretty much any industry they can think of. The stuff is almost valueless, but still gets reproduced and quoted by online publications and by companies who don’t bother to look into the validity of the research.
But there is good, solid research out there, and one of the biggest research companies around – IHS – does a detailed look at the market.
So … I decided to grab the most recent market data about the digital signage market and turn it into an HTML5-driven interactive chart (see below). What’s great about this, I think, is that rather than a flat chart with all the bars and numbers for all the categories, you can view this in two variations, by category, or by total.
This is slightly different from what IHS publishes, which includes the digital out of home industry’s advertising revenues. There could be a very lengthy debate about whether DOOH should be included, but I say No. The DOOH industry uses digital signage technologies, but throwing ad dollars in the mix doesn’t fit, to my mind.
I have created this interactive chart in HTML5 so it is, first, interactive, but also so that it is web-ready and embed-ready. Feel free to drop this on your own website as a reference tool. The embed code is below the chart.
Since last year’s Digital Signage Expo and the introduction of Chrome’s single app kiosk mode, many customers and developers have built digital signage applications on Chromeboxes. Chromeboxes are secure, easy to manage and cost effective, making them ideal to display content and engage customers in any location. Chicos chose Chrome to manage and display content on over 5000 screens across more than 1500 stores. Digital Signage Expo in booth 2218
today AOPEN announced three new commercial Chrome OS devices that will add more durability to digital signage. By working with AOPEN, we can offer more rugged hardware equipped to handle harsh conditions — like a hot and greasy back-of-house line at a restaurant.
TAMPA—A McDonald’s Corp. restaurant in Wesley Chapel is among a select few nationwide to test a distinctly new way for McDonald’s customers to order food: Via a digital kiosk.
Cowen & Co. upgraded McDonald’s outlook based on the chain’s technology upgrades, including self-order kiosks. The company has been deploying kiosks globally for a decade but has not used them to replace workers.
NORWELL – The McDonald’s restaurant on Route 53 in Norwell is among the first of the burger chain’s 300 franchises in Massachusetts to be equipped with touch-screen kiosks. Using a kiosk, a customer can scan the menu and place an order, swipe a credit or debit card, get an order number and wait for the food to be delivered to a table. A customer who wants to pay with cash can get a ticket at the kiosk and take the ticket to the service desk. Customers who would prefer to order the
Eventually, 14,000 McDonald’s restaurants in the U.S. will have the kiosks. They were first introduced at lo cations in California, Florida and New York.
The company is also planning to revamp restaurant interiors and drive-up windows. During the reopening of a McDonald’s in New York City in November, CEO Steve Easterbrook said the addition of technology would not cause jobs to be eliminated.
What is believed to be the first age- and identity-verifying legal marijuana-vending machine in the U.S. has been launched in Colorado. The Zazzz Automated Marijuana Vending Machine has been installed by American …
Zion Research has published a new report titled “Self Service Technology Market For ATM, Kiosk Machine, and Vending Machine: Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis and Forecast, 2015 – 2021”. According to the report, the global self service technology market accounted for USD 15.70 Billion in 2015 and is expected to reach USD 37.75 Billion by
Would you like some microchips with that burger? McDonald’s Europe strikes another blow against human interaction by installing 7,000 touch-screen computers to take your order and money.
After McDonald’s announced yet another round of disappointing earnings yesterday—its quarterly profits fell 30 percent—the Wall Street Journal editorial page took a moment to gloat. “So even one of the world’s most ubiquitous consumer brands cannot print money at its pleasure,” it wrote. “This may be news to liberal pressure…
Nice article on labor costs and McDonalds. And at fast-food chains other than McDonald’s (White Castle e.g.), experiments with touch screens haven’t necessarily led to smaller staff.
From super-size to customize — that’s the path McDonald’s is taking in an effort to reverse 11 straight quarters of declining same-store sales. New Yorkers can be among the first in the US to parti…
Allen and Cort Norman, the franchise’s married owners, say younger customers have been taking to the kiosks — tested in the store since July 30 — as if that’s the way business has always been done.
Over the past 12 months, shares of fast-casual chains like Chipotle Mexican Grill, up 10.1 percent, and Panera Bread, up 35.7 percent, have outperformed McDonald’s, up 5.4 percent.
McDonalds doesn’t have much of a history of innovation, but it did for stunts. so he might be right. and there are many locations where the drive thru traffic is nil.
And maybe that is the point. 70% of your revenue comes from drive thru. Can you increase that, or is the opportunity to increase the in-store sales? Maybe you make it easier to get food insider (via kiosk terminals).
Writer achieved their aim though and got me to click on it. Probably that was the intended outcome the entire time.
Veloxity sells and rents the kiosks to customers in the event, university, airport, hospital, casino, and restaurant industries. Companies surveyed by Statista said they planned to increase their spending at tradeshows 26%, in 2013. Products such as cell phone charging kiosks fit right in with this trend. The Veloxity charging kiosks include a built-in LCD screen for customizable display ads, branding and sponsorships.
According to the International Associations of Exhibits and Events, the trade show industry has grown at a rate of about 3% per year since 2013. It has grown 3.6% from 2010-2015 in the United States alone, where the industry represents as much as $15 billion in revenue per year. In addition, attendance has been steadily increasing.
Certain interactions are a natural fit when it comes to pairing the modern consumer with kiosks and other forms of self-service technology. The case has long been made for kiosks at airports and grocery stores, for example. Another obvious marriage is that between the ATM and the person who suddenly finds herself in need of some cash. In fact, those kiosks are so integrated into our daily lives we no longer even think of them as novel. A world deprived of their contribution would seem primitive.
New report from Sandler Research which is “data report by interest” type. Good news is that interactive kiosks are growing, so these people wrote up a report to sell.
List of players is questionable. Diebold is a great company for bank automation and cash automation, but kiosks? Nope. Service and ATMs for sure.
Still it is good that these kind of reports are done (and are profitable for the data & market research report industry.
I wonder what their CAGR is..Maybe they can do a report on themselves.
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The analysts forecast revenue of the global interactive kiosk market to grow at a CAGR of 11.40% over the period 2014-2019. By Volume, the global interactive kiosk market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 11.81% during the forecast period.
An interactive kiosk is a customized computer terminal that is either standalone or networked, and is used to access information and services round the clock. It is a self-service technology installed in malls, airports, hotel lobbies, cafeterias, airports, and other places that witness high footfall. An interactive kiosk consists of a monitor that is usually touch-enabled. Interactive kiosks enable service providers to cater to a large number of customers with fewer support staff.
The report covers present scenario and the growth prospects of the global interactive kiosk market for the period 2015-2019. To calculate the market size, this report covers revenue generated from sales of interactive kiosks.
The report includes only self-service kiosks and does not include ATMs. It also covers the segmentation of the global interactive kiosk market by industry. In addition, the report discusses the major drivers that influence the growth of the market. It also outlines the challenges faced by the vendors and the market at large, as well as the key trends that are emerging in the market.
Global Interactive Kiosk Market 2015-2019, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the landscape of global interactive kiosk market and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
Other Prominent Vendors in the market are: Flextronics International, IER SAS, iKS Technologies, Lucidiom, Meridian Kiosks, Phoenix Kiosk and Rosendahl Concept Kiosk
Market Driver – Strong Growth of Retail and Entertainment Industries
The drug disposal kiosks will allow for the safe disposal of medications, including opioids and other controlled substances, ensuring drugs are not misused.
The initiative, announced Tuesday, will allow for the safe disposal of unwanted and expired medications, including opioids and other controlled substances, ensuring the drugs are not misused. The installation of kiosks began in California and will expand to 39 states this year, including Illinois.
Most of the kiosk locations will be at 24-hour Walgreens stores, the Deerfield-based company said.
“Device Hopping” is a technical shopping term referencing online shopper behavior. A New York Times article titled “Retailers Try to Adapt to Device-Hopping Shoppers” (December 2012) refers to the “device hopping” process as researching and shopping on one device and purchasing on another.
A Barilliance study from June of this year found that 41% of Smartphone Shoppers started their shopping session on a different device than the one they ultimately purchased from. Add in tablet users and almost 1 of every 3 shoppers completed their purchase on a different device than that it was initiated on.
What does this mean for retailers, service providers and self service companies? What can be done to increase conversions and move those shoppers more quickly from a smart phone environment to a tablet or PC where the product is more easily viewed and the purchase process more easily navigated?
1. Invest in improving website checkout navigation and purchase processes. Studies, testing, and redesign improvements need to be made to retailer websites to improve the shopping experience and increase conversions.
Baymard Institute reports are a great place to start with this research.
2. Improve the website’s mobile experience. If the mobile experience can be improved, perhaps fewer users will “device hop” – completing their purchase without hopping to a new device.
3. Increase the availability of preferred devices. If users prefer to purchase from a PC or tablet, make those devices available for customers in locations where they might be useful. This could be in-store, or in relevant peripheral locations where customers can be targeted. Areas of congregation such as train stations, waiting rooms, lobbies, and more are other opportunities to convert users from mobile shoppers to device hopping purchasers. Since the website is already created, set up kiosks using kiosk software (like KioWare) and configure to allow users to swipe credit cards (rather than manually enter) in order to speed up the checkout process.
To benefit from device hopping, a bit of innovation and imagination is required. What other types of device hopping are there? What other methods are available to increase conversions from those that device hop?
