Kiosks Have a Problem 2015 and Fortune — McDonald’s introduced digital self-service kiosks as part of its “Create Your Taste” platform in hopes of boosting sales and allowing customers to better customize their meals. However, these kiosks only serve in-restaurant customers, who account for just 30% of McDonald’s sales, since most customers use the drive-thru where kiosks… Read More »
CEO Corner Where we talk to “Big Cheese” and find out a little bit about who they are and what company they are with. The choice of who you do business may come down to the look in the eye and a simple handshake. Ten Questions for Mike James with Kiosk Group: 1. Kiosk Industry Group: What… Read More »
Entrust Datacard has announced the availability of the next-generation kiosk-optimized Datacard® CE870TM instant issuance system that enables financial institutions, retailers, governments and healthcare organizations to instantly issue permanent embossed or flat payment cards or identification cards through a self-service kiosk. Source: www.gsnmagazine.com “The shift towards a self-service economy has rapidly progressed in the last five years with 40 percent of… Read More »
Unveiled this week the “Connected Mall” experience in Palo Alto, Calif. The installation features a “smart” directory developed by eBay for the Simon Innovation Group that elevates the shopping experience by providing consumers with a suite of services, including point-to-point navigation and personalized offers and deals. Source: www.retailingtoday.com Features of the new digital directory include: A 72″ LCD,… Read More »
Jan. 13 — CKE Restaurants CEO Andrew Puzder discusses the company’s self-service food kiosks running Microsoft software. He speaks on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg) (Video) Source: www.bizjournals.com The 2015 edition of CKE and food ordering. Let’s not forget the other two iterations. Posts 2025: 923
ATM manufacturer NCR Corp. (NCR) seems to be responding to its shareholders’ recent calls to go on sale. Blackstone and Carlyle, the world’s two largest private Source: www.pymnts.com Posts 2025: 945
Eyelation announced today that Redbox co-founder Brian Rady has joined Eyelation as Chief Financial Officer. Tinley Park, IL (PRWEB) August 25, 2015 Eyelation announced today… Source: www.benzinga.com Eyelation is a prescription eyewear kiosk company that was founded in 2009 with the first kiosk placed in 2011. Eyelation has since grown to 400 kiosks today with placements in companies… Read More »
The postmortem on HealthSpot continues even while there is news that another telehealth provider pulled in another $40M in capital investment. We’re not entirely sure HealthSpot failed though the lack of contact would indicate so. Medcity did the first “wrap” on things in their article. Was HealthSpot mismanaged? Were freestanding kiosks too expensive, 1990s technology in a world… Read More »
Posiflex Technology buys KIS :
Source: www.reuters.com
Aug 12 Posiflex Technology :
* Says its subsidiary Posiflex Business Machines,Inc. will fully acquire KIS Acquisition Corp. at $105 million from KIS Group,LLC and The Peninsula Fund V Limited Partnership.
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Post-Show Summary: Kiosk London Expo 2014 & Digital Signage London 2014 The UK’s only self-service & digital signage exhibition over for another year KIOSK LONDON EXPO 2014 & DIGITAL SIGNAGE LONDON 2014 drew to a close in London on the 16th October, attracting praise from visitors and exhibitors alike for the quality of this year’s only self- service… Read More »
Zebra buys Motorola Solutions’ enterprise unit for $3.45 billion and risks indigestion. Its Zatar cloud software will need to be the glue that binds the two businesses and delivers so-called synergies. Craig Keefner‘s insight: Makes a lot on a lot of levels. I just didn’t realize Zebra had it in them to make such a move. See… Read More »