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Kiosk Industry is the news engine for the Kiosk Manufacturer Association or KMA which is a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better self-service for customers and employees through kiosks and information technology (IT). Kiosk Industry Association leads efforts to optimize self-service engagements and engagement outcomes using information technology such as kiosks.

Microcomp Corporation Wide Thermal Kiosk Printer 814 Comes with Ethernet

PRESS RELEASE: Microcom Corporation Releases Ethernet for Model 814M, 8.5โ€ Wide Thermal Kioskย Printer for Healthcare, Wayfinding, Boarding Pass, Weigh Scale, and Otherย Applications Lewis Center, OH, March 7, 2018 โ€“Microcom Corporation is pleased to announce that customers can now purchase our model 814M wide thermal kiosk printer with Ethernet. This option allows customers to communicate with the printer atโ€ฆ Read More »

Thermal Printer Kiosk News – How To Avoid Chargebacks and Dispute

Thermal Printer News From StarMicronics Blog on Thermal Printer Receipts As a business owner in the modern competitive economic landscape, the bottom line means everything. In todayโ€™s blog post, explore what chargebacks are, their prevalence, and how you can use printed receipts to avoid and dispute them โ€“ saving you money and increasing your bottom line. What isโ€ฆ Read More »

BOCA Releases Kiosk Printer for Receipt, Ticket, Label or Wristband Applications

LemurX Receipt and Ticket Printers BOCAโ€™s Lemur-X kiosk printer is the company’s most compact, economical model. Like all BOCA printers, the Lemur-X is produced at the company’s factory in Boca Raton, Florida and configured to the customer’s specifications. The Lemur-Xย can be produced to work with a range of media, including receipt rolls, fan folded tickets, or wristbands. Theโ€ฆ Read More »

Self-Service Kiosk Benefits for Customer Experience – Top Six

Self-Service Kiosk Benefits Custom content for KIOSK Information Systems by Retail Dive’s Brand Studio Retailers across categories are developing new ways to provide their customers with exceptional experiences today and in a post-pandemic world. Many are turning to offering self-service options that can improve the in-store experience while helping them maintain stability in these uncertain times. Digital self-serviceโ€ฆ Read More »

Tablet Kiosk News – Self Service Kiosks 101 – Everything You Need To Know

Everything you need to know about self-service tablet kiosks and starting your own self-service project! Implementing a self-service solution can streamline your business operations and reduce costs while increasing customer satisfaction and return visits. This guide will go over the basics of self-service kiosks, help you decide whether your business or organization would be a good fit forโ€ฆ Read More »

Kiosk Association Announces Advisory Board Members

DENVER, CO โ€“ 6/29/2016 (PRESS RELEASE JET) โ€”Kiosk Industry Group, the Kiosk association and vendor trade association, officially announces appointment of five new members to the Strategic Advisory Board. ย The new members include Olea Kiosks, KioWare, Kiosk Information Systems, PROVISIO, and Turnkey Kiosks. They join Crane Payment Innovations, OptConnect, CTS (Connected Technology Solutions) and ARCA. Honorary members includeโ€ฆ Read More »

Immersive Technology – Kiosk Association and NRF 2021 Chapter One

See Immersive Technology at NRF 2021 Press Release PR Newswire Jan 08ย  DENVER,ย Jan. 8, 2021ย /PRNewswire/ — Visit NRF 2021 Chapter 1 next week and meet with Kiosk Association. Dates areย January 12, 13, 14, 19, 21 and 22 beginning next week.ย  Our online page isย https://virtualbigshow.nrf.com/company/kiosk-association-kma Our portal page with helpful links, research, predictions, brochures and videos for NRF 2021โ€ฆ Read More »

Peerless-AV Joins Kiosk Manufacturer Associationโ€™s Board of Directors

Peerless-AV Joins Kiosk Manufacturer Association Board of Directors AURORA, Ill. โ€“ February 28, 2018 โ€“ย Peerless-AVยฎ, an award-winning designer and manufacturer of the highest quality audio and video solutions and accessories, is pleased to announce it has joined the Self-Service Kiosk Associationโ€™s Board of Directors for 2018. Peerless-AV joins 16 companies in serving to lead efforts to promote bestโ€ฆ Read More »

Feature – Avoid Those Kiosk Project Fails – Reverse Kiosk Best Practice

Kiosk Projects Best Practice in Reverse The kiosk industry is growing, but the road to self-service success is littered with the remnants of those projects that didnโ€™t quite make the grade. By Richard Slawsky contributor Good news for the health of the kiosk industry continues to roll in. A research report issued in early March by Transparency Marketโ€ฆ Read More »

Print Kiosk – Xerox Color Laser Print Kiosk

Laser Print Kiosk by Xerox Xerox on Feb 27th announced their new “Print Kiosk”, only it isn’t really a kiosk in the usual sense.ย  It appears to be more user friendly multifunction printer that also allows for pay-for-use with the usual wart-style POS terminal. It does include an embedded 10″ touchscreen (Android tablet?). Still, if we were runningโ€ฆ Read More »

Frank Mayer Kiosks – In-Store Kiosk 2021 Predictions

In-Store 2021: Retail and Point of Purchase Predictions Intro When I wrote the โ€œWhatโ€™s in Store for 2020โ€ blog last December, I could not have predicted what was to come in three short months. My closing statement promised a bright future for retail and the point of purchase industry in 2020. Instead, a worldwide pandemic shifted industry conversationโ€ฆ Read More »

Writing a Kiosk RFP for Accessibility and Kiosk ADA compliance by TPG

How To Write an RFP for ADA Accessibility Nice article by TPG (Vispero) and Laura Miller on how to write an RFP for Accessibility. Here is the link. Of Note Screen reading softwareย such asย JAWSย or other similar alternative is required. Screen reading software will provide the end user with non-visual access support that enables the user to hear theโ€ฆ Read More »

Self Service Kiosk News Feb 2023

Kiosk Industry Self Service News Feb 2023 DENVER, Colo., Feb. 20, 2023 (NEWSWIRE) โ€” Itโ€™s Presidentโ€™s Day. And the Kiosk Manufacturer Association news centers around dispensing machines/kiosks and in particular legal cannabis and naloxone. In the naloxone news: last year (and year before) there were zero dollars budgeted by state, local and federal agencies for kiosks that dispenseโ€ฆ Read More »

Kiosk Future Trends – Vending Kiosk Opportunities

Excerpt from Canadian Vending magazine May 2020 — Kiosk sales are expected to accelerate post-pandemic, due to affordability of its footprint and sanitary interface, when compared to a crowded store. Take-Aways Kiosks are safer than dealing with people Vending machines sell tangible goods Customers like to customize orders, and preferably via machine than person. Business orders for self-serviceโ€ฆ Read More »

Marijuana Vending Kiosk – Terrapin

Cannabis Vending Machine in Aurora Feb 20, 2023 [Presidents Day]ย โ€” Colorado is home to a first-of-its-kind cannabis digital vending kiosk. The machine currently only takes cash, but later versions will offer digital pay services. There are not immediate plans to take debit/credit because of banking laws. Theย Safe Banking Actย by representative Perlmutter did not get passed.ย Update on SBA. Fromโ€ฆ Read More »

Kiosk Security – Tokenworks Selects Acuant to Combat Influx of Fake IDs

Provides Age Verification Solutions for Hospitality, Security and Cannabis Dispensaries LOS ANGELES (PRWEB)ย SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 Acuant, a global provider of identity verification solutions, today announced that Tokenworksยฎ Inc, a leading provider of ID scanners and identification software, selected Acuantโ€™s AssureID to enhance TokenWorksโ€™ advanced identity verification system IdentiFakeยฎ. Together, both companies will help customers across the hospitality, securityโ€ฆ Read More »

Cash Kiosks — Innovative Technology Americas, Inc. joins KMA

KMA is a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better self-service for customers and employees through kiosks and information technology (IT). The kiosk industry association leads efforts to optimize self-service engagements using information technology. Membership is made up of representatives from the self-service industry who are interested in establishing and following common guidelines on accessibility. Rebecca White, VPโ€ฆ Read More »

Ticket Kiosk Tips & Videos

Ticket Kiosk Nice video of the production floor and ticket kiosks in progress with different styles of branding. Ticket kiosks historically have seen the most customization of any kiosk vertical.ย  One of the ticket kiosks we did at KIS way back when was shaped as an ear of corn for a state fair in Iowa.ย  Below is aโ€ฆ Read More »

Digital Signage Awards โ€“ InfoComm 2022

AV Technology, Digital Signage, and Tech&Learning Announce Winners of InfoComm Best of Show Cindy Davisย (ย AVTechnologyย )ย publishedย 6 days ago Excerpt: If anyone has been wondering if the AV industry is back, walking the show floor at InfoComm 2022 in Las Vegas, June 8 โ€“ 10 was enough to quell any doubt. As editors of Futureโ€™s AV Technology,ย Digital Signage,ย Installation,ย Mix,ย Sound & Videoโ€ฆ Read More »

People – Top Ten Women in Restaurants

From Hospitality Tech MURTECH awards 2020 – By Anna Wolfe, Senior Editor – Restaurants – 05/15/2020 A billion-dollar digital channel, the most successful limited-time offer in a brandโ€™s history, and a platform that empowers restaurants to take charge of their businesses online: These are just three noteworthy accomplishments from the winners of Hospitality Technologyโ€™s 2020 Top Women inโ€ฆ Read More »

Restaurant Research – State of Industry 2021 National Restaurant Association

Restaurant Research Report The National Restaurant Association each year prepares a comprehensive overview of the restaurant industry and provides a look ahead. The Associationโ€™s research is considered the most authoritative source for restaurant industry sales projections and trends. It is based on analysis of the latest economic data and extensive surveys of restaurant operators and consumers. See p.โ€ฆ Read More »

Taco Bell Kiosk — Times Square Digital – All-In-One-Computers Elotouch

All-In-One-Computers Help Taco Bell Go All Digital Nice article on restaurant kiosks and the new Taco Bell kiosks from QSR Magazine Apr 2021. Times Square comes with its own unique set of variables.ย  The guess is Elotouch is providing the all-in-one computer with wall mount or countertop mount. Our guess is j1900 Celeron with Windows (and enhanced versionโ€ฆ Read More »

Restaurant Kiosks, NRA Show To Go, Ghost Kitchens, Taco Bell

Press release today from PRNewswire Kiosk Association Apr2021 DENVER,ย April 16, 2021ย /PRNewswire/ —ย National Restaurant Association hasย launched Show To Goย and the Kiosk Association is a participant. The online show runsย throughย August 2021. We have eight showcases online: QSR Self-Order, Touchless Controls, Outdoor Menu Boards, ClearConnect full suite solution, Restaurant Kiosks, gigantic digital signage (LVCC), large digital signs and touchscreens.ย April 21ย is aโ€ฆ Read More »

State of The Restaurant Industry – Bank of America 2021

State of Restaurant Industry A pretty sensible look at restaurants by Bank of America analysts in November 2021. Here BoFa link Many restaurant operators adjusted operations, added technology and trimmed expenses. The past 18 months have ushered in new options for restaurant dining, or accelerated industry trends: curbside pickup, delivery, contactless payment (card, phone or digital), alcoholic beveragesโ€ฆ Read More »

Restaurant Tech News – Panera’s Chief Digital Office Talks Restaurant Tech

Restaurant Tech New Frontiers The kiosk association is happy to sponsor the latest Digital Dive session.ย  Leaders from Panera and Chipotle Mexican Grill join CREATE May 4 to talk omnichannel strategies, AI, automation, the metaverse and more Donโ€™t miss CREATEโ€™s May 4 Digital Dive featuring interactive discussions on whatโ€™s next in restaurant tech with leaders from Panera andโ€ฆ Read More »