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 Retail Automation

  • ATMs 2025: Evolution Continues
    NAC 2025 Serves Up Innovation In Las Vegas Attendees who converged on Caesars Palace for last week’s NAC 2025 conference and expo came in search of a better understanding of the …
  • POS Software
    A Look At The Recreation POS market The main POS software companies competing with RecTrac in the parks, recreation, and facility management sector include CivicPlus Recreation Management, ACTIVENet, RecDesk, MyRec.com, EZFacility, DaySmart Recreation, …
  • Restaurant POS Finding It Difficult to Grow — TOAST POS
    The Signs That Have Us Thinking Toast Is in Trouble Jordan Thaeler with Reforming Retail writes about the financial side of restaurants, and with a lot of numbers to back him …
  • Hospitality and AI – MGM Resorts
    Brian Meyers: A Pragmatist Powering Hotel Tech Innovation Nice write-up on Hospitalitytech.com, which so happens to include a nice picture of Olea Hotel Check-In kiosk running Oracle Opera PMS. Oracle is different …
  • Walmart Removing Self-Checkout – What Are The Numbers?
    Removing Self-Checkout by Walmart  Buzz The only thing more popular than Taylor Swift’s music industry influence might be Walmart and it’s Self-Checkout units.  Maybe close to 100,000 installed across the world? …
  • Car Radio Android Players
    New Android Touchscreen Market for Car Players The estimated global market size for add-on Android car radios and players in 2025 is about $5 billion, and it is projected to grow rapidly …
  • Betson expands in Nebraska
    Betson Enterprises, a provider of amusement and skill games, is expanding its national footprint with a new office in La Vista, Nebraska, to meet the growing demand for skill games …
  • Chipotle and Cava Robot Technology Funding
    Food Automation and Robotics Chipotle and Cava are coming together—setting aside rivalry—to invest $25 million in Hyphen, a food automation startup focused on kitchen robotics for fast-casual dining. Chipotle’s Cultivate Next ..
  • Out of the warehouse, RFID sows new uses
    Customer experience, theft prevention, inventory transparency and more take center stage RetailNOW panel explores rising RFID use cases With technologies improving many aspects of retail operations, one longtime standby not to be ..
  • Retail AI: Meet the education challenge
    AI on the move RetailNow panel calls tech players to action Anyone active in the retail space knows that AI, in addition to improving the customer experience, is changing many if not …
  • Retail tech innovation sizzles at RetailNOW show
    Keeping Up With Expanding Retail Technology AI revolution calls for vendor/reseller partnerships Keeping up with retail technology has never been more challenging. Tech innovators continue to improve management tools at an alarming …
  • Free Vending And Convenience Services RFP Listing Debuts
    Vending and convenience services operators interested in bidding on government service contracts now have a free resource: a request for proposal (RFP) listing on retailsystems.org, (a technology website of the …
  • Vending RFPs
    Vending Opportunities in SLED A typical Request for Proposal (RFP) for vending services includes several key components designed to solicit comprehensive, competitive, and qualified proposals from potential vendors. The common sections …
  • Will AI replace traditional vending?
    Vending Kiosks and AI Anthropic’s AI vending test draws boos, but tech evolution will bring change. Will AI replace traditional vending businesses? A recent blog on this topic by Anthropic, a San …
  • Deloitte Report on AI in Restaurants 2025
    AI and Restaurants Buzz Research Report Deloitte’s “How AI is Revolutionizing Restaurants” The AI and Restaurants Buzz Research Report by Deloitte isn’t just another “AI is coming” puff piece. Instead, it delivers …
  • The Brave New World of Food Vending
    Vending Kiosks and More Automation Automation in Modern Vending — As eating habits become less structured and commerce largely goes mobile, self-service is grabbing a bigger role for time-pressed consumers Chances are …
  • Vending Technology Acquisition – 365 Retail Markets Buys Cantaloupe
    365 Retail Markets To Buy Cantaloupe for $848 M The acquisition of Cantaloupe, Inc. by 365 Retail Markets is a significant development in the unattended retail sector, with wide-ranging implications for …
  • LAX Metro Transit Center deploys VenHub robotic smart store
    The launch marks VenHub’s first deployment in partnership with LA Metro, with additional locations planned VenHub Global, Inc., a provider of an autonomous, AI-powered retail store, unveiled its flagship Smart Store …
  • Donatos Pizza debuts robotic pizza machine at Columbus, Ohio airport
    Donatos Pizza taps Appetronix for robotic pizza Donatos Pizza, the pizza restaurant hain, recently opened its first fully autonomous pizza restaurant in June. Donatos and its sister company Agápe Automation partnered …
  • Hotel Check-In More Popular than Desk?
    Hotel Check-In Survey by MEWS Interesting post by Mews. Seems twice a week companies talk about “their kiosk” when in fact it is just software. Grubbrr e.g. They like to co-opt …

AVIXA

  • Digital Menu Boards for Restaurants
  • Sports Stadiums Signing Up With LG
  • A “better life for all” and LG Next-Gen kiosks.
  • The Must Have WCAG 2.2 AA Checklist by KMA
  • Smart City in Australia Case Study + Market
  • Heathrow Airport Displays Running on
  • What’s Your TOPS Rating?
  • Next Generation of Drive Thrus
  • Zebra Buys Elo Touch
  • UL Regulations – UL 62368-1 July
  • Amazon Fresh digital signage — Giada case study released.
  • Digital Signage ADA – The Unmentionables
  • Kiosk Association InfoComm Booth Highlights
  • InfoComm Retail Revolution: Crafting Memorable Shopping Journeys
  • Conversational AI for kiosks – Audio Technology
  • Big Projects — Which Get Done and By Who?
  • Digital Signage Analytics Case Study – ASUS
  • Full list of articles

    • Thin Client Media Players and MiniPCs

  • All LG Cloud Devices – 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 26100 supported until October 2034
    LG Cloud Devices (aka Thin Client) All LG Cloud Devices with Windows configuration now come with Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC …
  • EDLA-Certified Android Tablet Built for Digital Signage Networks
    Mimo Launches First EDLA-Certified Commercial Android Tablet The Mimo Adapt EDLA was built for business and backed by Google Libertyville, IL — …
  • AI Computer Intel Options for Media Player MiniPC
    Recommendations for Edge Computing for Digital Signage Top Intel MiniPCs for AI Digital Signage (August 2025) Digital signage with AI capability demands …
  • Skittles Remix Kiosk Case Study
    Giada Powered Skittles Kiosks — Skittles case study for custom candy dispensing.  Hundreds of kiosks deployed and a new candidate for …
  • Media Players for Digital Signage by Giada
    Digital Signage by Giada We are pleased to welcome Giada to our gold sponsor family.  For more information contact [email protected] — Her mobile is +86 …
  • Windows MiniPC Review – Minix Z97
    Windows MiniPC Review Summary: Minix Neo Z97 Pretty good writeup on ZDNet of Minix miniPC.  Not sure why this review benchmarks …
  • Citrix Hack Bleed 2 Thin Client Bug
    NetScaler – CISA confirms hackers are actively exploiting critical ‘Citrix Bleed 2’ bug Yahoo — U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA says hackers …
  • Herk Pulsar MiniPC – 6800h / 7735h Tiny
    Tiny MiniPC by Herk Pulsar Review of the Herk Pulsar miniPC. Cost of $310. Love the colors (total of 5 available) and …
  • MiniPC from GMKtec -i7 – $400 on Amazon
    Mini PC (i7, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD) Now Costs $410 on Amazon Overview The article discusses the impressive features and affordability …
  • Chrome OS Flex Certified Computers
    Pyramid ChromeOS & Chrome Enterprise Certified! We’re proud to announce that our POLYTOUCH® Flex21.5 has been actively certified by Google as …
  • Digital Signage Vision Analytics – ASUS NUC Mini-PC
    Digital Signage Analytics Nice case study by ASUS. The case study details how meldCX®, a leader in vision analytics, partnered with …
  • New 1U and 2U Servers from AKHET
    1U and 2U Servers from AKHET Very nice new servers from AKHET.  They are different from the Dell and HP in …
  • Tariff Mini-PC Quote – US versus Poland versus Mexico – Apr12
    Mini-PC Quote Example with Tariff One of our favorite devices in kiosks and digital signage will always be the computer, and …
  • Touchscreen Chromebook Kiosks for FSA
    Touchscreen Chromebook Kiosks https://www.farmers.gov/blog/ask-expert-qa-on-fsas-new-county-office-customer-kiosks-with-caleb-gildea Next time you visit your local county office to conduct business with USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), you can take advantage …
  • ASUS NUC MiniPC Overview and Roadmap
    ASUS NUC Mini-PC Overview The NUC has long been a mainstay of kiosks, vending, digital signage and more. Our computers here …
  • Mini-PC with AMD Ryzen 3 ($180)
    Mini-PC Topton M1 The Topton M1, a compact mini PC featuring an AMD Ryzen 3 5425U processor. Here are the key highlights: Size: The Topton …
  • Mini-PC and Thin Client News 2/27
    Mini-PC News Feb 27 iFixit disassembled Framework’s mini PC and found it to be powered by the AMD Strix Halo. (https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-pcs/ifixit-has-pulled-apart-frameworks-mini-pc-and-it-looks-to-be-the-amd-strix-halo-powered-desktop-device-ive-been-wanting-for-at-least-a-week-and-more/) TechRadar …
  • Mini-PC News for Feb 2025
    Latest Mini-PC News   This Ryzen 9 mini PC with 24GB RAM is shockingly cheap: $349 – MSN MSN It’s hard not to fall …
  • Fanless Embedded PC Intel Twin Lakes
    Giada Embedded PC Introducing Giada’s latest fanless embedded PC — the reliable choice for hashtag#DigitalSignage and hashtag#kiosks, tailored for environments where …
  • Mini-PC Modular Design – Intel
    Intel Proposes New Design For Mini-PCs Intel is proposing a modular and easily repairable PC design for laptops and mini PCs …
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    The Industry Group comprises a wide variety of sites and news feeds from kiosks to digital signage to POS and Smart City. Retail Automation, EV Charging are others.

    Here is a list of news covered by the Industry Group:

    Kiosks

    Digital Signage

    Cloud Computing

    Automated Retail Technology

    Healthcare Technology

    • i-Telehealth — remote health monitoring and treatment by consumers themselves, sometimes with assistance
    • Telemedicine News Telehealth magazine
    • PatientKiosk — patient registration kiosks in healthcare along with EHRs like Epic with Welcome Kiosk are covered
    • Patient Kiosk Check-In magazine (emphasis on EPIC)

    Technology and Components

    Self-Service

    LinkedIn Channels

    Flip Magazine Channels (where anything is posted)

    1. EMV, PCI and POS
    2. Menu Boards
    3. AIO and Media Players
    4. Patient Kiosk Check-In News
    5. EV Charging News
    6. Touch Monitor Technology Solutions
    7. All Things Kiosks solution news
    8. Interested in Telehealth and Telemedicine?
    9. Thin Client solutions including Zero Clients and Cloud
    10. CraigK Reading List – could be anything
    11. Digital Signage solutions  (the best ones we think)
    12. Anything on ADA, Accessibility and Regulatory
    13. Automated retail solution news – robots, lockers and more
    14. Smart City rfps and solutions
    15. McDonalds Kiosks aka QSR Kiosks or Fast Casual Kiosks
    16. Bitcoin Kiosk and Crypto Kiosk in general
    17. SEO – stuff I see and note
    18. The Industry Group

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