The European edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit brought together about 150 senior executives from the beauty industry to discuss sustainability issues. Hosted in Paris on 21-23 November, major discussions were on sustainability ...
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AVT, Inc., Coinstar (Redbox) and Starbucks are setting their sights on the exploding automated out-of-home coffee market. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the automated coffee kiosk market is worth over $800 million a ...
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A PayPal alliance with Coinstar is being expanded to some parts of the U.S., allowing customers to deposit, withdraw and transfer funds to PayPal accounts through Coinstar kiosks. After a trial which started in 2011 in the Dallas ...
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HIGH POINT — You spend money on promoting your store, work hard to get customers in the door, and succeed in selling them a nice living room set. But they need to finance the purchase and your primary lender turns them down. Their ...
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"In a perfect world, all of us retailers that are utilizing iPads in the store would love to see each and every one of our manufacturers develop their own apps. Within these apps, we should be able to access the complete catalog as well as ...
ecoATM, the award-winning San Diego start-up known for its innovative kiosks that fully automate the buy-back of used consumer electronics, announced today that it has secured $40 million in mezzanine debt financing from Falcon Investment ...
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OTG Management, which runs restaurants and other concessions in airports, is investing heavily in automation -- but it isn't using that as a rationale to reduce its workforce. The company has deployed iPads in its restaurants in airport ...
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As ecommerce in Asia is growing by leaps and bounds we have asked Yusuf Motiwala, CEO of recently launched jewellery retail site Zevarr about the ins and outs selling jewellery online in India. “Jewellery Ecommerce is in its ...
Bike Fixtation partnered with Green Guru to provide simple and cost effective inner tube recycling services for bike rooms, repair kiosks and other public use bicycle repair stations. Bike Fixtation will collect, sort, and send ...
AT THE MARKET — Las Vegas Market officials expect this week's event will be buzzing on social media, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram. The market's First Look brand is back with its Ready Your Repin rally for ...
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McDonald's is unveiling new packaging designs on all carry-out bags and fountain beverage cups with QR codes. This initiative is the latest step in the company's ongoing commitment to provide consumers with information to help them ...
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Today, Kiosk Group Inc., creator of iPad and tablet-based kiosks, announced their new product, PowerWireRemote. PowerWireRemote is a Power over Ethernet (PoE)-based device that delivers USB power using standard Ethernet cables. "Until ...
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Automated self-checkout is appearing in more and more retail stores, with Walmart this year installing 10,000 self-service kiosks in hundreds of stores. But self-checkout is a technology direction with risks -- and even as Walmart moves ...
There is a push in retail and restaurants to accomplish more through self-service automation, but that trend doesn't necessarily mean that a business should look to reduce staff by rolling out technology. One company that's doing more ...
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Just in time for the holidays, creating prints and photo gifts from a smartphone is now easier than ever before. Starting yesterday, consumers can wirelessly transfer images directly from their ANDROID and APPLE Smartphones using the new ...
Tags: smartphone, KODAK Kiosk Connect App, KODAK Picture Kiosks, CVS