Feb 17 2005 : Self-service technology is catching on in North America and Europe, with retailers installing automated self-checkout points, and hotels, car rental firms and airlines using kiosks to simplify routine processes. While retailers will never shift entirely to self-checkouts, most will use automated tills for line busting or to speed customer throughput at […]
Feb 11 2005 : Several Exxon Mobil TigerMarket and On The Run convenience stores in Nashville, Tennessee, are using kiosks to deliver multiple services including bill payment and prepaid mobile recharge. The E-Wiz kiosks, first deployed in Memphis, Tennessee in 2004, facilitate cash-based financial transactions such as money transfers, prepaid products and services and mobile […]
Feb 10 2005 : By 2007, US consumers will make USD 330 billion in self-service transactions, up from USD 70 billion in 2003, according to IHL Consulting, and fast-food restaurants are seen as a future self-service market. Food-dispensing kiosks are not yet widely used at the 115,000 fast-food restaurants in the US, but in the […]
Feb 7 2005 : US consumers can now use gift cards to convert idle change into a DVD rental, a latte, groceries or home accessories by purchasing a gift card from a Coinstar coin-counting kiosk at a mall or supermarket. Eighty per cent of US households accumulate coins, but just 58 per cent cash in […]
Feb 03 2005 : In 2004, about 37.5 million US consumers opted to use credit or debit cards for purchases below USD 5, according to Ipsos-Reid, while over 354 billion cash transactions of less than USD 5 were initiated. Cash payments at the physical POS in 2004 totaled USD 1.32 trillion in aggregate revenue, Ipsos-Reid […]