A jittery stock market, a devalued U.S. dollar and skyrocketing gas prices all have retailers on edge. If a recession is looming in the future, how will it affect the self-service industry? Travis K. Kircher offers some assessments and talks to a retail analyst about what costs deployers should and shouldn't cut.
Features: The self-order kiosk "The Self-Order Kiosk" is a new guide, sponsored by EMN8, that is available free to visitors of SelfService.org. The guide focuses on how self-order kiosks are improving the customer experience at many delis and restaurants. Read the guide's introduction, written by Patrick Avery, and find out how to view the guide here.
Case Studies: Banking on reliability In designing next-generation solutions, self-service provider Boink Systems Inc. takes a best-of-breed approach. The company's chief executive officer says that's why the company chose Sagem Denmark's encrypting PIN pads for Boink's line of next-generation kiosks.
Features: 'The year of digital media' for NCR NCR Corp.’s Dick Arnold, who showed off his company’s newest retail solutions during the third-annual Self-Service Universe Executive Conference for the Americas, held in Orlando April 2 - 4, says retailers’ adoption of new technology is increasing – and NCR expects to be at the crest.
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