Chase ATMs Placed At Duane Read Stores
JPMorgan Chase has placed its Chase ATMs at all 246 Duane Reade drugstores in the New York City metropolitan area.
Duane Reade is the first drug store in New York City to offer the ATM services of Chase to the more than 1.6 million customers who visit its stores each week, according to Gary Charboneau, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Duane Reade Drug Stores.
The ATMs extend Chase’s reach and helps it provide additional convenient services to its customers.
ExxonMobil Places ewiz Kiosks At Retail
ExxonMobil has placed ewiz financial services kiosks to On the Run convenience stores, following successful market tests of the electronic payment system.
“ewiz offers customers a convenient way to pay bills, transact financial services such as money orders, and purchase prepaid telecommunications products such as phone cards and ring tones,” said Michael Gore, manager, U.S. Convenience Retailing. ewiz reinforces On the Run’s delivery of fast and convenient service.”
“With ewiz, customers need not experience long waits in line to pay bills or get telecommunications services,” said David Taylor, category manager, Financial Services, ExxonMobil Fuels Marketing. “All they have to do is navigate the user-friendly touch-screen.
ewiz was developed for ExxonMobil by Info Touch Technologies Corp. of Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Roomful Express Featuring Interactive Kiosks
Roomful Express Furniture has installed the SHOW/PRO promotional kiosk system from Showroom Technology, Reston, VA. The SHOW/PRO promotional kiosk system offers Roomful Express Furniture customers the ability to apply for credit or register for coupons in a fast and private manner.
SHOW/PRO’s promotion management functionality enables Roomful Express Furniture to plan, schedule and electronically control various types of promotions, including image and video files, to be displayed on the kiosks to consumers shopping in its showrooms. With the ability to display promotions and print coupons at the kiosk, Roomful Express now has a powerful way to entice the consumer to make a purchase while in the showroom.
Fujifilm Offers ‘GetPix’ Photo Centers To Retailers
Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. is offering retailers a new line of “GetPix” digital photo kiosks. Now a broader spectrum of retail environments can tap into the digital photo printing market because of Fujifilm's customizable components that offer on-site printing options to meet each retailer's needs.
Fujifilm’s new line of digital photo kiosks were designed to keep the cost of entry low, while providing scalable solutions to fit the varied needs of different kinds of retailers.
The five kiosk configurations feature an intuitive and tilting touch screen terminal. GetPix Photo Centers provide retailers with flexible configurations that meet their business needs, creating the ultimate photo destination for consumers; orders can be ready instantly or for pick up after shopping.
eAnytime Offers 24/7 Professional Photo Finishing Kiosk
eAnytime has released its new Professional Photo Finishing (PPF) integrated DropOff and PickUp or Mail station for supermarket, convenience, drug, retail and service chains.
The eAnytime PPF station has a small 30"Wx28"Dx80"H foot print and is designed to compliment on-site processing, enable chains to centralize off-site processing or contract with an outside service provider such as KODAK.
Customers who register one time at a PPF station, standalone or on a network, can communicate directly with the service provider at the station, and are empowered to select when they want to pick up their order: same day, next day, or any day within a two week window, allowing for just-in-time service provider processing and delivery to the PPF station. The customer can also select to have an order mailed to their address.
Tower Records Runs “Snap And Win” Promo
Warner Music Group and Tower Records have launched a sweepstakes that gives music fans a chance to win a trip to see Warner Music Group artists on the VANS Warped Tour.
Warner and Tower Records have made it easy for music fans to "Get Your Hands on the Bands" by featuring CDs from performing artists in custom standup displays at Tower Records stores. These 6-foot stand-up displays are the focal point for the sweepstakes powered by Mobot, a leader in visual search and recognition technology.
Customers visiting Tower Records can enter by taking a picture with their mobile camera phone of the official “Get Your Hands on the Bands” logo located on the retail displays. Mobot's visual technology recognizes the image and, within seconds, sends back a message to the phone confirming entry into the sweepstakes.
Showcraft Inc., produces the Zpod Interactive Marketing Kiosk. The single or double-sided kiosk can be assembled in just 10 minutes and has proven ideal for set-up in payment centers, retail outlets, promotional events and trade shows. It is customizable with telephone, Internet and computer connections, and offers a variety of shelf and hardware configurations. The Zpod kiosk also offers many options for attention-getting graphics. For more information about the Zpod Interactive Kiosk, contact Showcraft, Inc., 1357 Larc Industrial Boulevard, Burnsville, MN 55337; (Tel) 800-886-0634, (Fax) 952-808-0558, (E-Mail) info@showcraft.com; (Web Site) www.showcraft.com.
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HoloTouch, Inc. and Atlantex Corp. announced that their touchless holographic interface, BeamOne, is now available with relay output, greatly extending the reach of HoloTouch patented technology to electronic equipment controlled, among other things, by programmable logic controllers. BeamOne projects 1-inch square floating holographic images of its “keys,” several inches in front of the hardware. A standard PC sees BeamOne as a keyboard. For more information, contact HoloTouch, P.O. Box 2077, Darien, CT 06820; (Tel) 203-656-9686; (Fax) 203-662-6646; (Web) www.holotouch.com.
Door Six, Inc. has introduced Brightboard dynamic digital signs. The Brightboard uses a bright, colorful 19" LCD display to deliver a perpetual slideshow containing high resolution images and full motion video. Available in a floor-standing pedestal configuration or a “sign-only” version light enough to be hung from a suspended ceiling grid, the Brightboard is designed to be installed in minutes by a non-technical person. The Brightboard does not contain a computer or require a network connection. At its heart is a solid-state graphics/media player, eliminating maintenance issues associated with computer networks. For more information, contact Door Six, (Web) www.doorsix.com.
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Fujitsu Frontech Limited, and Fujitsu Limited have jointly developed the world’s first film substrate-based bendable color electronic paper with an image memory function. The new electronic paper features vivid color images that are unaffected even when the screen is bent, and features an image memory function that enables continuous display of the same image without the need for electricity. The thin and flexible electronic paper uses very low power to change screen images, thereby making it ideal for displaying information or advertisements in public areas as a type of new electronic media that can be handled as easily as paper. Applications for the new electronic paper include electronic shelf display tags, pricing displays or product information displays that stand out in full color and can be readily updated. For more information, visit (Web Site) www.fujitsu.com/global.
Hankscraft, Inc. has introduced an Animated Audio Price Rail display, featuring a moving lenticular image with simultaneous audio that is activated by the customer. The price rail shown reprises the brand’s TV commercial for added recognition. For more information, contact Hankscraft, Inc., 300 Wengel Drive, Reedsburg, WI 53959; (Tel) 608-524-4341; Web Site) www.hankscraft-motors.com
Olea Exhibits/Displays offers a brochure featuring its standard and custom kiosk designs. Olea offers better kiosks through intelligent design. For a copy of the catalog, contact Olea Exhibits/Displays, 17115 Jersey Avenue, Artesia, CA 90701; (Tel) 800-927-8063, (Web Site) www.olea.com.
Umpqua Bank Launches Industry's First Music Program
Umpqua Bank Portland, OR, is launching a “Discover Local Music”, which connects Portland customers with the city’s vibrant music scene. Customers who open a new account have the opportunity to browse Umpqua’s Discover Local Music Catalog and create a free custom CD of 10 songs by the region’s top artists. The bank plans to roll out the program to Oregon, Washington and California.
The Discover Local Music program is an example of how Umpqua is redefining the way banks interact with consumers. The program is designed to be a fun, interactive experience for customers.
A visual in-store display features a listening station where customers will find a sampling of the variety of music available in Umpqua’s Discover Local Music Catalog. Umpqua worked with Rumblefish, a Portland-based Music firm to develop the program.
Buy For Less Implements Automated Coupon Machine
Buy For Less, a leading grocery chain in central Oklahoma, is installing the BetaCorp Automated Coupon Machine kiosk in each of its supermarkets.
The interactive kiosk provides shoppers with coupons through the use of a touch-screen monitor and printer. Powered by an integrated database of manufacturers’ coupons, the ACM offers Buy For Less shoppers a growing selection of coupons. To attract shoppers to the ACM, a 3D holographic display projects digital video images that appear as objects floating in space.
BetaCorp, Austin, TX, (www.betacorp.com) has provided the Automated Coupon Machines for the program.
Springboard Announces Concierge Electronic Shopping System
Springboard Retail Networks has introduced the Concierge electronic shopping system.
First, consumers upload their shopping list to the Concierge web site. As they walk down the store aisle, the Concierge map helps them locate the items in the store. As they place the item in the cart, the Concierge scanner reads the barcode, ticking it off the shopping list. Concierge automatically adjusts their shopping list, aligning it to the aisle layout in that particular store. The Concierge barcode scanner keeps a running tab on spending. Concierge also provides statistics on where shoppers are spending money and how much time they spend in a section of the store.
For more information, visit www.springboardnetworks.com or call 877-525-5051.
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