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2006
San Diego, Calif.-based High Tech Firm Places 112 Self Serve Kiosks, Including Jack In The Box - (AMonline.com - December, 2006)
IHL's Greg Buzek Named One of "The Differentiators" by RIS News - (RIS News - December, 2006)
AUDIOCAST: Security Challenges for Contactless Cards - (StoreFront Backtalk - November, 2006)
Contactless Securityless Report Could Depress Online Sales - (StoreFront Backtalk - November, 2006)
Consumers Punishing Physical Stores For The Sins Of Their Online Counterparts - (StoreFront Backtalk - November, 2006)
Exit41 Receives Patent for Restaurant Ordering Approach - (Press Release - November, 2006)
Whither the Checkout Girl? - (Fast Company - November, 2006)
The Store Is Back: Empowering POS - (RIS News Webinar - November, 2006)
On "Black Friday,'' Technology Makes Holiday Shopping Easier for Consumers, Says Wincor Nixdorf - (Business Wire - November, 2006)
Do I Look Fat? - (Star-Telegram.com - November, 2006)
Retailers in Jeopardy of Employees Quitting This Holiday Season - (Business Wire - November, 2006)
AUDIOCAST: Best Buy Loyalty Change: Shrewd Move or Mistake - (StoreFront Backtalk - October, 2006)
AUDIOCAST: Are Web Attacks Moving Downstream - (StoreFront Backtalk - October, 2006)
Digital Networking: Hannaford Bros. is a Cut Above - (Baseline - October, 2006)
New Standard Might Make E-Commerce Product Comparisons Easier - (eWeek - October, 2006)
Last temptation: Shoppers using self-checkout lanes often skip impulse items - (Springfield State Journal Register - October, 2006)
Reports Differ On Self-Checkout Value - (StorefrontBacktalk - October, 2006)
Retailers Take Ostrich Approach to Consumer Data Security - (eWeek - September, 2006)
Consumer self-service increasing in retail, government agencies - (Self-Service & Kiosk Association - September, 2006)
Surprises in the self-checkout lane - (American Public Media - Marketplace - September, 2006)
POS Hardware: Ultimate Technology Ranks As #1 Provider Of POS Hardware In RIS News Leaderboard Surve - (Retail Solutions Online - August, 2006)
Self-checkouts up: impulse buys down; Stores see large drop in purchases of items such as candy, mag - (The Patriot Ledger - August, 2006)
AUDIOCAST: Alien Delays IPO - (StorefrontBacktalk - August, 2006)
AUDIOCAST: Practical Consequences of Customer Service - (StorefrontBacktalk - August, 2006)
AUDIOCAST: ROI Problem of Kiosks - (StorefrontBacktalk - August, 2006)
AUDIOCAST: Evidence of a Retail Slowdown? - (StorefrontBacktalk - August, 2006)
The past had its roses, and also a few thorns - (Chicago Sun-Times - August, 2006)
Self-scan customers pinch impulse sales - (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - August, 2006)
Chandler: Self-checkout users don't load up on impulse buys - (San Jose Mercury News - August, 2006)
Kroger rises on consumer spending, market data - (Cincinnati Enquirer - August, 2006)
Rite Aid is Growing - (NPR: National Public Radio - August, 2006)
Is Self Service Big Business - (Washington Sports - August, 2006)
The Retailer's Holiday Wish List - (Integrated Solutions for Retail - July, 2006)
Self-Service: From Cultural Evolution to Retailing Revolution - (Pervasive Retailing Journal - July, 2006)
Kroger casts net more broadly - (Cincinnati Enquirer - July, 2006)
AUDIOCAST: New PCI Changes Announced by Visa - (StorefrontBacktalk - July, 2006)
AUDIOCAST: How Multi-Channel will likely do this holiday shopping season - (StorefrontBacktalk - July, 2006)
AUDIOCAST: Self-Checkout Trends and Impule Effect - (StorefrontBacktalk - July, 2006)
AUDIOCAST: Why So Few Automated TimeClocks? - (StorefrontBacktalk - July, 2006)
Self-checkout Reduces Front End Impulse Sales More Than 45 Percent: Study - (Progressive Grocer - July, 2006)
Seems you didn't need that Slim Jim or National Enquirer after all - (NetworkWorld - July, 2006)
Law of Unintended Consequences Strikes Grocers - (Slashdot - July, 2006)
QUICKIE CHECKOUT CUTS BUYS - (New York Post - July, 2006)
Microsoft ships first Windows OS for vertical market - (PC Welt - July, 2006)
Microsoft POS targets small retailers - (PC Welt - July, 2006)
Self-serve nation: Touch screens get green light from more retailers - (The Detroit News - June, 2006)
A button for every function - (Washington Times - June, 2006)
Self-Checkout? Just You Wait - (The Washington Post - June, 2006)
When Guess' Search Engine Failed, CIO Ordered It Hidden - (StoreFront Backtalk - June, 2006)
Self-Checkout System Spending Soars to $475 Billion - (eWeek - June, 2006)
POS Market in Latin America Continues Strong Growth Says New Study by IHL Consulting Group - (Business Wire - May, 2006)
What's New With POS? - (Processor - May, 2006)
Self-checkout biggest growth area for POS - (Kiosk Marketplace - May, 2006)
China POS market strong, but piracy threatens OS sales - (WindowsForDevices.com - April, 2006)
Higher Usage is Critical to Maximizing Self-Checkout ROI - (Pervasive Retailing Journal - April, 2006)
EPOS Shipments to Europe/Middle East/Africa Continue Solid Growth in Midst of Struggling Economies - (ePaymentnews Network - April, 2006)
Food Fight Heats Up - (Cincinnati Enquirer - April, 2006)
Windows dominates growing EMEA POS market - (Windows for Devices - April, 2006)
POS Shipments to China to Surpass Those of Japan by 2008 - (Business Wire - April, 2006)
Is it self-service or disservice? - (The Philadelphia Inquirer - April, 2006)
Wake Up Call: Do it Yourself - (Progressive Grocer - April, 2006)
Microsoft updates WEPOS, extends POS support to XP Pro - (WindowsForDevices.com - March, 2006)
Microsoft Expands Support for Retail and Hospitality Industries With New Version of Windows Embedded - (WebWire - March, 2006)
North American Retailers Spent Nearly $6 Billion on POS Terminals - (BusinessWire - March, 2006)
Retail Software Uncertainty Slows POS Sales - (eWeek - March, 2006)
Linux growth strong in $6B North American POS market - (Linux Devices - March, 2006)
Windows dominates $6B North American POS market - (Windows for Devices - March, 2006)
Linux Gains Market Share in 'Point of Sale' - (Linux Electrons - March, 2006)
Retailers to Increase POS Spending - (Pervasive Retailing Journal - March, 2006)
The Challenge Of Checks, CreditCard Purchases In The Field - (eWeek - March, 2006)
Open POS Systems Poised for Growth - (Progressive Grocer - March, 2006)
Retailers' to Spend Almost $6 Billion on POS Systems in '07 - (Progressive Grocer - March, 2006)
North American Retailers POS Expenditures Expected to Reach $5.8 Billion in 2007 - (Business Wire - March, 2006)
Leaders & Laggards: Deconstructing success and failure criteria in retailing - (RIS News - February, 2006)
A Positive Outlook for POS Software - (Device Software Optimization - February, 2006)
Self-checkout lanes: To do or not to do - (Daily Herald - February, 2006)
Microsoft Case Study: IHL Sophia - (Microsoft.com - January, 2006)
Do-it-yourself at the store, too - (Chicago Tribune - January, 2006)
OfficeMax Deploys Fujitsu GlobalSTORE Platform - (Google News - January, 2006)
Association for Retail Technology Standards Selects IHL Consulting Group as First, Approved Particip - (Press Release - January, 2006)
RoboServer To Install Its Self-Serve Machine For Its First Dairy Queen - (Business Wire - January, 2006)
HP Sales to World's Leading Retailers Tops $3 Billion in Fiscal Year 2005 - (Business Wire - January, 2006)
WEPOS gains hardware partners, touts market success - (WindowsForDevices.com - January, 2006)
Big Vendors Leap To More Linux In Retail Stores - (LinuxPlanet - January, 2006)
Kroger opts for Fujitsu self-checkout system - (Fibre 2 Fashion - January, 2006)
2005
Free Microsoft Add-in Aims To Help Small Retailers - (Redmondmag.com - December, 2005)
Microsoft Connects POS and Accounting - (Small Business Computing.com - December, 2005)
DHL thinks what the world needs now is good service - (USA Today - December, 2005)
Zale Dips Toe In New Pos - (Women's Wear Daily - December, 2005)
NSB ranked #1 for Store - (NSB Group/IHL Report - December, 2005)
After Early Surge, Adoption of Linux for Retail Point-of-Sale Apps Slows - (Computerworld - December, 2005)
After Early Surge, Adoption of Linux for Retail Point-of-Sale Apps Slows - (Computerworld - December, 2005)
SAP Extends Retail Market Leadership with Khimetrics Acquisition - (RIS News - November, 2005)
Self-Checkout: More Male, and More Popular - (Phil Lemperts Facts and Figures - October, 2005)
POS RAPID Project Toolkit(C) From IHL Consulting Group Dramatically Drops ''Time to Market'' for New - (Yahoo! Finance - October, 2005)
Automatic for the people - (China News Daily - October, 2005)
SAP Strengthens Retail Strategy with Triversity Acquisition - (RIS News-Executive News Brief - September, 2005)
Cybersource to Take Over CardSystems - (CIO Insight - September, 2005)
NSB Group Named Top POS Software Vendor For Specialty Softgoods Retailers - (Yahoo! Finance - August, 2005)
OSDL Claims Linux Making Major Gains in $6 Trillion Global Retail Sector - (PRNewswire - August, 2005)
Self-Checkout Transactions to Approach $450 Billion Annually by 2008, Says IHL Consulting Group - (Business Wire - August, 2005)
Less labor = more service - (Kiosk Marketplace - August, 2005)
LinuxWorld SF: Ritz Camera looks to Linux for POS apps - (Computerworld - August, 2005)
A Self-Everything World? - (Kioskcom.com - August, 2005)
Retailers Spending on Self-Checkout Systems Like Never Before - (Phil Lempert's Xtreme Retail 23 - August, 2005)
Self-checkout: Australia lags behind despite roll out in all new Big W stores - (GroceryFAQs - Australia - August, 2005)
Ritz Camera, Others Embracing Linux for POS - (LinuxInsider - August, 2005)
Nashvillians lead country in self-checkout - (Nashville City Paper - August, 2005)
Retailers run risk of abandoned shopping carts this back-to-school season; ''Back-to-School: Inside - (Business Wire - August, 2005)
People Who Don't Need People, Are the Luckiest People at the Self-Checkout - (CIO Insight - August, 2005)
Supermarkets Target Self-Checkout, Workforce Management - (Frontline Solutions - July, 2005)
Daily Briefing Retail: More self-checkout coming - (Atlanta Journal Constitution - July, 2005)
Oracle Buys Up Retail Forecaster - (eWeek - July, 2005)
News Analysis: The Battle Behind Microsoft's Retail Version of WinXP Embedded - (Device Software Optimization - June, 2005)
How Cybera Became a Star - (Nashville City Paper - June, 2005)
Sears, CSC Launch Word War - (Baseline Magazine - June, 2005)
Look, Ma, No Coins - (eWeek - June, 2005)
Supermarket Spending on New Kiosks Implementation - (Kiosk and Self-Service - June, 2005)
Short order: NCR acquires InfoAmerica - (Northern Colorado Business Report - June, 2005)
Windows Garners 92% of PC-based Hospitality POS Market - (Windowsfordevices.com - May, 2005)
Microsoft Debuts New Retailer Software - (CNet - May, 2005)
Fujitsu Named Top POS Software Vendor for Hard Goods - (Businesswire - May, 2005)
Is the Price Right? - (Chain Store Age Retail Technology Quarterly Supplement - May, 2005)
Microsoft ships first Windows OS for vertical market - (ITworld.com - May, 2005)
Ka-ching! Microsoft Spins Windows For Cash Registers - (Information Week - May, 2005)
HP to Offer Retailers Enhanced Point-of-sale Solutions with Agilysys - (I-Newswire.com - May, 2005)
Retailers Facing Critical IT Security Deadline - (CIO INSIGHT - April, 2005)
More turn to self-serve stations - (Honolulu Advertiser - April, 2005)
POS Market To Be Driven By Integrated Systems - (ePaynews.com - April, 2005)
Customers increasingly prefer to serve as their own cashier - (Wisconsin Post Crescent - April, 2005)
Service gets lost in self-serve world - (Chicago Tribune - April, 2005)
Multi-Channel Retail Is Driving Payment Security - (ePaynews.com - April, 2005)
Novell updates embeddable POS Linux distribution - (Linuxdevices.com - April, 2005)
Supermarket Shootout - (RIS News - April, 2005)
LinuxWorld SF: Ritz Camera looks to Linux for POS apps - (Computerworld - April, 2005)
One Brand, Multiple Ways to Buy - (Microsoft Executive Circle - March, 2005)
Quote of the Week - (ePaynews.com - March, 2005)
Personal scanners drive retail sales - (CIO News - March, 2005)
Prices Plummet for Point-of-Sale Systems - (eWeek - March, 2005)
Face it, we are becoming a self-service kind of society - (Cox News Service - February, 2005)
Grocery IT Spend Trends - (Vertical Systems Reseller - February, 2005)
China POS Sales Soaring - (eWeek - February, 2005)
A Shoplifter's Worst Nightmare - (eWeek - January, 2005)
High-tech retailing - (New York Daily News - January, 2005)
2004
Oh, Yeah, the Computers ... - (Baseline - December, 2004)
Self-checkout lanes gaining popularity - (The Bryan - College Station Eagle - June, 2004)
More Retailers Make Checkout Do-It-Yourself - (Newhouse News - May, 2004)
Self-checkout Reduces Time Waiting in Grocery Line - (Kansas City Star - May, 2004)
It's a Do-it-yourself World - (USA Today - April, 2004)
Optimal Completes Sale of U-Scan Business to Fujitsu - (TechWeb - April, 2004)
Self-serve shoppers belly up to the bar code - (Fort Worth Star Telegram - April, 2004)
The Next Step in Self-Checkouts - (WAFF.com - April, 2004)
Check it out: Retailers cater to do-it-yourselfers - (Boston Herald - April, 2004)
Grocery checkout: a do-it-yourself art - (International Herald Tribune - April, 2004)
Fujitsu, NCR vie to purchase U-scan - (Dallas Morning News - April, 2004)
Windows/Linux fight moves to the cash register - (GEEK.com - March, 2004)
Retailers see savings; unions see job threat - (The Sacramento Bee - March, 2004)
Fujitsu Unit Putting Hard Times Behind - (Dallas Morning News - March, 2004)
Invasion of the kiosks - (US News & World Report - March, 2004)
Windows, Linux Vie at the Cash Register - (CNet - March, 2004)
Heading off turnover - (Progressive Grocer - March, 2004)
Albertson's: A Shot at the Crown - (Baseline - February, 2004)
Goodbye to Checkout Lines? - (Seattle Times - February, 2004)
Retailers set to invest in new point-of-sale technology - (Nashville Business Journal - January, 2004)
IBM Acquistion Expands Vendors' POS Presence - (CRN - January, 2004)
RadioShack Picks Windows XP Embedded - (TechWeb - January, 2004)
2003
Self-Scan Checkouts Register with Grocers - (Los Angeles Times - November, 2003)
2002
Linux Cash Registers Go Mainstream - (CIO Information Network - September, 2002)
2001
Home Depot - Chilling Out - (Baseline Magazine - December, 2001)
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