Small Biz Trends

JULY 22, 2025

For instance, eHopper POS and SumUp offer free plans , whereas Square and PayPal Zettle provide cost-effective transaction fees. Key Takeaways eHopper POS offers a free plan with unlimited products, making it ideal for small retailers on a budget. SumUp likewise provides a free plan alongside a $54 card reader, charging 2.6%

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Retail Wire

MAY 30, 2025

Additionally, the company plans to share future deals to both reward and offer value to app users over the coming months. Recognizing the cart’s success, Meyer and his Union Square Hospitality Group set up a permanent park kiosk. No promo code or additional purchase required.

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Retail Wire

JUNE 8, 2025

With that disclosure, the divestiture moves from possibility to near-certainty, marking the latest chapter in Jack in the Box’s multi-step “JACK on Track” turnaround plan. drop at franchised locations and a 1.7% All corporate stores are fully kiosk-enabled, and franchisees are steadily adopting the technology.

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VMS

JULY 21, 2025

The 3850-square-foot location is the first of several the chain plans for the state. (It Founded in 2006, its Michigan debut brings the chain’s total fleet to 410 locations in 28 states and the District of Columbia. Cava (Washington, D.C.) has opened its first restaurant in Michigan, in the western Detroit suburb of Canton.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 3, 2025

Superdrug Superdrug unveiled its immersive Beauty Playground concept at its Westfield Stratford flagship store last month, with plans to roll out to concept across its 30 top performing UK stores by August. Here are six retailer concepts launched so far in 2025. sales rise and a sharper focus on core customers.

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A1 Retail

JUNE 19, 2025

Located at 5 Loxton Walk, the boutique grocer and delicatessen offering, complete with a seating area and coffee counter, will anchor the new pedestrianised courtyard in Marylebone. Loxton Walk will welcome Melrose & Morgan’s 3,300 sq ft triple-fronted flagship store later this year.

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365 Retail

APRIL 14, 2025

The brand will launch a four-month pop-up at Paddington Station on 18 April, followed by a permanent kiosk at Clapham Junction on 28 April. The new locations form part of the companys strategy to extend its reach in high-footfall, transit-heavy locations. Budwig also reported that group sales were up 7.5%

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I Vend

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In the physical world, there are established stores, pop up stores, kiosks, collection lockers and collection and drop off partners. Customer data: every transaction generates customer data, which is invaluable for planning future marketing, product ranges, store locations and much more.

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Frank Mayer

APRIL 11, 2025

However, treating kiosks and mobile apps as interchangeable solutions can restrict how QSRs grow both financially and operationally. Learn why adding kiosks to your QSR’s self-service strategy complements your mobile investment. Kiosks, on the other hand, service walk-in customers, travelers, and eat-in diners.

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 23, 2025

Key Takeaways Niche Market Appeal: DVD kiosks cater to movie lovers who prefer physical media, providing a unique business opportunity despite the prominence of streaming services. Key Players: Notable brands like DVDNow Kiosks and Redbox dominate the industry, offering varying business models and support systems to help franchisees thrive.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2024

With a target of 1,800+ total locations, the beauty retailer plans to open 200 net-new stores over the next three years. The retailer also plans to open 60 to 65 net-new stores this year, as well as remodel or relocate 40 to 45 other locations. 3, 2025, with an anticipated $11 billion to $11.2

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2022

Dollar General already has self-checkout kiosks in 8,000 of its 18,000 stores and plans to increase that number to 11,000 by the end of this year. Now, Owens said the company also plans to begin testing a 100% self-checkout store format across 200 locations this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2022

Convenience and gas chain Kwik Trip is bringing Coinsource bitcoin ATMs to its more than 800 locations in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa. Coinsource kiosks allow consumers to buy and sell bitcoin with U.S. dollars for an 11% fee and receive their bitcoin within minutes.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 1, 2023

Uniqlo reportedly plans to expand its North American footprint by 10% by opening 20 to 30 stores annually to reach 200 locations by 2027, Daisuke Tsukagoshi, CEO of Uniqlo North America told Reuters. Each new store will feature self-checkout kiosks, in-store pickup and free clothing alterations. The first four U.S.

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Inside Retail

MAY 3, 2021

Mexican fast food chain Guzman y Gomez (GYG) is planning to open an additional 30 drive-thrus in Australia over the next 12 months, which will bring the company’s total store count to over 180 locations across Australia, Singapore, Japan and the US. Nothing like this exists in the US,” he said. 50 per cent comparable store sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Instead of preemptively cutting back, many are planning to spend more this year. That’s right, retailers are planning to “invest their way through the recession,” according to new benchmark research from digital transformation company Mercaux conducted by CensusWide. This trend is even more pronounced among CEOs in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2022

Dollar General is planning to build three 1 million-square-foot distribution centers in an approximately $480 million combined investment to support the growing DG Private Fleet presence. At full capacity, the facilities, to be located in North Little Rock, Ark.; Aurora, Colo.; and Salem, Ore., will create up to 1,100 jobs.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Scheduled for late November or early December, the store be located in Darling Square, expanding a network that is currently confined to Queensland and Melbourne. Cinnabon plans to open a second Sydney location by the end of next year and add 15 additional locations to NSW over the next five years. .

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2021

Autonomous convenience store retailer Wundermart is expanding its operations, with plans to open more than 10,000 checkout-free stores in a partnership with contactless checkout company AiFi. You should be capable of easily opening up autonomous shops, and it needs to be cost-effective.”.

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2021

Using location-based technology, past-purchase data, and the stated and observed preferences of its loyalty app users, this retailer has the ability to personalise offers and experiences while customers are in the store and afterwards – again, in a non-intrusive way. So, how would this work when physical stores open up again?

Customer Experience

Frank Mayer

APRIL 21, 2022

Self-service kiosks continue to rise in popularity as a powerful tool benefitting businesses and their customer experience strategies. Below, we’ve compiled a list of the most common self-service kiosk questions and their answers. Self-service kiosks can offer a variety of functions outside of strictly ordering capabilities.

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Frank Mayer

APRIL 25, 2022

If you’re reading this, you’re likely either planning a self-service program or about to start. As you prepare, make sure your kiosks check all the boxes for user experience and operation. Here we detail five best kiosk practices that should be standard considerations for every project. Passively Capture Analytics.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2020

Circle K will pilot a touchless autonomous checkout solution in one of its Phoenix locations and plans to add the technology to other store locations. In the pilot store, shoppers can pay via a smartphone app for a completely touchless experience, or pay with cash or a card at a kiosk or traditional POS station.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2021

Collins Foods has opened 16 Taco Bell locations in Australia to date: 12 in Queensland and four in Victoria. Collins’ KFC Europe division, which is far more invested in food court and dine-in locations than in Australia, saw substantial impact during the year, while Sizzler Asia managed to remain profitable despite the virus.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 4, 2023

The Studio is a kiosk that allows customers to create and interact with a variety of design layouts and experience products in a digital, fully 3D room with photorealistic quality. AllModern store, where it will allow customers to experience the larger digital catalog in lifelike quality while shopping in a physical location.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Costco will put a renewed emphasis on ecommerce by doubling the number of locations with pickup lockers over the coming year and expanding its Costco Next brand directory. The retailer’s net sales were up 16.7% billion in Q1 2022, with digital sales up 13.3% year-over-year.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

David Howse, chief support officer of McDonald’s Australia, said that the company is focused on opening new stores in residential growth areas close to transport and infrastructure in both metro and regional locations. The post McDonald’s to invest $130m in new restaurants and renovations appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail Dive

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Planning documents filed in San Francisco outline a location that has digital ordering kiosks and is built to efficiently manage in-store and online orders.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2024

In March 2024 , Couche-Tard also deployed a unified supply chain and planning system from Relex across its North American store footprint. GetGo employs approximately 3,500 people across its 270 convenience retail and fuel locations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virgina, Maryland and Indiana.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2023

For example, when Kohl’s first piloted the launch of Amazon return kiosks in 2017, it saw new customers increase 9% at test locations compared to 1% increases at other stores. That partnership has since been expanded chainwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

He noted that Best Buy added ESLs in some locations after COVID forced its stores to close, and that high-performing retailers as a group spend an impressive 843% more on ESLs than other retailers. We’re forecasting 700% growth over the next two years for these second locations with dedicated inventory.”.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 15, 2023

Customers dining in will also have the option of placing their order via three self-service kiosks. KFC says it plans to construct future restaurants this year with SaveBoard and retrofit select existing locations with the game-changing low-carbon and fully recyclable at-the-end-of-life product.

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Dezeen

JANUARY 23, 2023

IKEA's innovation lab Space10 has worked with interior designers Spacon & X to transform the ground floor of its headquarters into a library and community space , with a look that is meant to recall a simple kiosk. It plans to host two exhibitions each year and keep all its events free to attend.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 25, 2021

Panera Bread plans to unveil a next-generation bakery-café restaurant design, the first of which will open in November 2021 in Ballwin, Mo. Once the order is made, guests are notified via mobile notifications when their food is ready, minimalizing interaction with cashiers, kiosks, paper receipts or pagers.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Around 90 per cent of surveyed restaurateurs in Australia say they plan to expand their businesses in the next 12 months by offering new products or opening additional locations, and 80 per cent report feeling more optimistic about the future of their restaurants.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 21, 2024

Today, it’s not about space planning for large groups to shop; designers and retail operators must cater to individuals who have their phones in hand and need space efficiency in this new shopping model. As shopping becomes more of an individualized happening, rethinking traditional retail spaces is vital.

Shopping

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2022

Data-generating technologies can offer a variety of metrics (depending on the specific technology) such as where shoppers are going and how long they spend between specific locations or stores, and can help inform decisions about everything from labor allocation to sales conversion.

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