Kiosk Information Systems to showcase POS innovations

Kiosk Information Systems and its parent company, Posiflex, will showcase new connected retail solutions for self-service, point of sale and digital signage at the 2019 NRF Big Show in New York City. The team will demonstrate advances in hardware, software and service technologies that bridge digital and physical spaces to facilitate connected consumer transactions, according to a press release.

Posiflex's recently appointed global chief strategy officer, Hans Peter Nüdling, said in a prepared statement:

I'm thrilled to introduce the Posiflex Group at NRF. 'The Posiflex Group' references the collective brands of Posiflex, Kiosk Information Systems and Portwell computing. It encompasses a strategic blend of world-class POS, self-service, industrial gateway/computing technologies under one virtual corporate roof.

At NRF, the group will be illustrating omnichannel IoT applied in retail, hospitality and digital signage product applications. Our group mission is to leverage the leading-edge technologies and earned domain expertise of each brand to collaboratively drive new product innovation and global market growth.

Further, uniting the vast global engineering, operations and distribution infrastructure elevates the group's strategic IoT solution portfolio and value proposition for our global customer base.

Nüdling will be building European presence, supplementing primary design and manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Asia, the release said.

Inside the booth, the group will debut two new standard kiosk offerings. The TK Series (designed by KIS and manufactured by Posiflex in Taiwan) features modular platforms with a 32- or 21-inch display.

The new ParagonT 200 Series kiosk features a sleek 32-inch PCAP display with componentry purpose-built for quick serve and fast casual restaurant order automation (wall mount, single- or dual-sided pedestal). Further, the existing Stellar TK2100 series kiosk has been redesigned as a modular unit with mainstream component options common to most self-service transactions (pedestal or countertop). Both TK models are built with Posiflex components.

Kiosk Information Systems will feature two new partner platforms. Bebloo and KIS have collaborated on a digital signage platform empowered with active customer intelligence. The demo simultaneously shows customer facial recognition and related engagement and demographic analytics, illustrating how real-time customer insight data helps retailers optimize ad content. It provides scannable digital QR codes empowering consumers to carry store offers, promotions and product information to complete purchases anytime through any channel.

A second Kiosk Information Systems partner collaboration is with Bitstop, a provider of bitcoin ATMs. This platform enables instantaneous cash-to-bitcoin purchase transactions with a kiosk UI.

Kiosk Information Systems will also feature its own licensed product platforms. Demos include licensable bill payment hardware and software that free up store associates to focus entirely on closing new sales and driving store profits. Additional retail self-service solutions include loyalty and gift registry platforms for automating in-store signup, promotional offer presentation, and self-service gift registry management.

In addition, locker demonstrations for buy-online-pick up-in-store provide online sales transaction pickup, driving customer convenience and security, bonused with additional in-store foot traffic and secondary purchases.

Posiflex will feature its RT Series POS terminals (slim standard and widescreen displays), and MT series POS tablets. MT tablets represent the next-generation in mobile POS with Gorilla Glass and optional EMV L2 chip and pin options.

Advanced deployment management software product demonstrations will include real-time IoT alerting software to monitor connected POS, kiosk and signage end-points in real time and at scale.

Source: Kiosk Marketplace