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kiosk

A small, freestanding retail location within the confines of another business or in the common areas of a shopping center. Kiosks represent a method of significantly expanding real estate income without raising rents or building more space.The term is sometimes used to denote only self-service locations,with the attended sites called carts.(For more information see the Web site of the Self Service and Kiosk Association, www.selfservice.org.)

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Automated kiosks for self-check-in are definitely a growth industry, according to Sandy Nix, president of Connected Technology Solutions, who expects her list of 50 hospital clients to multiply three to four limes by year's end.

No line, no waiting; electronic kiosks speed up patient registration: deployments are not without hiccups, such as staff and patient buy-in

However, this depends on the demolition of an unlicensed kiosk which now sits in the centre of the construction site.

Stubborn kiosk owner poised to delay bus terminal

Analysts said the relinquishment of the Sam's kiosks will dampen RadioShack's earnings by more than was expected.

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Caputo's deploys fresh food kiosks

Today, Optimiza is the first and only company to provide total enterprise turnkey Arabic-English kiosk solutions for the MENA region.

Alpha Data Signs a Partnership Agreement with Optimiza

For consumers, Digikwik kiosks offer instant prints, CDs, index prints, calendars, greeting cards, a wide variety of frames, scrapbooks, albums, gifts, and pictures on DVD.

Beyond the 4-by-6 print: European kiosk makers help photo retailers achieve goals

The participating kiosks were evaluated by a panel of expert judges, including Francie Mendelsohn of Summit Research Associates, Rockville, Md.; Robert Porter of Euro Kiosks Network, Madrid Spain; and Lawrence Dvorchik of KioskCom (JD Events), Trumbull, Conn.

DIMA 2007 Photo Kiosk Shoot-Out winners named

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Wiring the dining experience: IHEs fuse food and technology to keep students happy and entice new ones through their doors

The kiosks, along with the reopening of the outdoor dining area on Vanderbilt Avenue, represent the first major retail addition to Grand Central Terminal since the 1999.

Grand Central Terminal's kiosks are just the ticket

Monthly lease rates for carts or kiosks can range from $800 to $3,000 in the off-season, which is January through October, says Norins.

Retail kiosk: here's how to start a specialty cart for under $10k

Earlier, while chairing an anti-encroachment meeting last month, the Federal Minister for Interior had directed the CDA to earmark pieces of land in sectors for kiosks and prepare a plan for their allotment to private individuals.