Verizon introduces self-service stores

Verizon Wireless is breaking new ground in the US wireless retail experience with the introduction of a new store design in more than 280 company-owned stores, reports Self-service.

The stores offer consumers a high-tech and hands-on experience with wireless voice, data, music and video services.

The store features a bright new design and integrates a number of innovative self-service systems and operational enhancements designed to streamline the sales process and enhance the customer experience.

Food retail research and consulting company Food Information Service Europe (FIS Europe) is in discussion with retailers in the Netherlands and Belgium to deploy prefabricated automated stores that sell high-end food or other items to customers, states RFID Journal.

The prefab stores incorporate self-locking doors, RFID technology and cameras, so that no staff is required.

The concept, known as Food Store 24, was inspired by a similar system employed at the Laxomat self-service convenience stores.

NCR, a provider of self-service solutions, has introduced CVM Mobility, a suite of services that lets patients use their mobile phones or other mobile devices to receive appointment reminders and other alerts, pay bills and access lab results, says Self-service.

Patients may opt in for all of these features based on personal preference through NCR's CVM Online Self-Service portal solution.

CVM Mobility is designed to help reduce missed appointments, enhance collections and improve staff productivity for healthcare organisations while providing added convenience to patients.