Genkiosk, the leaders in self-service kiosk software has announced new services specifically aimed at the growing market in kiosk applications designed for retail.

Genkiosk is the most powerful management system for self-service kiosks, and James Oladujoye, CEO of GWD Media (the Genkiosk developers) outlines how the market is rapidly growing: “Nothing stands still any more, and retail is especially dynamic because of the fierce competion. My own shopping habits have been completely transformed since I became a father. Nowadays I only go to the supermarket in the middle of the night. And I always use the self-service checkouts: my time is precious! Those changes are even more marked in the world of retail kiosks, where we are seeing two distinct major growth trends: standalone and assisted.”

Standalone kiosks are used independently by shoppers to browse, order and pay for whatever they want – and are especially popular in regions with low domestic Internet provision.

With assisted kiosks – which may function exactly the same, technically, as the standalone variety – the key difference is that both customer and sales assistant interact together with the kiosk.

In both scenarios, Genkiosk kiosk software maximises up-time and profitability, and self-service kiosks offer major advantages over the more traditional forms of shopping:

superb product knowledge: no human can possibly know more

stock-outs can be removed from promotion: why display something you cannot sell?

up-selling: statistical analysis shows that kiosks are better at it than people (whether it’s persuading users to add fries to their burgers, or spend more on a cell phone with additional features.)

Jed Fraser, Chief Marketing Officer of Genkiosk emphasizes that the sector is growing everywhere, but in distinct ways per geography: ” I am just back from the Philippines for example, and I was really taken by two implementations there. In one, a chain of convenience stores supplemented their offering via retail kiosks selling a much broader range of goods – and the part that I really liked was that goods were delivered to the store, prompting a return visit …. and extra sales like refreshments. In a second example, OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) are buying groceries via kiosks located abroad, and the food is collected by friends or family in Manila: the objective is to overcome situations where money was transferred home, then misspent by the recipients.”

And Marek Narkiewicz, CTO at Genkiosk sees his work there as an extension of his personal life to the world: “Me? I hate going to the shops. Ever. That’s not how I want to spend my time. So I buy everything online. And what we are doing with self-service kiosks managed by Genkiosk is to make the same benefits available to everyone. Everywhere.”

Genkiosk, from GWD Media was first developed to run and manage pay-as-you-go Internet kiosks.

It has now grown to cover the full range of self-service sectors and applications:

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????Browsing and shopping.

After launching in Europe, it expanded first to the Americas, then the Middle East and beyond, going global via multinational customers and now with direct clients as far afield as Fiji in the South Pacific.

Genkiosk is delivered via the Cloud, maximising service and availability in every region of the world.

VeoVend, the sister of Genkiosk, provides the same monitoring and management services for more traditional vending (snacks, drinks, beverages, retail.)

A hardware plug-in, with mobile phone SIM, gives online access to even the most basic vending machine.

GWD Media is headquartered in Sheffield, UK, and operates worldwide.

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Indias Beauty Queen reveals the secret to her beauty: Indian hair.

Born in America but of Indian ethnicity, Punit Juneja is not just another pretty face. Punit holds a law degree from New York Law School, is a successful entrepreneur, and a successful model who recently appeared in both Vogue and Elle. Her interviews covered the skin care secrets of India’s “most beautiful women”. Punit also established herself in the fashion scene, appearing a number of times in Hello magazine (celebrity news fashion and beauty). In March 2012 she was included on the very impressive list of “India’s Most Stylish Women.”

Although much of the attention she had received was focused on her beautiful skin and sense of style, Punit quickly realized that it was her hair that “always got me the most attention.” She said that it was just “normal for her,” after she moved from New York to India she realized that most of the Indian women had beautiful hair.

Punit says, Women all over the world were dying to have great hair. Hair is the most important thing for a woman and her confidence. If I could make people happy by giving them that, it would be a reward in itself. Moreover, what was even more fulfilling was that the women donating their hair were doing it for charity and for their love of God. They received blessings when they shaved their hair. So I was giving women blessed hair.”

Not only is Indian hair the only hair known as “temple hair” but as soon as she began her company Remy Hair Secrets, she immediately addressed the lack of consistency in many other Indian hair products. In addition Punit formulated “the most organic, least intrusive way of keeping the best qualities of the Indian Remy hair intact” throughout the manufacturing process. Remy Hair Secrets is a secret to most of the world, but that will change now that they are launching in the United States.

Nowhere in the world are hair extensions a bigger business than here in America. Last year alone, women spent 16 billion dollars on hair extensions and restoration products and services. According to packagedfacts.com, a leading website on consumer insights, hair extensions accounted for 80% of the 20 billion total dollars spent on hair care products.

Founded in 2010, Remy Hair Secrets has already been distributing their Remy hair extensions, also known as Indian hair extensions in Europe, Africa and India and only recently has become available to the U.S.market.

Punit’s dreams likely would have remained just that if not for the inspiration and direction of her father Dr.H.Singh, Ph.D. who migrated to the USA in 1973 with “just $ 8 in his pocket” and is now an author of 12 inspirational books which have earned him a unique nickname “Trump with a turban. He thinks that their hair business endeavor will someday be the catalyst for another interesting book much like the book he wrote, How 12 Immigrants Made Billions from Zero to the Forbes list of Billionaires.

Together Dr. Singh and his daughter Punit are launching the line for the US distribution.

San Mateo Medical Market, offering a wide assortment of medical supplies and equipment, is celebrating its first anniversary. Located at 53 W. 43rd Ave. in San Mateo, the San Mateo Medical Market is the third store in the Hayward Medical Market, a family-owned business founded in 2003 by Dick Rogers and Amy Rogers.

Our stores are the best resource for medical products because we offer the largest selection of healthcare products and the lowest prices in the Bay Area, founder Dick Rogers said.

The stores inventory features a full line of medical products, including many products for bathroom safety. All of Hayward Medical Markets stores carry beds, cushions, diagnostics, exam gloves, incontinence products, lift chairs, scooters, walking aids and wheelchairs.

They also carry aids for independent living (hip kits, reachers and stocking aids), compression stockings, orthopedic supports, skin care products, and all types of wound-care dressings.

People expect to find durable medical products, which the stores carry, but we also stock many hard to find items, Dick Rogers said. Many people are delighted to find nursing supplies, bandages, applicators, antiseptics, containers for needle disposal and textile products, including gowns and pillows.

The stores are staffed with friendly, knowledgeable staffs, including Dick and Amy, who help customers with all their medical needs.

The customers appreciate the full service and family atmosphere we offer, as well as the great selection and low prices, Dick Rogers said. We also provide informational materials and helpful resources.

Hayward Medical Market also has an online shopping site to go with its three Bay Area retail stores in Hayward, Concord and San Mateo. Online shopping is available on the web at http://www.medmartusa2.com.

For more information about any of Hayward Medical Markets products or services, call 510-695-2458, or view the medical supplier on the web at http://www.medmartusa.com. Hayward Medical Markets locations are at the San Mateo Medical Market, 53 W. 43rd Ave. in San Mateo; Hayward Medical Market, 22656 Foothill Blvd. in Hayward; and Concord Medical Market, 3375 Port Chicago Highway in Concord.

About Hayward Medical Market

Hayward Medical Market is the Bay Area’s largest selection of hospital and medical products at the lowest prices around. Products include aids for daily living, bariatric products, bathroom safety products, beds/bedding, compression stockings, cushions, diagnostics, exam gloves, lift chairs, incontinence products, orthopedic braces and supports, and wound-care products. Delivery on hospital equipment and lift chairs are available. Hayward Medical Market delivers exceptional service from a knowledgeable and friendly staff.

Pollogen Ltd., a global leader in the medical aesthetic market, announced that has received Health Canada approval for its TriFractional product, a state-of the art fractional skin resurfacing solution based on radiofrequency technology. The TriFractional product received CE mark approva l in September 2012 and has been very well received in Europe, Latin America and Asia. The anti-aging results achieved with the TriFractional are impressive: long-term skin tightening and firming, scar reduction, and skin rejuvenation.

An innovation on other fractional products, the TriFractional applicator uses a special algorithm to introduce radiofrequency energy to the skin which enables deep penetration to the mid-dermis with minimal discomfort, for one of the most effective fractional skin resurfacing treatments. The TriFractional RF energy creates tiny wounds which trigger the bodys natural healing response mechanism, inducing neocollagenesis and creating healthy skin cells. After the treatment, the untreated areas in the skin layers function as healing centers.

Pollogens TriFractional technology has been clinically tested to effectively deliver superior anti-aging results for wrinkle and pigmentation reduction, scar reduction – especially acne scars and skin tightening and firming. Since it is based on radiofrequency technology which is color blind, the treatment works on all skin types.

TriFractional is an add-on module to Pollogens flagship multi-application Maximus MED platform, adding fractional technology to Pollogens leading proprietary technologies TriLipo Radiofrequency (RF) and TriLipo Dynamic Muscle Activation (DMA). Using these three technologies, the Maximus platform enables physicians to treat four layers of tissue: epidermis, dermis, muscles and fat, which no other single aesthetic device is able to do. The wide range of skin applications for both the face and body possible with Maximus, include wrinkle reduction, improved appearance of acne scars, firmed and rejuvenated skin, facial contouring, skin tightening, cellulite reduction, long-lasting circumferential reduction, stretch mark improvement and lifting, toning and firming of muscles.

Jay Herman, President of Sigmacon Medical, which exclusively distributes Pollogens products in Canada stated: We are very excited about the Health Canada approval. The TriFractional module enables the physician to offer advanced anti-aging solutions that patients are demanding. The aesthetic industry thrives on constant innovation and Pollogen has been able to continuously deliver new products and technologies.

Pollogens CEO, Mr. Amichai Bar-Nir stated: The TriFractional solution has already proven itself in key markets around the world and we are confident that the Canadian public will love the solution. In a quick lunchtime procedure individuals can achieve fantastic and significant anti-aging results.

About Pollogen

Pollogen Ltd. is a global leader in the medical aesthetics market providing innovative, safe and effective solutions for women and men that enhance and expand the practice of medical aesthetic professionals. The company offers products to address a range of skin treatments under the industrys three premier brands: TriPollar?, TriLipo? and TriFractional.

Pollogen offers a full line of clinically-proven, non-invasive anti-aging facial and body contouring treatment platforms for circumference reduction, cellulite reduction and skin tightening. The companys medical aesthetic devices, Maximus, Apollo, and Regen XL offer customers clinically-proven, safe and effective anti-aging lunchtime beauty treatments that deliver immediate and long-lasting results. With a distribution network in over 60 countries, Pollogen is providing innovative solutions to medical professionals globally. For more details visit http://www.pollogen.com

About Signacon

Sigmacon Medical Products is a Canadian distributor of new and emerging healthcare technologies, including diagnostic equipment, light therapy systems, and surgical lasers for ophthalmology, dermatology, otolaryngology, gynecology, phlebology, and urology. For more information please call 1-800-898-7455, or visit http://www.sigmacon.com.

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The Little Haiti Farmers Market, a new weekly non-profit farmers market, will host a free community Health Fair this Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Touissant Louverture Elementary School in Little Haiti, located at 120 NE 59 St, Miami, FL.

The Health Fair, sponsored by the Miami-Dade County Health Department, will bring more than 20 health vendors to the market to provide services and educational materials on important health issues that affect the community. Services include Free Blood Pressure and Health Screening for the entire family, information on breast and cervical cancer, Medicare/Medicaid, diabetes, healthy cooking, skin care, free giveaways and more!

At 11:00 a.m., community members are invited to take a tour of the nearby Little Haiti Community Garden, and at 1:00 p.m., watch a live cooking show by local celebrity Chef Creole as he demonstrates How to Prepare Healthy Haitian Cuisine. All day long, Barry University will provide physical fitness games for youth of all ages and.

Visit the Little Haiti Farmers Market every Saturday for farm-fresh, locally grown produce, and Haitian specialty products, including: soups, peanut butter, jelly, honey, fresh juice, natural beauty products and entertainment. Local businesses and organizations interested in sponsoring the market or having a vendor booth should visit http://www.bochika.org, call (786) 529-2010 or email market(at)bochika(dot)org.

About the Little Haiti Farmers Market:

The Little Haiti Farmers Market is a weekly not-for-profit community event where growers gather to sell affordable, fresh, and locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables foods directly to consumers. Managed by Bochika, the Little Haiti Farmers Market is part of the Make Healthy Happen Miami campaign that is working to transform Miamis food deserts and food swamps into healthy, sustainable food systems. Supporters include the Miami-Dade County Health Department, Sak Pase Media Group, Circle One Marketing, Notre Dame DHaiti Catholic Church, Miami Jewish Health Systems, 54 Street Medical Plaza, Little Haiti Cultural Center, Youth L.E.A.D., Alix Desulme & Associates, and the South Florida Regional Planning Council. To learn more, visit http://www.bochika.org/market.

About Bochika:

Bochika is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization founded in 2010 in Miami FL. Bochikas mission is to empower marginalized and impoverished communities through participatory sustainable economic, agricultural and social development programs. To fulfill this mission, Bochika partners with civil society organizations in the developing world to design and implement programs that strengthen internal capacity through provision of essential resources of training, tools, and technology. Bochikas work was acknowledged by former President Bill Clinton in 2010 and received an award from Miami-Dade County in 2011. Currently, Bochika is administering two major programs, the Tap Tap Garden in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti and the Little Haiti Farmers Market in Miami. To learn more, visit http://www.bochika.org.

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