Does unattended retail use Santa’s elves as labor at any point — and, if so, do they get regular candy cane breaks? Don’t laugh. It isn’t widely known, but the movie “Elf” started out as a documentary about conditions at a mystery polar “workshop” cloaked...
A street robot vending machine can prepare healthy food from vegetables and cereals in under one minute, and can cook as many as 1,000 different dishes using 16 basic ingredients and 20 dressings and toppings. The prototype of the SalatOmat vending machine was developed by...
To make personal protective equipment (PPE) available via vending machines, PPE and medical safety product distributor CLEANLIFE and vending industry supplier D&S Vending are joining forces. Vending operators will be able to buy six PPE kits at first to sell via their snack machines that...
Consumers are interested in unattended commerce – and not only soda and candy from vending machines. They are looking to purchase all sorts of products and services via unattended retail channels like kiosks, vending machines and automated stores. However, only a smaller segment of that population has...
December 07, 2016
No more knobs. No more stale candy. The unattended retail experience is one that has evolved beyond the silvery machines of your youth to provide what is wanted, when it’s wanted, across a variety of retailers. But the (vending) times will still be a-changing, Mike Lawlor, Chief Services Officer of USA Technologies, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster in a recent interview.
September 21, 2016
The march toward unattended retail, and connected locations that tell companies what consumers want, how they’re buying and how much, is gaining speed every day. Technology helps, sure, but so...
November 24, 2021
A street robot vending machine can prepare healthy food from vegetables and cereals in under one minute, and can cook as many as 1,000 different dishes using 16 basic ingredients and 20 dressings and toppings. The prototype of the SalatOmat vending machine was developed by Russia’s National University Science and Technology (NUST MISIS) engineers, together […]
June 15, 2020
To make personal protective equipment (PPE) available via vending machines, PPE and medical safety product distributor CLEANLIFE and vending industry supplier D&S Vending are joining forces. Vending operators will be...
June 06, 2017
USA Technologies Inc. and Setomatic Systems (owner of the SpyderWash laundry payment platform) announced in a press release that contactless payments at self-serve laundry locations have more than doubled in...
February 08, 2017
Imagine dropping in a coin and watching your newly purchased vehicle be retrieved and brought down to the ground floor. For people in Austin, Texas, it’s a reality as Carvana,...
