Offering two-day delivery is the new standard — yet, even that isn't fast enough for consumers who want to buy products on the go. Automated stores are helping eTailers bridge this gap, says Swyft CEO Gower Smith. In this month’s Unattended Retail Tracker, Smith tells...
Those shopping for a new car in Guangzhou, China, now have an interesting new option for the process. Instead of going to a car lot and talking to a salesmen, they will be able to use a smartphone app and a “car vending machine” that Alibaba...
In today’s tech-savvy and social media–charged society, it seems like there’s a service for everything. A shopping mall near Red Square in Moscow may, however, have taken this to a new level, with its addition of a vending machine that dispenses fake Instagram likes. For $0.89, users can...
College students at Xavier University craving a late-night bite can take advantage of America’s first pizza ATM, which serves up hot pies 24 hours per day, seven days a week.
March 25, 2020
While there are some segments of the retail economy that are enjoying what can only be described as boom times, for most retail — particularly physical retail — times are slow. Consumers advised to stay in and prevent the spread of contagion are doing just that — at the expense of merchants selling goods like toilet […]
March 26, 2018
Those shopping for a new car in Guangzhou, China, now have an interesting new option for the process. Instead of going to a car lot and talking to a salesmen, they will be able to use a smartphone app and a “car vending machine” that Alibaba and Ford are jointly piloting as part of an agreement […]
August 08, 2016
College students at Xavier University craving a late-night bite can take advantage of America’s first pizza ATM, which serves up hot pies 24 hours per day, seven days a week.
