“Who wants to shop at vending machines?” When PYMNTS first encountered PayRange CEO Paresh Patel at Innovation Project 2013, he was leading a tiny startup with a big goal: to bring vending into the digital age. Yes, vending — those large, unattended kiosks that typically serve...
Look, Ma! No storefronts (or cashiers) Just a few years ago the hottest commodities inside a vending machine was hard-to-find candy and, arguably, Fanta. But today, vending machines and other unattended kiosks can immediately supply consumers with everything from candy to lottery tickets to beauty products...
No more cheese and crackers, years old, dropping from vending machines to fuel all night cramming in the dorm room. Today’s student is health-conscious, and today’s unattended retail can offer tech-savvy students around-the-clock access to health(ier) eating, as USA Technologies Director Amelia Powell explained in...
Vending machines aren’t about soda and salty snacks anymore — even if, at the consumer level, that’s what most people think of when they think about the technology. And vending machine operators are behind that mental reset as they contemplate their own futures since vending...
Stale sandwiches in cellophane? Watery coffee? No more. Self-service is changing the very way we eat and run, as USA Technologies CSO Mike Lawlor told PYMNTS.
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...