Before nutrimeals set up an automated retail solution to distribute prepared meals to consumers, the company was delivering food to customers in Calgary and across Western Canada,...
There’s not much argument against self-checkout systems as a means of improving the customer experience. But at least a temporary blowback to the technology has...
We all have certain moods and comfort zones when shopping. For some purchases – costly designer fashion and jewelry, luxury cars and major household goods,...
Consumers’ interest in unattended commerce goes far beyond candy and soda vending machines. There are 48.6 million consumers in the U.S. who would like to...
Automated retail is a burgeoning space, with sales growth via many unattended retail devices significantly increasing. However, the industry faces challenges from old machines that haven’t been updated and...
Self-service retail is, of course, a fancy term that replaces the traditional vending machine moniker (though kiosks and other digital- and mobile-anchored technologies are rapidly...
Evolution is the hallmark of everything that survives over a long period of time — and so it should come as no surprise that unattended...
U.S. shopping malls have reached the pinnacle of struggle, with empty shops hitting a 20-year high, but the American Dream mega-mall may be bucking the trend. The facility’s attractions include...
China-based Luckin Coffee is going to set up vending machines where customers will be able to purchase hot beverages and snack products, the company said...