The rise of smart vending machines is helping unattended retail get a new lease on life, changing everything from the way we browse shelves to the way we pay for the daily commute work. At the laundromat, the clunk of coins may disappear. Worldnet Payments...
Worldnet Payments has completed the EMV certification of the ID TECH VP5300, an unattended card reader, the company said in a release. The VP5300 is a device that has low power consumption but is also durable and easily takes EMV payments. It can be used...
More than 75 percent of loyalty program members say the offerings make them more likely to be repeat customers. But for many unattended retailers, establishing that connection can be challenging — if not impossible, says Justin Ning, ID TECH’s VP of product management. In this...
Vending machines and retail kiosks are becoming more advanced as solution providers introduce new technologies and retailers implement the solutions to sell a wider variety of products, including high-end goods and even controlled substances like alcohol. But as retailers work to expand vending machines’ product...
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...
When it comes to fulfilling consumers’ need for instant gratification, physical retailers might have an upper hand, but they can struggle to gain the depth of insights that eTailers have on their customers’ demographics and buying behavior. In the March Unattended Retail Tracker™, PYMNTS explores...
Amid the Amazon and Uber effects, retail is changing, and the unattended model is gaining traction. Worldnet CEO Will Byrne tells PYMNTS that the shift to unattended retail also means payment solution providers must be mindful of a shift to 'unattended payments.'
Everyone has a vending machine experience go awry. The bill receptor that wouldn’t take the wrinkled dollar bill, the can of Coke that got stuck on the way down and prompted a shoving match with machine, or the bag of Cheez-Its so stale as to...
Cashier-free stores are expanding, offering app-based checkouts and mobile order-ahead fulfilled by robots. However, for all the convenience, the stores can’t deliver the goods if consumers’ smartphones run out of juice. That’s a problem MobileQubes hopes to solve with kiosk-dispensed battery packs. Co-founder Jason Palmer...
