Automated Retail / Vending News
QuickTrip Tulsa store boasts Amazon Just Walk Out tech
August 22, 2022
The new QuickTrip store in Tulsa, Oklahoma is the first of the convenience retailer's locations to employ Amazon's Just Walk Out technology, a checkout-free…
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Aisle 24 cashierless grocery chain expanding in Toronto
August 16, 2022
Aisle 24, a fully-automated, 24/7 cashierless grocery chain based in Toronto, has installed its solution in a location that includes surveillance coverage…
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Contactless transactions soared in vending during pandemic
August 15, 2022
Contactless transactions soared during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a joint study by Cantaloupe Inc., a digital payments and software services…
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Consumers still wary about touchscreen germs
August 15, 2022
Consumers are still concerned about using public touchscreens due to fears of germ transmission, according to a recent survey. Some are even changing their…
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Convenience store launches EV powered store on wheels
August 12, 2022
FamilyMart, a Taiwan convenience store chain, has launched a convenience store on an electric vehicle that offers self checkout, according to a Taiwan News…
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Bulk vending machine offers art work in Windsor
August 4, 2022
A bulk vending machine in Windsor, Canada allows patrons to purchase locally commissioned art work, according to a cbc.ca report.
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UK supermarket chain deploying reverse vending machines for recycling
August 2, 2022
Iceland Foods Ltd., a Scotland-based supermarket chain with thousands of stores in the U.K., has selected Envipco, a Netherlands-based provider of reverse…
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Love’s Travel Stops launching Jamba by Blendid robotic kiosks
July 27, 2022
Blendid, a robotic foodservice solutions provider, and Jamba, a provider of on-the-go freshly blended fruit and vegetable smoothies, made-to-order bowls…
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UK retailer teams with Fujifilm on greeting card printing kiosk
July 15, 2022
Scribbler, a U.K. chain of greeting card stores, has teamed up with Fujifilm, a Tokyo based photography technology provider, to offer an instant greetings card…
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Airport installs kiosks for automated baggage handling
June 22, 2022
Zurich Airport has integrated an automated baggage handling system to streamline the baggage drop process using 20 self-service kiosks, according to a press…
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C-store chain installs self-checkout kiosks
June 22, 2022
Holiday Oil Co., a convenience store retailer with 67 locations in Utah, has selected Gilbarco Veeder-Root's Passport Express Lane self-checkout system to ease…
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Vending machine uses vein mapping to verify age
May 13, 2022
FinGo, a London, U.K. based biometric identity authentication solutions provider, has introduced FinGoVend, a vending machine that allows users to pay and…
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Hanoi replacing public hawkers with vending machines
May 5, 2022
Residents and tourists in Hanoi will be able to buy snacks, beverages, crafts and souvenirs from vending machines in public places by 2025 under a recently…
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Korea telecom, Deep Brain AI team on customer service kiosks
May 4, 2022
KT, South Korea's largest telecom company, has teamed with Deep Brain AI, an artificial intelligence provider, to introduce customer service kiosks that can…
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Startup integrates vending machines with delivery services
May 3, 2022
A Turin, Italy-based software company called VADO (Vending Automatic Delivery Operations) has introduced an e-commerce solution that allows vending machines to…
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Carvana installs car vending machine in Houston
May 3, 2022
Carvana, an e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars online, launched its newest car vending machine, located in Spring, Texas, a suburb of…
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UBS Arena boasts Amazon 'Just Walk Out' shopping
April 27, 2022
UBS Arena in Elmont, New York has become the first New York sports and entertainment venue to feature Amazon's Just Walk Out technology, according to a press…
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Vending machine sells feminine health products at California school
April 27, 2022
Students at Torrey Pines High School in San Diego can get feminine health care products from a vending machine installed by a startup called Dotstash…
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American Airlines Center launches AI autonomous shopping
April 18, 2022
American Airlines Center, a Dallas multi-purpose arena, has opened two frictionless food and beverage experiences in collaboration with hospitality partner…
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Forbes piece talks challenges, benefits of retail kiosks
April 6, 2022
A recent opinion piece in Forbes by Bagrat Safaryan, co-founder and CEO of Local Express, cited the benefits self-order kiosks provide retailers, such as…
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