Vending Kiosks News & Media
Top kiosk stories for October: food and convenience dominates reader interest
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Kiosk industry members clearly recognize the need to stay on top of change while making sure they are well grounded in sound operating practices.
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Wal-Mart tests huge in-store pickup machine for online orders
November 1, 2016
Wal-Mart has built a giant tower inside one of its stores that acts as a vending machine for online orders, according to Business Insider.
read nowOmron improves image sensing/human condition recognition software
October 24, 2016
Omron Corp., a sensing technology provider based in Kyoto City, Japan, has introduced a human condition recognition unit dubbed a "Human Vision Components…
read nowU-Vend, Inc. to present at RedChip's Global Online Growth Conference
October 18, 2016
U-Vend, Inc., a company that develops, distributes and markets self-serve electronic kiosks in a variety of retail environments across North America, will…
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Top 5 kiosk stories for September
by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator
The leaves are beginning to fall, and the heat is abating. Kiosk Marketplace is keeping the heat turned up with fresh stories on subjects ranging from digital…
read nowNetclearance enables mobile payments for vending kiosks
September 27, 2016
Netclearance, a smart beacon technology provider, has announced the launch of its latest beacon: the mBeaconVend. The new mobile-agnostic beacon technology…
read nowBig growth spurt ahead for iris recognition tech
September 26, 2016
The advent of iris imaging within mobile devices is a prime factor that will spur global iris recognition revenue to hit $1.93 billion by 2024 and boast an…
read nowKeyMe kiosk key copier raises $15M
September 21, 2016
KeyMe has raised $15 million in funding for its key copying kiosk operation. The kiosk lets users make physical key copies and save digital copies of their…
read nowTwitter vending machine releases Diamondbacks prizes for tweets
September 2, 2016
The Arizona Diamondbacks have teamed up with Innovative Vending Solutions to deploy a Twitter vending machine at the team's baseball field in Phoenix, Arizona.
read nowVendPro goes cashless via USAT partnership
August 31, 2016
VendPro Refreshment Services, a vending and micro market company, has teamed up with USA Technologies Inc. to upgrade its machines with cashless technology.
read nowVending machines get cashless tech makeover
August 24, 2016
USA Technologies Inc. has partnered with A&A Vending Services to upgrade A&A's vending machines with a cashless platform and telemetry service. This…
read nowNRG to vend portable chargers in Texas
August 16, 2016
Reliant, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, is deploying its NRG Go Portable Power solution to NRG stadiums and locations in Katy, Texas. The self-service solution is…
read nowVending kiosk company launches healthy campaign
August 15, 2016
InstaHealthy USA has launched "Get Healthy Now! USA," a campaign to spread the company's healthy vending kiosks and "micro markets" to businesses, schools…
read nowU-Vend scores home run with MLB ice cream deal
August 12, 2016
Kiosk manufacturer U-Vend Inc. has signed a multiyear licensing agreement with Major League Baseball to provide its ice cream kiosks. The kiosks will sell MLB…
read nowCanadian vending group integrates mobile payments
August 11, 2016
The Canadian National Vending Alliance, a coalition of the largest vending operators across Canada, announced that it has partnered with PayRange to bring…
read nowCar vending machine company secures $160M in funding
August 11, 2016
Carvana, creators of the car vending machine, has recently secured $160 million in a series C funding round, bringing its total funding to $460 million. The…
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Kiosks bring home the bacon: Top 5 stories July 2016
by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator
This July, McDonald's turned up the heat with virtual kiosks and robot powered kiosks turned it back down with frozen yogurt. These were just a few of the…
read nowSelect vending kiosks get extension on calorie-label requirement
August 5, 2016
Manufacturers of gum, mints and roll candy vending kiosks are getting a 19-month extension from the Food and Drug Administration to add calorie information to…
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Kiosks craft greeting cards at Eaton Center
July 29, 2016
Greeting card kiosk company Card Isle Corp. has announced a partnership with Eaton Corp. to install its kiosks on the 600,000-square-foot Eaton Center campus…
read nowVending kiosk restoration company banned for failing to dispense services
July 22, 2016
Antique Vending, a North Carolina-based company that restores old vending kiosks, has been banned from accepting payments by the state's attorney general, Roy…
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