Russian coffee car showcases vending kiosks in European tour

April 21, 2015

The Russian National Vending Association is going on tour in Europe to deliver free coffee. The coffee will be delivered from several tabletop kiosks which…

Smile-activated kiosk dispenses a little warmth on Blue Monday

by Christopher Hall — w, t

European HVAC giant Vaillant's U.K. arm earlier this year brightened up Blue Monday with a smile-activated coffee kiosk in London's Victoria Station.

Digital signage ad and vending kiosk firm joins DPAA

March 18, 2015

The Digital Place Based Advertising Association announced today that Vengo has signed on as the latest company to join the Association.

U-Vend signs multiyear licensing agreement with National Hockey League

March 16, 2015

The agreement includes usage of NHL team branded marks on U-Vend Inc.’s "Pucks Premium Ice Cream."

Legal marijuana and virtual currency: natural allies in search of growth?

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Automatic Merchandiser

One virtual currency ATM operator, Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Bitcoin Brands Inc., has found medical marijuana dispensaries among the most receptive retail…

Apple Pay and interactive kiosks

by Frank Olea

The next wave of major innovation to self-service kiosk solutions is the integration of mobile payment solutions, such as Apple Pay.

Automated retail separates Legos, luxury goods from competitors

Signifi Solutions is an automated retail provider that sells a variety of items from games to luxury goods inside its vending kiosks. The company recently…

Adilas, Janefour20 to partner on marijuana kiosks

February 12, 2015

Adilas said it has completed the integration of POS and various business functions with Janefour20, including rigorous testing to ensure excellent uptime and…

Five pitfalls to avoid when dispensing cash

by Andrew Savala — CEO, KioskSimple

Dispensing bills greatly increases the complexity of the device and the logic required by your kiosk application in order to gracefully complete a cash…

Visualplanet showcasing latest touch sensor tech for interactive vending at ISE15

February 4, 2015

Tech partners to showcase intelligent digital signage vending kiosk solutions at this year's show in Amsterdam.

Kiosk company 'strongly in favor' of FDA ruling for nutritional labels on vending machines

December 29, 2014

Blint Shakes, the developers an automated kiosk that dispenses blended protein shakes, announced their support for the recent FDA rule requiring vending…

USAT, Five Star Food team up for cashless payment rollout

December 16, 2014

USA Technologies and vending and micromarkets company Five Star Food Services announced the completion a large-scale rollout of an initial 3,000 USAT cashless…

How to prevent kiosk malware 'Dare Devil' from stealing your ROI

December 9, 2014

Los Angeles cyber threat intelligence firm IntelCrawler has reported a new type of POS malware called “d4re|dev1|” that is attacking ticketing and other…

Del Monte healthy vending kiosks set for Chicago rollout

December 4, 2014

Santa Monica, California-based self-service electronic kiosk provider U-Vend is set for the rollout of its kiosks in Chicago for Del Monte Foods' healthy…

Toronto vending kiosks feature cufflinks, baked goods

November 26, 2014

Toronto vending machines are dispensing 'finely packaged' European baked goods and cufflinks for customers at the Cumberland Terrace mall of Yorkville

Blint Protein shakes now served via automated self-service kiosk

November 24, 2014

Blint Shakes introduced its line of protein shakes via automated self-service kiosks built by AVT.

Payteller changes company name to reference marijuana kiosk

November 12, 2014

Payteller Finance, the Denver-based company that launched cannabis check-in kiosk JaneFour20, is rebranding the company name in light of the burgeoning…

'Immediate gratification' increasing demand for kiosks

November 3, 2014

AVT's founder and chairman, Shannon Illingworth, was featured on financial media company website TheStreet.com in an interview on why the automated retailing…

'With the ease of buying a pack of gum,' kiosk, vending machine provide free HIV test

October 30, 2014

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation and FLEX Spas, a national chain of gay men's health spas, have teamed up to install an electronic vending machine that dispenses…

U-Vend acquires Mini-Melts territory

October 28, 2014

Self-service electronic kiosk provider U-Vend Inc. announced the acquisition of territory rights from Mini Melts USA Inc. for the installation and management…