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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) Australia has initiated the introduction of reverse vending machines (RVMs) in its primary manufacturing facilities, commencing with its Moorabbin site in Victoria. What is a Reverse Vending Machine? A reverse vending…
Coca-Cola has debuted its most recent innovation in the form of a Coke&Go cooler vending machine. This cutting-edge machine is powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision, creating an upgraded, efficient, and personalized vending experience…
A new climate tech start-up has introduced a unique vending machine technology that promotes the idea of BYO (bring-your-own) bottles to buy their drinks rather than marketing drinks in bottles that add more to landfills. Refilled aims to eliminate the…
New World Development, parent of the K11 malls across Greater China, has launched 35 vending machines dispensing free face masks in Hong Kong. Partnering with eight non-government organizations, the group has placed the smart vending machines across 18…
AI-run fruit-vending machines are offering Chinese consumers a new way of buying fruit and vegetables. The machines, developed two years ago by Beijing Kuo’an Science and Technology, are providing an alternative channel for residents of China’s tier-one and…
China’s largest coffee chain Luckin Coffee is moving into the vending machines market. “It allows us to get closer to consumers and we are not restricted by the license approvals,” said Luckin founder and CEO Qian Zhiya of the new strategy. Luckin’s machines…
Royal Vending has launched 35 cashless-enabled vending machines in a cluster it calls Boardwalk Advendture. Featuring more than 50 brands, Boardwalk Advendture is the first automation cluster set in a tourist attraction which the company says ushers in a new…
The US motor vehicle industry appear to have removed the last piece of personal interaction involved in the process of purchasing a car, with the launch of car vending machines. Shoppers who prefer to bypass physical dealerships can now order and pay for…
Uniqlo has deployed its first apparel vending machines at key locations across the USA, as the Japanese retailer looks to enter new markets. Dubbed ‘Uniqlo to Go’, the fashion vending machines are popping up in select American airport terminals during August.…
Chinese supermarket chain New Hua Du Supercenter has acquired a vending-machine company just weeks after Alibaba and Auchan launched self-service convenience stores. Based in Fujian, the chain says it has signed an equity-swap agreement with Beijing Ubox…
ABI Research estimates that there will be more than 10 million network connections to vending machines by the end of this year, ABI Research estimates. The install base is expected to reach nearly 24 million connections in 2021 for a compound annual growth…
