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Featured in Automatic Merchandiser: Smart Phones And Tablets: Game Changers For Managing A Vending Business

The February issue of Automatic Merchandiser presents an article by progressive Portland, Ore. vending operator Paresh Patel on how he uses smart phones and tablets in his vending operation, Courtesy Vending in Portland, Ore.

News • February 8th, 2012

Apriva Extends Discounted Rate Program To Support Cashless Vending Operators

Apriva, a provider of end-to-end wireless transactions and secure information solutions, is now offering a discounted rate program to merchant acquirers and ISOs for Apriva Vend customers who deploy cashless vending technology.

News • February 8th, 2012

Redbox Automated Retail, LLC To Acquire NCR Corp.’s DVD Business

Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coinstar, Inc., has agreed to purchase assets of NCR Corp.’s entertainment line of business.

News • February 7th, 2012

See The Video: Dessert Sampling Vending Machine Uses Facial Recognition Software

The Kraft Jello sampling vending machine uses facial recognition software and advises children they cannot use the machine.

News • February 6th, 2012

Management Science Associates, Inc. Names Karl Herleman Vice President Of Information Technology Strategy

Management Science Associates, Inc., the provider of data management, integration and analysis in the consumer goods, media and metals industries (including the vending industry), announced the appointment of Karl E. Herleman as vice president...

News • February 3rd, 2012

Kraft Jello Sampling Vending Machine Raises Concern About Consumer Privacy

The Kraft Jello sampling vending machine that uses facial recognition software that is being tested in Chicago, Ill. has raised concern about invading people’s privacy.

News • February 2nd, 2012

USA Technologies Inc. Introduces Two-Tiered Pricing For Vending Machines Equipped With Cashless Readers

USA Technologies Inc. recently introduced a two-tier pricing program that gives vending operators the ability to charge two different vend prices on vending machines: one price for credit/debit cards and one lower, or “discounted” price for cash.

News • February 2nd, 2012

VMW Blog: USA Today Reports On Vending Videoscreens; As Technology And Better Media Relations Change The Market, Operators Must Stay One Step Ahead

Elliot Maras, editor of Automatic Merchandiser Magazine, notes in his blog that yesterday’s USA Today article on vending videoscreens was one of the most specific articles about vending technology to appear in a national consumer publication.

News • February 1st, 2012

USA Today Reports On Vending Videoscreens; As Technology And Better Media Relations Change The Market, Operators Must Stay One Step Ahead

Yesterday’s article in USA Today about how video screens are starting to revolutionize vending (http://tinyurl.com/6q6jkal) is helping to set the stage for a new era in vending.

Blog • February 1st, 2012

Portland State University To Test Canteen’s ‘2bU’ Healthy Vending

Portland State University in Portland, Ore. will launch a healthy vending machine pilot program on campus, which will run from February until the end of the academic year in June.

News • February 1st, 2012

Mobile payment revolution begins

This past holiday shopping season set records, driven largely by the rapid growth of smart phones, consumers’ willingness to use smart phones for buying, and retailers’ efforts to accommodate and reward mobile purchases. Mobile commerce sales will...

Article • February 1st, 2012

Technology’s triple threat; we have an exciting future

Very few business owners have the time to keep up with the technology tools coming on the market, both industry specific tools such as DEX-based products or more generic things like smart phones and tablets. In vending and refreshment services, only...

Article • February 1st, 2012

Calorie Disclosure: Are you prepared?

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) missed its 2011 deadline to finalize the calorie disclosure rule for vending proposed in April 2011. The rule, according to an FDA official who spoke at the 2011 National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA...

Article • February 1st, 2012

Smart phones and tablets: game changers for managing a vending business

If you’re an entrepreneur, one of the reasons you went into business in the first place was to have more freedom — the freedom to do what you want, when you want, how you want, and with whom you want. Ironically, not too long after you’re in...

Article • January 31st, 2012

Cincinnati, Ohio Schools Install High-Tech Vending Machines To Meet Federal Meal Rules

This month high schools and K-12 schools across Cincinnati, Ohio installed student and school-friendly vending machines that feed kids in less than 20 seconds, visually stimulating and are USDA approved to distribute healthy meals.

News • January 31st, 2012

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