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How and why employees hold key to unattended airport concessions
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
The need for unattended retail became obvious during the pandemic, but HMS Host employees played a critical role in assisting guests with technology at Phoenix…
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Convenience retail innovation mesmerizes attendees at Georgia World Congress Center
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
The trade show offered a wealth of innovation such as checkout-free markets, smart glassfront merchandisers, AI enabled biometric identification and age…
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Convenience services operators primed for trade show season
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
With micro markets continuing to lead the growth, convenience services operators are looking for more product variety than ever. Operators are overall primed…
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How AREA15 leverages data to lift the customer experience
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Mark Stutzman, chief technology officer of AREA15 in Las Vegas, will speak on 'Leveraging Data to Improve the Customer Experience and Journey' at the…
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How to find good locations for unattended retail
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Kiosk operators mostly rely on traditional methods of finding locations, like word-of-mouth, in-person selling, business locators, exhibiting at trade shows…
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Fort Worth Airport travel store boosts convenience with checkout-free shopping
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
The Fort Worth Magazine Travel Store improves both customer convenience and staff efficiency powered by Zippin's AI-enabled checkout-free technology.
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Florida museum showcases Coca-Cola vending history
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
The Museum of Arts & Sciences in Daytona Beach, Florida features a Coca-Cola memorabilia collection that includes historic vending machines. Preston Root…
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Strategic approach needed to win with VR
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Virtual reality can add new revenue to an amusement center, but operators must allocate sufficient operational and marketing resources and know how to price…
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What’s hot, and how an amusement center ‘makes it happen’
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Citing the popularity of social gaming and immersive reality during the Amusement Expo International, a panel of experts stress the importance of promotions…
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Ghost kitchens for virtual food brands: an added foodservice revenue stream
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
The ghost kitchen offers an opportunity for companies already operating a kitchen to expand their delivery sales to include 'virtual' food brands. Sisto Perez…
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ATM security: Best practices for independent operators
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Veteran ATM operators outlined safety and security measures, including having sufficient insurance, protecting physical assets, reconciling cash, meeting new…
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Amusement Expo trade show sizzles
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
The Amusement Expo International trade show packed attendees into the Central Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center as exhibitors presented a wealth of…
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Coffee outlook: Demand strong amidst faltering consumer confidence
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Consumers still want to spend money on coffee, but some product preferences are changing and external macroeconomic factors are concerning.
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‘Smart fridges’ today, automated drive-thru’s tomorrow?
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
The quest to build an automated pizza drive-thru led this entrepreneur to an opportunity to offer 'smart fridges' to provide worksite foodservice.
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How coffee vending machines work
by Sam Roberts — Digital Marketing Manager, Connect Vending
A convenience services veteran reviews the main components of coffee vending and office coffee equipment.
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Diversification pays in Upstate NY: full-line vending, amusements, OCS, ATMs
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Valley Vending Service in Plattsburgh, New York has found diversification a way to shift focus as business conditions change. Technology has played a key role…
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2023 Kiosk Marketplace Census: Post-pandemic recovery delivers 2nd consecutive growth year in 2022
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Growth in 2022 was driven by a convergence of rising consumer acceptance of self service, a recovering supply chain, a growing labor shortage, improving…
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SVB, Signature Bank collapse raises questions
by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator
The collapses of SVB and Signature Bank have raised questions about the economy, the banking system, cryptocurrency and how banks should respond.
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What's the deal with cashless ATMs for cannabis?
by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator
Cashless ATMs have been in the news cycle regularly, particularly in the cannabis space. These are more or less point-of-sale devices that mimic ATMs, but the…
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How one rural Arkansas independent stays on a fast growth curve
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Since investing in vending management software nearly 10 years ago, Mike Kever has been able to build his small but highly profitable convenience services…
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