ICXA to honor Elevate winners at 7th annual summit

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

The ICX Association will honor five companies as winners of the 2023 Elevate Awards during a ceremony at its upcoming annual conference, the Interactive…

Giving The Market What It Wants

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

Everyone who has watched this industry for awhile will have seen that it doesn't advance along a smooth upward slope. Progress is stepwise, with periods of…

VT Legacy Eases Path To Life Beyond Print

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

Alicia Lavay Last month I wrote a column headlined “Giving The Market What It Wants.” I outlined the role of changing consumer desires in the invention of new…

Representative Government Needs Effort

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

Alicia Lavay The 2019 National Automatic Merchandising Association Fly-In brought some 300 industry members and NAMA officials together in Washington to talk…

AAMA Elects Camarota Prexy 2019 Gala Lauds Coppola And Marshall

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

INDUSTRY SERVICE: Mark Robbins (right), Gold Standard Games (Bay City, MI) congratulates Don Marshall, Marshall Productions (Chicago, IL) on winning the Joe…

Be Careful What You Wish For

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

April 28, 2019

We recently learned that Philadelphia has enacted a law that prohibits retail establishments from refusing to accept cash as payment for a purchase. With Mayor…

Amusement Expo Reflects Robust Industry

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

April 22, 2019

The 2019 Amusement Expo International is now history. I'm glad to report that attendance by operators and exhibitors this year was the highest it has been…

Independent ATM Industry Takes Its Stand

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

November 26, 2018

I'm writing this on the way home from the National ATM Council's 6th annual NAC conference, held at Bally's Las Vegas Hotel and Casino from October 16 through…

The National ATM Councils 6th Annual Conference Celebrates Legislative Progress

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

October 22, 2018

LAS VEGAS -- The National ATM Council, Inc. reported breakthroughs in government relations and industry cooperation at its NAC2018 conference here. The…

For Everything There Is A Season

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

August 31, 2018

There have been a lot of changes in both the vending and publishing worlds, most of them resulting from the interaction of technology, society and the…

The Good The Bad And The Ugly

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

May 16, 2018

One thing I love about this industry is the number of small business owners and entrepreneurs with whom I come in contact. I'm not taking about doctors and…

Heart And Soul The Culture Transformation

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

February 28, 2018

I am getting tired of the current practice of blaming employment difficulties on "millennials." Problem employees (and customers) are found in all age cohorts.

Adapting To The Environment

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

February 1, 2018

Welcome to our first publication of 2018. This issue is themed to the consumerization of the workplace and what this means for our industry. What are the needs…

Upfront Turning The Page

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

January 10, 2018

“Nietzsche was the one who did it for me,” said mythographer Joseph Campbell. “At a certain moment in his life, the idea came to him of what he called 'the…

Upfront Turning The Page

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

January 10, 2018

“Nietzsche was the one who did it for me,” said mythographer Joseph Campbell. “At a certain moment in his life, the idea came to him of what he called 'the…

Something Old Something New

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

December 28, 2017

While walking the exhibit floor at the International Association Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) show in November, I ran into an intern for Disney who…

Something Old Something New

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

December 28, 2017

While walking the exhibit floor at the International Association Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) show in November, I ran into an intern for Disney who…

Something Old Something New

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

December 28, 2017

While walking the exhibit floor at the International Association Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) show in November, I ran into an intern for Disney who…

Millennials Can Catalyze Industry Growth

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

November 21, 2017

We received several comments and inquiries regarding last month's Vending Times cover story on millennial executives . Some thought-provoking questions came…

We Are In This Together

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

We may say whatever we like, but it's our actions that tell others who we are. This is especially evident during a crisis. In the past few weeks, we've been…