|
The distribution giant renews marketing agreement with Automated Services International and Choice Equipment Sales for used and reconditioned vending machine sales... | The University of Vermont will ban the sale of bottled water on campus. It will also require that one-third of beverages sold in the campus's vending machines be "healthy alternatives" to sodas and other high-calorie and sugary drinks... | Cantaloupe Systems' cofounder and CMO will discuss how emerging mobile and other cashless payment solutions will impact the vending industry... | Mike Pohorylo, 59, a vending operator from Connecticut, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis last year, but he's determined to remain productive... | The European Vending Association has renewed a partnership agreement with the organizers of the biennial Vending Paris convention and trade show formed two years ago... | The 9th annual China International Vending & Kiosk Show has been scheduled for June 27 through 29 at the Shanghai Mart exhibition and conference center... |
|
The National Automatic Merchandising Association is heading to The Big Easy this fall for its fifth Coffee, Tea & Water Show... | The foodservice and management concern has a new software tool that it says will help clients establish sustainability baselines and track continuous improvement... | The National Coffee Association of USA will conduct its annual convention at the Charleston Place Hotel in South Carolina's historic port city... |
|
The Great Ticket Debate is still going strong. I touched on this controversy in my previous VT article, "An Updated Survey of Technology for the Amusements Industry" in which I noted "My data show that going ticketless is not the best option." So let's take a closer look at those data... by Frank Seninsky | You are preparing your presentation, and the biggest challenge that you have with the buyer is...? Stop and give this some thought... by Len Rashkin | As markets and opportunities for vending equipment shrink, and the competitive landscape to find them increases, operators find themselves in situations that require smarter and smarter promotions and selling... by Heidi Olsen-Hughey
| The vending industry is undergoing historic technological and economic pressures. But the National Automatic Merchandising Association is embracing the changing environment as an opportunity to redefine itself and the industry... by Marcus "Marc" Whitener, NCE |
|
|
Against the background of a new Amendment to the State Treaty on Gambling and the first state legislation on amusement arcades ordering activity at IMA presented a very mixed picture... | Company owner Mark Robbins says new name better reflects "the future direction and focus of the company," which includes a new air hockey line... | A bipartisan group of Senators led by Iowa's Tom Harkin and Arizona's John McCain has authored legislation designed to encourage wider circulation of dollar coins and set a timetable for phase-out of the $1 banknote... | It just may be the coolest technology you haven't yet heard about. "Pico projection" refers to tiny modular projectors capable of displaying still or moving images onto a nearby surface. But what could it mean to coin-op? | Former electronic bingo operator Milton McGregor, owner of the Victoryland casino in Shorter, AL, was set to return to court on Friday, Jan. 27... | California will pay $950,000 to the Electronic Software Association to cover the trade group's legal bills in a landmark videogame case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court... |
|
New amusement gumball machine can operate with electronics for sound effects and LED lighting, or in basic mechanical format... | Depending on the scope of its responsibilities, the new government agency could impact the bulk vending and crane machine supply chains... | The National Bulk Vendors Association is asking its members to set the educational agenda through online balloting... |
|
The United States enjoys a system of representative government that seems, nowadays, to command little respect. Critics might keep in mind that our system, almost uniquely, does give the electorate -- us -- a recurrent opportunity to tell the people who make the laws what sort of laws we want. Problems arise when... by Tim Sanford | Small businesspeople can be much more optimistic than their corporate counterparts. And being on the frontline in bulk vending means coins-in-the-cashbox capitalism... by Hank Schlesinger | I was recently asked to provide suggestions on what works and what doesn't work when advertising to the vending industry. This got me thinking about how important it is to tailor your message... by Alicia Lavay | There comes a time in the life of every person, and every business, when the safest thing to do is take what appears to be an enormous risk -- and when the most "reasonable" thing to do is jump off a cliff... by Marcus Webb |
| | | |
|
