Automated retail

A Best Buy Express vending machine at an airport terminal, stocked with electronics.

Automated retail is the category of self-service, standalone kiosks in heavily trafficked locations such as airports, malls and resorts, and convenience store's.[1]

Consumers select products using a touchscreen interface, pay for purchases using a credit or debit card and then the product is dispensed, sometimes via an internal robotic arm in the machine.[2]

Signifi Solutions Inc., ZoomShops, Redbox, Auto Store Company, Happy Vending and MagexUSA are examples.[3] The Source self-service automated retail units accept debit and credit cards to dispense electronics, much like the Best Buy units. [4]

The Source Automated Retail Kiosk Dispensing Electronics at the International Airport By Signifi Solutions Inc.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Body Shop deploying automated retail shops. RetailCustomerExperience.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
  2. ↑ Alyssa, Bary. (2005-10-24) Zoom Systems Offers iPod Vending Machines | News & Opinion. PCMag.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
  3. ↑ Now available at vending machines: GPS, iPods, cameras .... sj-r.com. July 24, 2010
  4. ↑ Vaidya, Kunal. (2015-08-22) | The Source Expands Presence at Toronto Pearson International Airport. bloomberg.com. Dec 22, 2014

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