Vending

Early in 2019, local start-up Grabox moved to tap into the growing popularity of rideshare services in Australia with the launch of the country’s first ever in-car vending machines. The slimline machines, which are attached to the centre console of ...

As in 2018, over the forecast period packaged drinks are expected to remain key products sold through vending. With rising health awareness, however, more consumers are expected to prefer bottled water as opposed to sugary soft drinks. In line with ...

Vending continued to have a negligible presence in India for retail purchases in 2018. Most of the vending machines operational in the country are used only for institutional sales....

As many other retailing channels are replacing the traditional vending channel, its sales are continuously decreasing. Since coffee and some beverages are the most commonly sold items in traditional vending, the rapid increase in convenience stores ...

Vending has a solid forecast ahead in Austria and is expected to record a superior performance compared to store-based retailing and a similar performance to direct selling, but significantly slower than internet retailing over the forecast period. ...

Vending remained a niche channel within retailing in the review period. Vending machines in South Africa are mainly located in captive and semi-captive environments, allowing vending companies to keep their machines safe. Frequent malfunctions, ...

There have been continuous technological innovations in vending in Canada, despite it being a relatively small channel. More vending machines were upgraded with integrative LCD screens for convenient ordering, as well as enabling several electronic ...

Vending remained an emerging channel in Nigeria in 2018, with only a single player being present. Consumer awareness of vending remained very low, with many people never having come across a vending machine. Indeed, the few vending machines which do ...

Changing consumer habits and increasing health awareness are increasing the demand for healthier products in all channels, including vending. Vending machines do not usually offer healthy food, as there is a risk of wasting large amounts of products ...

Although not traditionally a retailing format that appeals to Brazilians, year after year vending continues to grow. With a limited array of products and locations, vending machines are slowly evolving and offering consumers different solutions. ...

After growing by double-digit figures at the beginning of review period, vending has to face up to changing consumption habits, with the general demand for a healthy or organic diet, whilst in the meantime snacking is becoming badly perceived and ...

With tourism influx on the rise and noting the record volume of tourists entering the country over the year, airports were busier than ever. 2018 is expected to end with 32 million foreign tourists having visited Greece throughout the year. Vending ...

Vending suffers a strong decline in sales in 2018, which is wholly attributable to weaker demand for tobacco vending, which remained the most important product category for vending in the Netherlands. The other major vending categories were packaged ...

Thanks to a safe and secure social environment, vending machines are everywhere in Japan, in shopping centres, in train stations, in towns and in public parking lots. The number of vending machines is decreasing due to price competition with ...

Although the implementation of VAT generally weakened consumer spending patterns across various categories, the implementation of sugar taxes also impacted the consumption of soft drinks in general. However, vending continued to post positive current...

Vending continued to record steady growth in 2018. Innovations both in terms of technology and in the products sold remained the key contributor to the positive performance of vending. These innovations are expected to continue over the forecast ...

Vending in Morocco is still developing. It is recording slow growth and the channel is not yet mature. The pace of life of households in city centres has changed. Working adults and parents have hectic lifestyles and are constantly busy; therefore, ...

The small vending channel is seeing some diversification of its product offer in Bulgaria, with products such as healthy snacks, fresh juice and OTC drugs becoming increasingly prominent in line with the health and wellness trend. However, other, ...

For years, Chile has been behind vending markets such those as in Europe and Asia, with the products available limited to only a few types, mostly food and drinks. Recently, however, the variety found in the market expanded, with less traditional ...

Hot drinks is the largest area of vending apart from the miscellaneous “other products” category. However, hot drinks struggled in the latter part of the review period as the category came under increasing competitive pressure from the expansion of ...