Vending

Vending saw a second year of current value growth in 2022, fully recovering from the decline seen in the first year of the pandemic. Key drivers of sales in this channel, such as foot traffic and daily routine, tended to look similar to the…

Vending in Denmark saw declining value sales in 2020 and 2021. This was mainly due to waves of COVID-19, which closed shopping centres, department stores and gyms, and led more people to work from home and spend more time at home in general. Many…

In 2022, vending continued to benefit from consumers returning to schools and offices, and from overall more normal levels of movement within cities. Vending machines located in places such as streets and public transport areas saw a great…

Vending is a relatively marginal channel in Morocco, with very low retail current value sales. This is partly because Moroccans continue to exhibit a marked preference for coffee shops over vending machines. Vending also continued to be subject to a…

Vending saw solid growth in current value terms in 2022 with sales seeing a full return to pre-pandemic levels. This growth was partly driven by inflation but it was also thanks to the increased mobility of consumers as COVID-19 restrictions were…

The lack of mobility due to COVID-19 restrictions negatively impacted sales in the vending channel in 2020. While the threat of the pandemic remained relevant in South Korea in 2021, a gradual relaxing of restrictions meant that many educational…

The vending channel saw minimal growth in 2022, after sales largely recovered in 2021 due to the significant reduction in restrictions on the mobility of people, and the entry of the public to different types of establishments, both private and…

Vending in Greece saw a major development in 2022 with the opening of the first fully robotic physi-digital micro-retail store, i-mall Micro Market, in Athens. The mall is described as the first-ever "micro-market" in Greece, featuring over 40 small…

Value sales through vending remained low in 2022, with growth limited by the decline in impulse purchases. With local consumers spending greater time at home, vending machines which primarily target impulse purchases in shopping centres, attraction…

The circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, namely movement restrictions, strongly hurt vending sales in 2020 as there was significantly lower foot traffic in vending locations, such as those in travel and retail. The progressive lifting of…

Subway, one of the US’s largest limited-service bakery chains, announced in November 2022 that it would be installing smart vending machines across the country. The machines use AI software to improve customers’ experience. For instance, customers…

In the review period, especially in private environments, vending witnessed various innovations, such as the implementation of telemetry or biometrics (a system that works with fingerprint recognition). These methods, applied to the Colombian market,…

Vending registered a strong expansion in 2022 driven by the end of COVID-19 restrictions, with consumers venturing out beyond their homes once again and returning to normal lifestyles. Vending machines are highly dependent on impulse purchases and…

Vending is highly dependent on high traffic locations like colleges, clubs, lounges, transport hubs and shopping centres. As such, vending was one of the hardest-hit retail channels by the pandemic, with mobility being severely impaired during 2020,…

Vending was significantly impacted by the emergence of the pandemic, as local consumers observed social distancing and resorted to remote working, which drastically reduced attendance in offices, and footfall in busy transport hubs. Limited inbound…

After experiencing months of trading restrictions since the pandemic, which translated into an extensive ban on the sale of tobacco products in 2020, as well as curfews and the temporary closure of semi-captive environments such as schools, gyms and…

2022 was another good year for the vending channel, with the resumption of pre-pandemic lifestyles, including the return of Mexicans to schools, offices and leisure activities, prompting impulse purchases of soft drinks and snacks. In general,…

Experiencing a decline in sales in 2020 due to the pandemic and subsequent restrictions, which resulted in limited mobility outside of the home, vending’s performance has improved since 2021, with the channel recording a stronger performance in 2022…

The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on vending in China in 2022. After the challenging year of 2020, when the pandemic first hit the country, vending showed signs of recovery in 2021, as work and social lives in China returned to normal…

Vending showed another solid performance in current value sales terms in 2022, with all channels registering positive results in this respect. The easing of the pandemic continued to buoy trade, in that the use of vending machines increased as people…