Vending

Vending recorded significant declines in 2020 due to pandemic-induced lockdown periods and greater at-home consumption, resulting in limited footfall in public areas where vending machines tend to be located such as universities, train stations, and…

Vending sales are highly driven by tobacco in Portugal, with the category dominating overall revenue for the channel in the country. In 2020, with pandemic-related lockdowns and restrictions in place impacting shopping centres, non-essential…

Vending machines are a common retailing channel in Singapore. As local males above the age of 18 years are liable for conscription, parents and significant others often send them off with multiple SGD1 coins for vending machines located at military…

Vending continued to register positive sales growth in 2021, although the increases seen in sales during the year were more modest than the particularly robust growth registered in the category during 2019 and 2020. The main reason for such sustained…

For a retail channel that was already generally declining in current value terms over the review period, vending was then further impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, as consumers spent less time in public places where these sales normally take…

In 2020, a high number of non-essential retail outlets, leisure and entertainment venues, as well as workplaces had to close during strict and extensive national lockdown periods, as authorities sought to curb the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19)…

Having plunged by almost a fifth during 2020, vending retail current value sales recovered only marginally in 2021, as restrictions on movement were relaxed and local consumers spent less time at home and consumer foodservice outlets operated…

While vending is slowly becoming more popular, sales in non-captive locations were negligible in India in 2021. Most sales take place in closed environments such as airports, offices and educational institutions, which are not counted in Euromonitor…

In 2021, vending sales continued to decline, resulting in large part from the lengthy lockdown in Germany in the first half of the year. This led to a considerable reduction in demand in key vending locations both in public and semi-captive…

Vending saw a recovery in value sales in 2021. This followed a year of decline due to home seclusion and restrictions on movement. There was less foot traffic in public places such as gyms, train stations and offices. In 2021, consumer lifestyles did…

Vending almost exclusively offers soft drinks and packaged food in Turkey and saw a significant deceleration in current value growth in 2020 (and decline in constant value terms), due to the notably reduced footfall in places with vending machines…

Vending retail current value sales continued to decline during 2021, albeit at a much more modest pace than in the previous year. Lockdown measures dramatically reduced footfall in key locations for vending machines. Moreover, even after restrictions…

Vending will see a considerable recovery in 2021 after a strong drop in the 2020 due to low consumer traffic in offices and other major vending locations. However, sales will nevertheless remain significantly below 2019 levels as consumers continue…

Retail constant value sales (2021 prices) of vending declined at a double-digit rate during 2020 and recovered only marginally in 2021. During 2020, COVID-19 restrictions meant that local consumers were spending much more time at home, which had a…

In 2020, vending suffered from the slowing pace of life in Norway due to COVID-19. Reduced usage of public transportation led to less footfall in front of vending machines, thus limiting sales. In addition, the adoption of home working practices…

A significant proportion of vending machines are located in high-traffic areas such as entertainment venues, train stations, institutions, commercial areas and attractions. The soft lockdowns and social distancing measures in 2021 therefore led to a…

COVID-19 had a negative impact on vending in Finland. The main reason for the sharp decline in retail current value sales suffered by this channel was that vending machines are typically located in busy places, such as public transport hubs, which…

The return of positive sales growth was the most important trend to note in vending after the category registered negative sales growth at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The category struggled to attract sales during 2020 as restrictions…

There was a sharp rise in the number of vending machines being import into Russia in the first half of 2021, as players eyed opportunities in a post-COVID-19 world. Players within vending reported the start of a revolution in vending in Russia, with…

The pandemic in Australia resulted in strict lockdown measures, social distancing rules and stay-at-home guidelines, which were first implemented by the government in early April 2020 and continued across many key metropolitan cities in mid-2021,…