Steven Anderson Most of us don’t think twice about grabbing a cold drink at a gas station cooler or the like. A US company has developed a system of interactive vending machines that can be operated using mobile payments. ShelfX is offering retailers retrofitting kits for the system, which provides remote monitoring and live inventory management of stock in fridges. The technology allows stores to track how much food they have on hand at any given time, as well as monitor their own inventories. The interactive kiosk market is expected to grow by 7.2% a year until 2021, with the overall vending machine market already worth around $7bn per year.
A US company has developed a system of interactive vending machines that can be operated using mobile payments. ShelfX is offering retailers retrofitting kits for the system, which provides remote monitoring and live inventory management of stock in fridges. The technology allows stores to track how much food they have on hand at any given time, as well as monitor their own inventories. The interactive kiosk market is expected to grow by 7.2% a year until 2021, with the overall vending machine market already worth around $7bn per year.