WAL-MART OFFERS PET TAG VENDING MACHINES IN AURORA, NAPERVILLE
The Aurora and Naperville Wal-Marts are among nine of the discount retailer's Chicago-area stores that have introduced computerized pet and identification tag engraving systems. Vending machines are being rolled out by Axxess Technologies Inc. They also have been introduced to Wal-Mart stores in

Publication: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL)

New Breed of Vending Machines encourage healtlhier snacking.
Some employers want to cut the fat from their workers by changing the selection of snacks found in on-site vending machines. When workers buy snacks from vending machines at six locations in the University of Virginia Health System, they are confronted with items color-coded in red, yellow and

Publication: Employee Benefit News

New Compass boss slots in a Pounds 500m vending sale
TROUBLED catering giant Compass's new chief executive today announced plans to sell Europe's biggest vending machines business with a likely price tag of at least Pounds 500 million. Richard Cousins, former boss of plasterboard giant BPB, hung a For Sale sign over Selecta, which runs 150,000

Publication: Evening Standard - London

SkyeTek's Readers Enable Cashless Payment at Cold-Drink Vending Machines.
Isochron Selects SkyeTek, Incorporates M2 HF RFID Reader Module into Secure, Cashless Payment Solution WESTMINSTER, Colo. -- SkyeTek, Inc., the leading provider of embedded RFID reader technology, today announced that it has entered into a technology partnership with Isochron LLC, a leader in

Publication: Business Wire

As OCS becomes a more product-intensive business, handhelds make more sense: for one thing, the handhelds allow an OCS operation to migrate to a more productive, presale business model, notes the chief technology officer of a vending/OCS software provider.(Special Report)
Of all the innovations and technological advances of the last two decades, one truly indispensable tool for anyone in the retail or foodservice industries is the handheld computer. As with most innovations, the handheld first made headway in the consumer-oriented retail operations. Vending,

Publication: Automatic Merchandiser

Lottery vending haunts S. China elementary schools
Lottery vending haunts S. China elementary schools HAIKOU, June 2 (Xinhua) -- At recess or after school is out, first grader Wu Suzhen and her pals like to try their luck in a few convenience stores near their campus. With a one-penny bet, lottery tickets claim they may win a prize from one dime to

Publication: Xinhua News Agency