Stories, case studies and lessons from designing and manufacturing custom vending machines, kiosks and PPE lockers — straight from the KioskForce workshop.
Campus sexual health vending machines have grown from about 39 US universities in 17 states in 2023 to more than 150 campuses by May 2026. A 2026 peer-reviewed study at Tufts found students who use...
The outdoor vending machine market is moving from mechanical dispensers to weatherproof smart retail nodes. The global outdoor combo vending market is projected to reach $18.7 billion by 2028 at a ...
Public health vending machines that dispense free naloxone, fentanyl test strips and hygiene kits are spreading across US cities in 2026. Richmond doubled its program to six machines after three un...
The Pokémon Company's US vending fleet hit 1,871 machines across 28 states in 2026 — up 27% year over year — yet it pulled 207 machines while adding 562. The removals are deliberate: fixed MSRP pri...
The medical vending machine market is worth about USD 8.2 billion in 2026, growing roughly 7% a year toward USD 11.5 billion by 2031. The engine underneath it is pharmacy automation. Here is what t...
A vending machine dispenses consumables one way; a smart locker issues and returns reusable items two ways; a kiosk is the self-service interaction point that can be either — or neither. The differ...
