Stories, case studies and lessons from designing and manufacturing custom vending machines, kiosks and PPE lockers — straight from the KioskForce workshop.
Unattended retail is consolidating. 365 Retail Markets moved to acquire Cantaloupe for $848 million — a deal that drew an FTC 'Second Request' and the threat of mandatory open APIs — while Nayax ag...
PPE vending is moving from one-way dispensing to two-way dispense-and-return. The driver is returnable PPE — reusable respirators, hard hats, harnesses, and gas detectors that must be logged out an...
Australia's connected vending machine market is growing 10–14% a year through 2035, with connected units rising from 25–30% of the installed base to 55–65% — a more-than-doubling of the connected f...
UL 751 is the North American safety standard for vending machines — electrical, mechanical, and fire safety. Edition 6 took effect June 12, 2026, adding new requirements for UV exposure, cabinet co...
The biggest upgrade in vending in 2026 is not the camera — it's telemetry. Predictive maintenance on IoT-connected machines cuts unplanned downtime by 32% and unnecessary technician dispatches by 2...
Period-product vending machines are a $1.91 billion market in 2026, growing to $3.49 billion by 2036 — but the buyers are not consumers. They are schools, universities, employers, and public-health...
