The methods retailers use to deter shoplifting can make shopping worse for customers. A vending machine company hopes to use its product to replace locked aisles of merchandise. The vending machines, ...

From the department of awesome overseas ideas is this store, which isn’t so much a store but a massive vending machine. This is the UNIQLO store in Tokyo and the products for sale are just T-shirts ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Take two businesses that are struggling with changing tastes, put them together, and you may just get an idea whose time has come. Patrons at Elixir coffee shop in Center City ...

Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. The vending machine is not our most cutting-edge technology. But it’s one that we can’t seem to quit ...

If you run out of milk, eggs or — shudder — wine on Christmas Eve when the shops shut early and the mother-in-law is arriving, and Amazon still hasn’t delivered that special present you got her, no ...

Crispy edamame, fresh bananas, fruity organic waters and pomegranate spiked nut clusters could replace sweets and sports drinks in school vending machines thanks to a crop of healthier products and ...

The workerless store popped up on the corner of Collins and Spencer St in the CBD recently, offering food, drinks and snacks via vending machines only. Speaking to the Herald Sun the convenience chain ...