Category: Automated Retail in the Media

“JetBlue Adds Detroit as the Next Destination for Its ‘Soar with Reading’ Free Book Vending Machine Initiative” from Business Wire

  Free Book Vending Machine Also Returns to Washington, D.C. Area In Partnership With Random House Children’s Books Soar with Reading Welcomes Celebrity Ambassadors Actress Victoria Justice and Athlete Justin Upton Public Can Choose the Next City to Receive Books in Online #BookBattle   NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–JetBlue’s (Nasdaq:JBLU) award-winning Soar with Reading program launched today… Read more »

“Current And Future Trends In Vending Machines” by Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes

Current trends are likely to make future vending machines quite different. For example, the ‘TWEET FOR TREATS’ vending machine dispenses products based on Tweets. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for PEOPLE) Vending machines have long been a convenient and relatively low cost method of delivering food and drink. They have also been a source of… Read more »

“Denver Broncos Hop On Board The Twitter Vending Machine Trend” from Sport Techie

Last Sunday afternoon, the Denver Broncos debuted the NFL’s first Twitter-powered vending machine. Sponsored by Bud Light, the vending machine prompts fans to tweet a specific message and a unique hashtag, after which it dispenses a special prize. The machine vends 200 prizes, including ticket upgrades, merchandise, skis signed by former quarterback Jake Plummer, and… Read more »

“Tweet and Be Rewarded!” from University of Michigan

Love prizes? Who doesn’t? What if winning amazing gifts from a wide variety of Ann Arbor merchants—and the University of Michigan—was just a tweet away? Starting Thursday, September 4th we’re kicking off a month of ‘Vending Maize and Blue,’ just for you! UMSocial has partnered with the Ann Arbor Convention and Visitors Bureau to bring… Read more »