If you’ve noticed more vending-style setups in offices, apartments, hospitals, or even airports lately — you’re not imagining it. Retail is shifting fast, and people now want quick access to products.

Apple has Siri. Amazon has Alexa. This summer Tom Murn will have Vicki, a vending machine endowed with artificial intelligence that will be popping up in college cafeterias, drugstores, hospital ...

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 ...

Vending machines stocked with ammunition have been installed in several grocery stores across the United States. The machines are made by American Rounds and allow customers over the age of 21 to buy ...

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, ...

Recognizing that Generation Z prioritizes convenience, Amazon.com last week launched its Instant Pickup service on five college campuses around the country, and the service will soon expand to 22 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — At Dear Mom, a unique eastside Indianapolis shop founded by Liz Foster, a significant event is on the horizon and it’s not about the total solar eclipse happening Monday. On ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS — Vending machines are the go-to ...