In recent years, China’s vending machines have grown at 30% CAGR. It is predicted that by 2020, there will be 138 million vending machines in China, yearly selling up to 100 Billion Yuan of fast-moving consumer goods according to a report by Forward. Meanwhile, China has become the biggest vending machine manufacturer and exporter in the world, with Guangdong contributing most of the export volume.
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Google research finds rising customer expectations of online retail
Sep 18, 2019
Google and Kantar have unveiled research into customer experience across online retailers, analysing 33,500 online shoppers across 17 countries (2,000 UK consumers). The research demonstrates the need for retailers to innovate and improve experience at an ever-increasing rate, as it shows overall experience improving while satisfaction plateaus.
Schneider Electric TradeOff Tool delivers detailed cost and energy advantages of Lithium-ion cells versus VRLA batteries
Sep 18, 2019
Schneider Electric has introduced a new Data Centre TradeOff Tool, designed to enable customers and Channel Partners to model the long-term cost implications of utilising new edge computing and critical infrastructure technologies.
iland expands global channel sales with enhanced partner programmes, cloud computing tools and new Canadian data centre
Sep 18, 2019
After a successful transformation that doubled the company’s annual channel revenue, iland is expanding its global channel sales programme to address substantial partner growth and customer demand for its secure cloud backup, infrastructure and disaster recovery solutions in North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Australia and Africa.
Komprise adds virtual data lake capability to reduce cost of finding data for analysis
Sep 18, 2019
Komprise has announced general availability of its 2.11 release which includes a new Deep Analytics feature that addresses the biggest concern with big data analytics - searching across multiple storage platforms to identify the right data sets to analyse.
Salesforce launches Consumer Goods Cloud
Sep 18, 2019
Salesforce has introduced Consumer Goods Cloud, a new industry product that enables consumer goods companies to drive revenue growth and maximise ROI through improved retail execution capabilities.
STL announces an integrated software-defined solution for access networks
Sep 18, 2019
STL, a global data network solutions company, has unveiled its programmable FTTx (pFTTx) solution for fiber-based access connectivity at ONF (Open Networking Foundation) Connect 2019 held at Santa Clara, California.
72% of business data breaches came via unsecured wireless devices
Sep 18, 2019
UK businesses need to be more aware of the security vulnerabilities their wireless devices present, new research has revealed.
Zebra unveils next-generation 2D imagers for retail, healthcare, electronics manufacturing industries
Sep 18, 2019
Zebra Technologies Corporation has introduced the new DS4600 series of 2D handheld imagers featuring models purpose-built for retail, healthcare and electronics manufacturing environments.
C2A Security and NXP collaborate on game changing cybersecurity solution for connected and automated vehicles
Sep 18, 2019
C2A Security has announced a comprehensive automotive security solution, developed in collaboration with NXP, utilizing NXP Semiconductors’ secure CAN (Controller Area Network) transceivers.
