28th June 2021 | By: jasonvincent
How to Live Plastic Free for 24 Hours (in London)
I tried living plastic free in London for 24 hours. And it was hard! Continue
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11th November 2020 | By: jasonvincent
The Rise of QR Codes in a 'Touch Free' World
QR codes have been around for decades and in that time used extensively in manufacturing and industrial automation environments, due to their rapid identification and reading/scanning attributes. The very name QR stands for ‘Quick Response’ and hints at just how… Continue
Automated Retail & Vending
20th May 2020 | By: jasonvincent
Is the future of vending & automated retail touch-less?
Retail stores closed. Grocery delivery slots exhausted. Airlines grounded. In what has felt like a mere heartbeat our world has changed overnight, and to some it is now barely recognisable. As I write this, retail stores in the UK remain… Continue
Automated Retail & Vending
12th February 2020 | By: jasonvincent
Using We Chat and We Chat Payments in Vending Machines
A brief look at WeChat support on digital vending machines, covering experiential customer rewards and more 'traditional' payment workflows. Continue
Automated Retail & Vending
16th January 2020 | By: jasonvincent
K-Net and Alternative Digital Payments in Kuwait and the Middle East
Accepting payments in an unattended environment in Kuwait and the Middle East, where payment regulations present numerous unique challenges. We take a look at the use of digital wallets as an alternative to card payments altogether. Continue
Automated Retail & Vending
9th January 2020 | By: jasonvincent
Accepting Square Payments on Vending Machines
It’s the new year, and with the new year come new developments in our digital vending machines. This is the first in a series of posts on the technology we’ve been developing to augment our digital vending machine technology over… Continue
Automated Retail & Vending
21st February 2019 | By: jasonvincent
Leveraging vending machines to deliver high value items to repeat customers. How?
At Aeguana, we spend a lot of time thinking, talking about, and ultimately working on three main things, which (in our opinion) underpin the success of any vending operation: How do we transition vending from predominantly impulse purchases, to a… Continue
Automated Retail & Vending
8th January 2019 | By: jasonvincent
Why Vending and Automated Retail will thrive amidst the 'death of the high-street'
I recently came across an interesting article on vending (link at the end of the article) which looked at the prevalence of vending machines in places like Japan (crazy stats time: there’s 1 machine for each 20 citizens, and the… Continue
Automated Retail & Vending
30th September 2017 | By: jasonvincent
Digital Vend (Touch) launches with Martin Fisher Foundation
Aeguana have partnered with the Martin Fisher Foundation (MFF) and Biosure to run a trial dispensing HIV Testing Kits from select locations in Brighton & Hove using the latest Digital Vend (Touch) vending machines. The on-screen user experience was completely… Continue
Automated Retail & Vending
21st November 2015 | By: jasonvincent
Vendex North 2015 – Trends, observations (and snacks!)
I’ve been attending Vendex (and most often AVEX) in some shape or form for over 6 years, often as a visitor, and at times as an exhibitor. Whilst vending is typically a painfully slow-moving industry from a technological side (most… Continue