Health drink brand Yakult is on a mission to teach common Japanese phrases to the public with a vending machine that rewards quick learners with a free bottle of ‘good bacteria’. In the UK, the company is looking to hit home its Japanese heritage by teaching members of the public Nippon, baited with the allure of a […]
Alibaba has introduced a car vending machine on Tmall, its online marketplace application, which allows consumers in China to choose from 100 Ford cars for a test drive. The ‘Super Test-Drive Center’ is located in Guangzhou and consumers can sign up on the Tmall or Taobao app to pick up the selected car through an […]
During this summer the Coca-Cola bottles’ labels promoted over 90 different holiday destinations. To activate this locally, Coca-Cola in Sweden chose to highlight some of the Swedish destinations on the labels. Sweden is renowned for its many different local dialects, with clear phonetic and grammatical characteristics that can be irreconcilable, even for Swedes. And so, […]
Japanese fashion giant Uniqlo has taken a leaf out of Snapchat’s playbook by putting its clothing in vending machines – much like Spectacles – in a bid to improve sales. The Fast Retailing-owned retailer intends to install 10 of the clothing vending machines in markets across the US over the next few months, with locations […]
Superdrug has launched a ‘#TweetforTreats’ campaign, which will see the retailer touring England throughout June with a Twitter-activated smart vending machine. The vending machine is activated by swiping a loyalty card and then tweeting using the ‘#TweetForTreats’ hashtag. In exchange, customers will receive a free product from Superdrug’s own-brand line. The campaign is intended to […]