The interactive kiosks market is primarily segmented by component into automated teller machine (ATM), self-service kiosks, and vending machine Kiosks. Interactive Kiosk Types: Coin & Currency Counter - ATMs - Self-service kiosk - Information kiosks - Ticketing kiosks - Photo kiosks - Patient self-service kiosks - Check-in kiosks - Employment kiosks - Vending machines. These machines are used in a variety of industries including: Retail - Healthcare - Banking & financial services - Government - Transportation - Hospitality & Entertainment. Vending machine operators provide and service automated machines that sell merchandise, primarily snack foods and soft drinks, but also cigarettes, newspapers and other goods. Vending machines offers supply of food, beverages and other products even when the retail outlets are closed. They help in improving profit margins and lowering labor cost and downtime. Increasing product range such as gold bars & jeweler, perfumes, tickets, stationary, ink injectors in school etc. is expected to provide positive avenues to market growth. Increasing use of vending machine in industrial and commercial sectors for daily need products along with food and beverages is estimated to favor market demand. Vending machine in industrial sector enables optimum allocation of adhesive tapes and other engineering products. Their use in public areas such as airports, stations for perfumes and tissues etc. is expected to further drive the vending machine market. Vending machine reduces wastage of these daily products. Vending machines can be seen as the future of the retail market around the world. Technological advancements such as touch screen, secure and multiple transaction, various modes of payment option such as mobile payments may fuel the vending machine market.
