This year is really not easy, and this is the common feeling of many people! From the beginning of 2020 to the present, we have experienced various hardships such as economic crisis, trade war, and epidemic. These uncontrollable external factors have also brought a profound impact on the development of various industries, and the Vending Machine industry is no exception.
The overall economic downturn, accelerated population aging, low birth rate, and fewer and fewer young people are all social problems we have to face. In this special year, people's consumption habits are also slowly changing, which also deeply affects the FMCG market. Unmanned retail mainly sells fast-moving consumer goods, which is a large category of sales. This makes unmanned retail affected by the epidemic differently in different scenarios and modes. Under the impact of the epidemic, tourist attractions, amusement parks, theaters and other places have limited or closed their business. At the same time, the decline in the flow of people has also led to extremely pessimistic sales data of Smart Vending Machines placed in these places. But what is unexpected is that the sales data of Automatic Unmanned Sanitary Napkin Vending Machine Mini Vending Machine placed in factories, hospitals, schools, enterprises and institutions is as usual. The opening hours of such places are hardly affected by the epidemic, and the space is relatively closed, with little competition from the same commercial products and a high density of effective customer groups. It has always been a place that major vending machine operators have strived for. After all, the vending machine industry is also offline physical retail, and the location of the place is very, very important.
We have to say that in fact, many people need to cultivate their shopping habits slowly. Once the habit is formed, the market will open up. On the whole, more than 100 million people in Japan have more than 4 million various Intelligent Vending Cabinets, and more than 300 million people in North America also have 4 to 5 million vending machines. In the context of the new retail era, as well as large Driven by data and intelligence, the future of vending machines is promising, with immeasurable development prospects.
