The invention history of vending machines?

Vending machine business originated in the 1960s and developed rapidly in the United States and Japan. Since 1980s, it has spread rapidly in developed countries, and the field of selling goods has also expanded accordingly.

At present, it has been widely promoted in nearly 50 countries around the world. Japan Coca-Cola Company has nearly 6,543,800 cold drink vending machines, and each machine sells tens of thousands of cans of drinks every year. Coca-Cola's vending machine sales in Japan account for 70% of its total sales. The total amount of goods sold through vending machines in the world has reached nearly $200 billion every year. ?

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The earliest vending machines can be traced back to 1700, and there are cigarette cases that can be bought with coins in British pubs. 1706, mechanical pencil vending machine operated by artificial coins in China. 1905, American postal service began to use stamp vending machines. In the 1920s, commercial cigarette vending machines began to enter the market.

1936, NAMA (international vending machine association) was established. 1946, invented the automatic coffee machine. 1960, the money changer appears at the bank counter. 1980, electronic components are equipped with vending machines. 1985 realized credit/debit card consumption on vending machines. 1993, which realizes the wireless transmission of vending machine machine data. In 2000, mobile phone shopping was realized on vending machines.

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