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The Wittern Group and the Problem of the Open Cupboard
A peanut dispenser that rewarded every ninth customer grew into a business that tracks tools, medical supplies and snacks. The Wittern Group’s useful trick is knowing what happens when someone opens the cupboard.
Scott Stevenson Built Audiences. Now He Is Building Trust in the Machines Between Us.
From a free magazine at The Beer Store to intelligent lockers on campus, Scott Stevenson's career keeps returning to one question: how do you turn an overlooked point of contact into a relationship that works?
Signifi Put the IT Desk in a Box - Now 2.64 Million People Use Its Machines Every Day
The Mississauga company spent two decades turning vending hardware into enterprise infrastructure. Its useful trick is not the locker - it is owning the hardware, workflow software and support around it.
JumpStart Indonesia
JumpStart Indonesia is a Jakarta-based automated retail company that operates the country's largest network of smart, AI-enabled vending machines. Founded in 2018 by CEO Brian Imawan as a single self-serve coffee machine, it has grown into a broad smart-retail platform - coffee bars, snack and merchandise vending, beverage-capsule dispensers, ice cream and gamified machines - with more than 6,500 units across Indonesia. The machines run on cashless, contactless payments and use software to track sales and manage stock, positioning JumpStart as a distribution channel connecting global brands, especially from Japan, with Indonesian consumers.