The vending machine in decline? You gotta be kidding! The Futurist Party predicts a big future for the vending machine. In Europe there are entire 24 hour shops full of vending machines, with very few human wage packets, and large discounts. Creating fears of decimation of huan jobs in retail. In parts of Europe, vending machines are getting ever bigger, ever different. Maybe American vending machines are sticking to old oblong models, literally. In Europe the five components of vending machines have been altered and re constructed in various ways, you can even buy a car by vending machines, with cage lock systems and codes, and credit card processes. Vending machine appearance and production is set to double every year in Europe. One wonders what on Earth is going on in America. The vending machine in Japan is very interesting as well, there are some incredible innovations set to revoutionise retails and the world. British supermarkets are ntroducing scan trolleys, so you can bypass going to the checkout.
Depends what you mean by vending machine must be your very strict definition.