Unmanned vending machines lead the new retail era, convenience stores welcome transformation opportunities

Internet giants have joined in making unmanned retail the trend of capital pursuit this year, and unmanned vending machines as one of the unmanned retail formats have also attracted attention. Industry insiders pointed out that compared with unmanned stores, terminals represented by unmanned vending machines are currently more technologically mature, and companies in the industry chain are also facing investment opportunities. Recently, 'unmanned noodle restaurants' appeared on the streets of Shanghai, which once again aroused public attention to unmanned retail. According to feedback from people who have experienced it, the 'unmanned noodle restaurant' is similar to an unmanned fresh juicer. You can enter the noodle making program through your mobile phone, and you can wait for the noodles cooked by the machine to be packed and taken away in about one minute. However, the 'unmanned noodle restaurant' has been suspended due to suspicion of operating beyond the scope. In fact, new retail has already entered a substantial acceleration stage. For example, Ali has taken the lead in several new retail explorations, including Ali’s deployment of offline department stores, investment in offline supermarkets, a full cooperation with Suning and Bailian; JD’s cooperation with Yonghui; Ali’s Hema Xiansheng and Yonghui Super Species Wait for raw water. In fact, unmanned retail is not the only thing Ali's do. At the end of last year, the e-commerce giant Amazon launched a new offline store AmazonGo offline retail concept store with a high profile. The biggest selling point is to achieve zero queues. Traditional convenience store giants Lawson and 7-11 have also begun to try to deploy unmanned retail. 'Internet giants have deployed unmanned retail, which will accelerate the promotion of online and offline integration of the'new retail' format, and unmanned retail is at the forefront of the times, leading the arrival of the'new retail' era.' Industry analysts pointed out that, From the perspective of technology and consumption, unmanned convenience stores are already speeding up their attempts; from the perspective of capital and competition, the transformation of traditional convenience stores is urgent, and unmanned convenience stores are brewing; from the perspective of operation, convenience store operations need to evolve and upgrade , Unmanned convenience stores will develop rapidly in trial and error; and compared with unmanned stores, terminals represented by unmanned vending machines are currently more technologically mature. New retail formats are developing rapidly, and vending machines have become the focus. Although the “unmanned noodle restaurant” has been suspended, the similarly squeezed orange juice machine “Angel’s Orange” currently has more than 3,000 self-service terminals in 176 cities and jurisdictions across the country. The average monthly sales volume can reach 4 million cups, and the annual throughput of oranges can reach 40,000 to 50,000 tons. The parent company of 'Angel Orange' has invested heavily, and recently completed a 400 million yuan B round of financing. According to reports, Ju Ang has also expanded its business to other areas. Recently, Juang released three kinds of equipments: Vigo Tribe’s 24-hour unmanned store, Vigo Tribe’s coconut juice station, and Vigo Tribe’s rainbow ice cream. These equipment can be operated independently or combined with Angel Orange to form a 24-hour free shop. People shop, focusing on on-the-sale products. In fact, 'automatic vending' has already spread all over the world. Data shows that the ratio of vending machines to convenience stores in the United States is about 30:1; in Tokyo, Japan, every 30 people can cover an unmanned vending machine. And there are many types of these smart machines, including drinks (including hot and cold drinks), fast food, fresh fruits and vegetables, etc. There are a total of more than 2,000 models and more than 6,000 products, which shows the size of this market. Authoritative data shows that there are currently at least 18 million vending machines in operation in the world, and the sales of the entire industry, including vending machine manufacturing and operation, exceed $250 billion. Vending machines have become the fastest growing industry in the retail sector. one. As the world's largest vending market, Japan has 4.23 million vending machines. Last year, the sales of beverages alone was equivalent to 159.3 billion yuan. According to statistics from the Vending Industry Branch of the China Department Store Business Association, since 2010, the domestic vending industry has grown rapidly, with an increase of about 100,000 units in five years, which is twice the total amount in the past 10 years. As of the end of 2016, there were approximately 190,000 vending machines in China, and the vending machine market will usher in a prosperous period. The Guangdong vending machine equipment supplier pointed out that the current number of vending machines for 10,000 people in my country is only four. Benchmarking the number of vending machines in Japan and the United States for 10,000 people, with the rapid popularization of mobile payments in my country and rising labor costs, my country's vending machine market will maintain a momentum of high growth. According to industry authorities, the number of vending machines in my country is expected to reach 1.54 million in 2020. According to a single vending machine of 14,000 yuan, the total market space of vending machines in my country from 2017 to 2020 is expected to reach 51 billion yuan. As a professional manufacturer of vending machines in China, we believe that unmanned vending machines will enter the growth stage in China, and the market space is huge. The application of vending machines in my country's mainland market to the development stage should be at least 500,000 units, and the annual production value should reach 10 billion yuan; by the mature stage, it will reach 3 million units, and the annual production value will reach 60 billion yuan. The above information is provided by vending machine manufacturers. Please mark the reprint. Previous: Expansion of the domestic vending machine market to activate the upstream and downstream industrial chain