A few days ago, Lei Jun posted that "MI" mobile phones and digital accessories sold in TCN vending machine in India. Buying a cell phone from a vending machine was almost inconceivable in the past and now is a fact. The history of vending machines can be traced back to more than 2,000 years ago. There was a magic device in a temple in ancient Egypt, in which people could get "sacred water" if they put money into it. Convenience and instantaneity are its original functions. Vending machines have been in China for only 20 years, and the total amount is less than one-tenth of that in Europe and America. But while vending machines witness the revolution of retail industry in China, they also write their own unique stories.—— For example, Loreal's lipstick vending machine sells 70,000 lipsticks per month, of which 83% are new customers; Tmall U dispatches a prototype first, a penny-for-money sample for trial, and dispatches 8 million lipstick o...
