Prospering From the Accelerated Growth of 'Human-Less Transactions'

CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, July 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

FinancialNewsMedia.com News Commentary 

The world of retail is being turned upside down with consumers and investors alike preferring 'human-less' transactions, interactive retail services and multiple payment options. It's no secret that traditional retail brands are doubling down on their investment into autonomous robotics in the name of competitiveness and bottom-line profitability.

Companies highlighted in today's commentary are positioned to benefit from this disruption, include: Generation Next Franchise Brands, Inc. (OTC: VEND); Bank of America (NYSE: BAC); Wendy's (NASDAQ: WEN), JD.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: JD) and McDonald's Corp (NYSE: MCD).

Millennials in particular prefer to avoid any human interaction at all during the shopping or the delivery process. This tech-savvy generation places a premium on time, convenience, and customization, favoring machine automation over human interaction. Steve Easterbrook, the CEO of McDonald's, had this to say about the future of self-service kiosks: "What we're finding is when people dwell [around our self-service kiosks] more, they select more ...We do know it helps grow the business, we know it's the right route to go down. We can't get there quick enough in the U.S."

From consumer electronics to bank branch transactions to ear buds to frozen yogurt, consumers of all ages are demanding both self-service and multiple payment options. Investors with early insights into these new norms of daily commercial behavior are poised to prosper.

This qualifies as nothing short of a full-fledged "mega trend" if defined as a global, sustained and macro-economic force of development that is totally transforming business, economy, society and personal lives.

Mega Trend Watch: 'Going Human-Less' 

ResearchAndMarkets.com predicts a multi-billion industry within the next five years: "Taking into account the overall sector, which includes things like electric charging kiosks and those increasingly sophisticated vending machines that dispense a widening array of products and foods, the firm predicts a $34 billion automated kiosk market by 2023."

Greg Nichols of Robotics writes that we're on the verge of a total sea change in the retail industry: "A billion dollar industry is emerging to make checkout faster by removing human cashiers." In the absence of a cashier - and the traditional bricks-and-mortar retail environment - unattended retail attracts more customers who spend more money. Fully-autonomous, self-monitoring, self-cleaning vendors that don't take breaks, sick leave or vacations means greater efficiency for retail operators, investors and consumers.