The methods retailers use to deter shoplifting can make shopping worse for customers. A vending machine company hopes to use its product to replace locked aisles of merchandise. The vending machines, ...

Worcester requires people put their trash in the yellow trash bags that the vending machine and other local retailers sell. If people don’t use the bags, garbage collection workers won’t pick up their ...

The small city of North Adams, nestled in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, is well-know as a hub of contemporary art, a bucolic haven for stressed New Yorkers, and an autumn leaf peeping ...

DAVID. WELL, SOME PASSERSBY ARE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THIS VENDING MACHINE IS NOT FULL OF SNACKS LIKE CHIPS OR CANDY. IT CONTAINS POTENTIALLY LIFESAVING PRODUCTS FREE OF CHARGE TO REDUCE THE SPREAD ...