You may end up listening to this on your way to the 2025 NAMA Show in Las Vegas: on the plane, in a taxi or hanging out in the lobby of your hotel before the show starts up on May 7. That is the perfect scenario, because today’s episode offers some valuable advice about the 2025 Show — in addition to “wear comfortable shoes.”
In this episode of Automatic Merchandiser’s Vending & OCS Nation, the podcast for the convenience services industry, host Bob Tullio is focused on seven suppliers who you need to connect with if you are an operator attending the show.
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As Tullio notes, “At every NAMA show, several suppliers sign up to have a professional video interview done with me, working on behalf of Automatic Merchandiser and Vending Market Watch, right from the convention floor. I find that those companies always have a great story to tell about their products and services. This year is no exception.”
Tullio talks to those seven suppliers, asking the question, “Why is your company a ‘must see’ supplier?”
In this episode, Tullio has a request for his listeners.
When you see me on the convention floor doing videos with these vendors
- 365 Retail Markets, booth 1347
- Cantaloupe, booth 1839
- Pro Watch Solutions, booth 2309
- Televend, booth 2723
- Launch Hydrate, booth 1476
- Speaking on camera with Steve Orlando of Fixturelite
- Speaking on camera with Josh Rosenberg of Forward Thinkers
Stop by to say hello, and be sure to watch for those videos when they are published in the coming weeks.

Bob Tullio
Bob Tullio is a content specialist, speaker, sales trainer, consultant and contributing editor of Automatic Merchandiser and VendingMarketWatch.com. He advises entrepreneurs on how to build a successful business from the ground up. He specializes in helping suppliers connect with operators in the convenience services industry — coffee service, vending, micro markets and pantry service specifically. He can be reached at 818-261-1758 and [email protected]. Tullio welcomes your feedback.
Subscribe to Automatic Merchandiser’s new podcast, Vending & OCS Nation, which Tullio hosts. Each episode is designed to make your business more profitable.