SOS Smart Personal Care Vending Expands

SOS already has a number of vending machines in the wild, dotted around the map in its native Boston. At the end of 2021 the company closed a $3.4 million round to expand its offering of health and wellness products in vending machines in bathrooms.

The vending machines are touch screens that also double as a “visually rich advertising and marketing platform,” just in case you were getting nervous at the desperate shortage of advertising in the world around us. 

SOS’ touch screen vending machines have been installed in a number of venues around Boston, including Fenway Park, Prudential Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, and State Street Corporation’s offices, as well as FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida.

“Our machines transform a moment of panic into a moment of empowerment and choice,” said Robina Verbeek, founder and co-CEO at SOS. “We believe that convenient access must be paired with exceptional products and an elevated retail experience. ‘Quick and easy’ shouldn’t mean ‘cheap and shoddy,’ especially when it comes to women’s health. Everyone deserves better.”

The two-woman founding team and the company’s co-CEOs are Susanna Twarog and Robina Verbeek. They met as colleagues at financial services company State Street, and combined forces to solve the perennial problem of broken, out-of-stock tampon machines.

SOS touch screen vending machines make it easy for women to have the products that they want and need but what’s most ideal is that the touch screens also offer a visually rich advertising and marketing platform that can be used to promote other products as well. 

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Founded in 2017, SOS created its first tampon vending machine to solve the common problem of old, broken, or out-of-stock tampon vending machines, that are commonly found in bathrooms across the United States. 

Since deploying its first machine in 2020, the company has formed partnerships with today’s leading wellness brands so that they can offer high-quality wellness products from their vending machines as well.  

To learn more about SOS personal care vending machines, visit their website at https://www.worldofsos.com, email hello@worldofsos.com.