Re:Out of control San Francisco shoplifting forcing Walgreen...
by walrus01 on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @10:13PM
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It might have to go back that way, or I'm thinking that US chains might look at the staffing costs and figure out something like how to deploy the largest versions of the vending machines seen in Japan.
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Re:Out of control San Francisco shoplifting forcing Walgreen...
by joezydeco on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @10:17PM
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This was how Redbox started. It was a joint venture of Coinstar and McDonald's.
https://www.deseret.com/2003/11/13/19795398/redbox-kiosks-cl...
The pivot to only renting DVDs came shortly afterward.