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Article: Macy's Installing iPod Vending Machines.(Federated Department Stores Inc.)(Brief article)
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- TWICE
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- June 5, 2006
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By Alan Wolf
Cincinnati- Federated Department Stores will begin rolling out iPod-dispensing vending machines to 180 Macy's locations nationwide this fall.
The vending machines and inventory are owned and maintained by Zoom Systems, a San Francisco company that has been placing its robotic CE 'Zoom Shops' in hotels, airports and other high-traffic locations nationwide (see TWICE, Oct. 10, 2005, p. 25).
The latest deployment, dubbed Zoom@Macy's, follows a recent test at Macy's' Union Square store in San Francisco. According to Federated chairman Terry Lundgren, who announced the rollout during the company's annual shareholder meeting here ...