August 11th, 2008
Best Buy goes kiosk
Best Buy is rolling out automated kiosks to pitch its wares to travelers in 12 major airports.
The effort, dubbed Best Buy Express, will be launched with ZoomSystems. ZoomSystems makes automated stores for Apple’s iPod, Sony, Rosetta Stone and Macy’s.
Most of Best Buy’s products will be accessories for cellphones and PCs. Digital cameras and accessories, flash drives and portable storage devices, MP3 players, headphones, speakers, unlocked phones, portable gaming devices, gift cards, travel adapters and chargers will also be available. In other words, Best Buy’s kiosks will have all of those things you forgot to bring to the airport.
Best Buy said the kiosks will be rolled out through September in Atlanta, Boston , Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and San Francisco.
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