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Kodak Vending Machines Take Inventory Snapshot
Eastman Kodak is beginning to roll out its wireless Internet-linked vending machines after 15 months of testing. The machines are originally slated to dispense disposable, erhhh, one-time-use cameras and film! The company plans to launch 10,000 of these machines over the next four years. Some inside sources here at HannaHodge tell us that we may be seeing some innovative products show up in these machines over the coming months and years. Manufactured by Maytag Corp’s Dixie-Narco division, these vending machines are very good examples of how the wireless Internet will be used in the future. Not the glamorous consumer application the media so often writes about but instead the maximization of vending machine inventory to increase incremental revenues and provide consumers with product when and where they need it. Read the story here.

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