Wal-Mart stores will be seeing Redbox
Written by admin on February 8th, 2008 in devices and gadgets.
There is a change in the air when it comes to the way people are renting movies. Traditional movie rental stores like BlockBuster are being replaced by online services like Netflix, on-demand video services like those offered by cable and satellite companies and now vending machines.
Redbox is making waves by offering DVD movie rentals for only US$1 a night. The Redbox vending machines are usually located at McDonald’s franchises and other local retailers and shopping centers. Redbox also offers some online functionality by allowing users to rent DVD’s online from any specific location which can be picked up by 9pm EST that evening.
Now Redbox, which is owned by McDonald’s and Coinstar, will be locating its machines in a majority of the Wal-Mart stores nationwide. That’s an additional 3,542 locations for the business. Considering the popularity of these new automated DVD rental kiosks I expect business to explode once these are located within Wal-Mart stores. Not many people can pass up renting a movie for an evening for only US$1.
Read more from Redbox.com.
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