Home Cinema DVD vending machine invades Threshers DVD vending machine invades Threshers |
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| Written by Matt Chapman | |
| Tuesday, 22 July 2008 | |
 Will we all be renting DVDs from vending machines in the future? We could be, if a trial in a branch of Threshers in Cheltenham takes off...
The Gloucestershire store has fitted a vending machine from The Movie Booth, to fill a gap in the market created when the local DVD rental store closed down. The concept has been launched in Oswestry by Deborah Harris, who said she noticed a lot of people going to supermarkets to buy expensive DVD’s that they will only watch once or twice. "Oswestry’s DVD store closed down several months ago and there was nowhere to rent a DVD in town," she said. "With money being a squeeze at the moment, it’s now a fact that people are spending more time at home with their friends and family." "Now locals have the opportunity to grab a DVD and a bottle on their way home, call up a couple of friends and enjoy a chilled night in.” The Movie Booth said it hoped to secure access to the one of the UK’s leading off-licence brands should the kiosk in Oswestry prove successful. The company has forthcoming installations in Cardiff and Liverpool in the coming weeks. The latest trial follows on from recent kiosk launches in April in Belfast and Arklow, which The Movie Booth said has so far had a positive response. |
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