DVD Station Announced as a Finalist for Best Kiosk Deployment in a Retail Environment at the 4th Annual KioskCom.Com Interactive Kiosk Excellence Awards.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- KioskCom LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , the organizers of KioskCom.com 2005, announced that DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. Station, Inc. (www.dvdstation.com) is a finalist for their Interactive Kiosk An Interactive kiosk is a computer terminal that provides information access via electronic methods. Interactive kiosks sometimes resemble telephone booths, but can also be used while sitting on a bench or chair. Excellence Awards contest. The awards, established in 2002, recognize the top interactive self-service applications. E[acute accent acute accent n. A mark (´) indicating: a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été. b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek. c. ]DVD Station was nominated for its deployments within Barnes & Noble college bookstores. The company's interactive retail solution allows a retailer to provide the inventory selection of a 6,000 ft. sq. video store in just 40 ft. sq. of retail space. All product browsing is done on interactive touch screens and the product is kept in media cabinets at a service counter. E[acute accent]Building a Better Video Store E[acute accent]DVD Station creates high volume, large selection, and small footprint video stores -- an approach delivering substantial advantages versus the traditional video superstore. E[acute accent]DVD Station brings in $1,002 of revenue per square foot, has a store operating expense Operating Expense The essential things that a company must purchase in order to maintain business. Notes: For example, the payment of employees wages are an operating expense. Also known as OPEX. of 12 percent, averages 3.8 customer visits per month, and a transaction time of five minutes. Respectively, the superstore averages $160 per square foot, a 40 percent operating expense, a customer visit average of two, and 27 minutes per transaction. E[acute accent]Source: Industry SEC Filings (BBI BBI Blockbuster Inc. (stock symbol) BBI Berlin Brandenburg International (Airport) BBI Broadband-Interactive BBI Browser-Based Interface BBI Best Brains Inc. , HLYW), DVD Station analysis and research, 2002-2004. E[acute accent]The company has sophisticated merchandising algorithms that allow customers to get recommendations, watch trailers, use powerful search tools, and get movie reviews on thousands of titles before making a selection. Completing the interactive solution, customers can reserve DVDs online (www.dvdreservations.com), get email notifications for titles when they are returned, and maintain wish lists all through the DVD Station complete turnkey retail solution. E[acute accent]"Our solution is a true bricks and clicks retail deployment. It brings powerful eCommerce tools to a traditional retail environment and leverages the internet to offer our customers a level of service unparalleled in digital entertainment retail," stated DVD Station CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Tim Hogan. E[acute accent]About DVD Station, Inc. E[acute accent]DVD Station, Inc. enables businesses to create new revenue streams via interactive retail solutions that tap into the fast-growing $50 billion digital home entertainment market. The company's turnkey systems integrate a robust combination of hardware, software, and consulting services to provide consumers with a unique and entertaining retail experience. The company offers convenient alternative to the traditional video store and a welcome addition to mail-order DVD rental services. (www.dvdstation.com) |
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