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Apple’s iPad Already Replacing Cash Registers by the Bushel

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 23, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Mobile devices — and especially Apple products — have become fairly mainstream at U.S. retail locations. Today, Pacific Sunwear announced a significant deployment of mobile devices in its stores.

Warner and Redbox Settle Up; Consumers Will Wait to Watch

Peter Kafka in Media on February 16, 2010 at 1:19 pm PT

Redbox, which looked like a major problem for Hollywood a few months ago, may be a little more palatable after all. Now Redbox renters, like Netflix subscribers, will have to wait a month to watch their favorite new movies.

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Wal-Mart, Target Limiting Redbox DVD Purchases

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on February 3, 2010 at 2:11 pm PT

Coinstar faces a new challenge to the Redbox workaround. As Business Week reports, first Target and now Wal-Mart have imposed strict limits on the number of DVDs any one customer can buy at one time.

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Coinstar: Piper Bullish on Redbox; Launches With Overweight Rating

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on October 6, 2009 at 6:02 pm PT

Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Olson today launched coverage of Coinstar with an Overweight rating and $38 price target. The parent of the Redbox video kiosk chain closed yesterday at $31.96. Olson sees several trends working in the company’s favor.

Louie Swisher Hearts Redbox–But Hollywood Not So Much

Kara Swisher in News on August 31, 2009 at 3:10 pm PT

If you want to get Hollywood movie studio types irked, mention Google. And if you want them steamed, bringing up Netflix will usually work. But if you want to see the tops of their heads blow off, Redbox is just the ticket. Except not to their movies, it seems, if the major movie studio execs have their way in an ever-growing legal battle with the DVD-rental kiosk company. A typical consumer named Louie Swisher, though, begs to differ.