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The Body Shop and ZoomSystems Launch Beauty Vending Machines

by Grace Gold (Subscribe to Grace Gold's posts)
Posted Mar 15th 2010 at 5:38PM  
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Why schlep to the mall or pay online shipping when you can get your favorite The Body Shop lotion the next time you pick up a gallon of milk?

ZoomSystems -- which makes high-end vending machines for beauty clients including Sephora and Proactiv Solution -- has inked a deal with The Body Shop to roll out product-stocked machines to airports, shopping centers and supermarket chains like Kroger, Stop & Shop, Jewel Osco and H-E-B.

While vendor competitor U*Tique helped launch the beauty vending machine concept for luxury retailer Fred Segal last year, the ZoomSystems expansion marks the first time high-end beauty will be available at a mass-level in a vending machine.

And unlike the rough ejecting nature of its soda and snack machine cousins, the ZoomSystem vending unit features a robotic arm that gently picks up the product from the shelf for delivery. Your credit card is billed only after the beauty item has been successfully ejected.

"We are excited to offer consumers a convenient and hassle-free new channel to shop for the fantastic products offered by The Body Shop," says ZoomSystems CEO Gower Smith.

"The Body Shop is an iconic natural beauty product brand that has a loyal and dedicated customer base, making them a terrific partner to launch in supermarket locations."

If you're a gal from The Lone Star State -- or are passing through -- The Body Shop's first two automated machines are already up and open for business in the Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport.

The convenience of snagging favorite beauty items so easily and quickly is a plus for time-strapped consumers; but retailers are most thrilled that the machines put what is often empty, wasted retail space into use, and one that will generate sales, at that.

Now who doesn't love a win-win situation?

Now find out what drugstore beauty products are favorites among celeb makeup artists, stylists and colorists!

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Tags: Airport Shopping, Beauty Products, beauty vending machine, Gower Smith, GowerSmith, supermarkets, The Body Shop, vending machines, ZoomSystems
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FRANKIE L.I., 3-17-2010, 9:15AM

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FRANKIE L.I.

I CAN SEE VENDING MACHINES SELLING COSMETICS AND PERFUME IN MACHINES OR HEALTH FOOD CAUSE WITH THIS BUSY WORLD OUT THEIR AND PEOPLE ALWAYS ON THE GO, PEOPLE ALWAYS EITHER FORGET TO EAT RIGHT OR FORGET TO BRING MAKE UP OR LOSSE A BRUSH.
I THINK WITH THE ECONOME LIKE IT IS THIS WOULD BE GOOD INDUSTRY TO VENTURE IN AND TAKE A CHANCE, AT LEAST IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

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r, 3-17-2010, 10:31AM

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we need a spelling and grammar machine

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LARSEY, 3-17-2010, 11:35AM

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It will be a flop.

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mudhugs, 3-17-2010, 2:14PM

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After living 10 years in Japan, I can say with authority that anything which can fit into a vending machine (including booze) has been sold by a machine there.
The fact is, there are many, many times in one's life when we think of something we should have picked up at the store but now the store is closed and we are out of luck until the next time we have time to run by the store. Vending machines are a wonderful convenience when we need something in the middle of the night.

Vending machines can also be a great source of income for people who are not able to hold or find a regular job and so can infuse and assist the local economy. Not to mention assist those who are on government assistance to break free.

For "r", who stated "we need a spelling and grammar machine", perhaps you should refresh yourself on the use of capitalization at the beginning of a sentence and the use of punctuation before you take the time to criticize others.

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