December 29, 2005
ePaynews: With major U.S. grocery chains like Kroger, Safeway, HEB and Publix expected to install DVD rental kiosks through 2007 in a total addressable market with over 20,000 locations, vendors are looking into new technologies and services to retain their competitive position. Some are adding sell-through programs to sell previously viewed titles to make way for newer titles. Automated pricing software can recognize the street date of a DVD title and re-price it in line with the amount of rental activity it has had, while also enabling the quick sale of movies that are not renting well.