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1. 1. KioskCom - Product Resource Guide

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   Published on: 11/7/2003   Last Visited: 6/10/2004

   Karen Etingin VDO Road Digital Inc.
   
   Phone: 888-836-7623

2. 2. Multimedia/Interactive: Technology Review

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   Published on: 7/1/2000   Last Visited: 9/7/2007

   "The use of kiosks is growing in retailing because, in my opinion, they provide a new and easily accessible channel to consumers," according to Karen Etingin, vice president for public relations at Mountain View, Calif.-based VDO Road Digital Inc. (www.vdoroad.com).
   
   This company provides retail, "e-tail" and mail-order businesses with customized broadband solutions that include the multimedia, Web-enabled e-commerce kiosk ROADAGENT. This is an interactive shopping agent/kiosk whose features include touch-screen access, secure credit card transactions, high-quality video and audio for product presentation, and software that allows shoppers to browse product information, listen to product videos, and place orders for delivery.
   
   A CASE FOR KIOSKS There are other reasons for the kiosks' growth in popularity, says Etingin. "There is the novelty aspect, a growing ease-of-use aspect, and there is the fact that consumers can shop from the comfort of their home, the privacy of their laptops, and increasingly, from kiosk locations within malls and shopping centers," she explains.
   
   Some barriers to widespread use of shopping kiosks remain to be overcome, says Etingin. "Technological hurdles include the need for broadband connections in locations that may not currently have them," she notes, "as well as the cost of Internet connections in malls and shopping centers." But, she adds, "I feel that once landlords begin to see and understand the value of terminals and kiosks, internet/broadband access will increasingly be viewed as a necessity for their tenants, rather than a tenant improvement."
   
   Many landlords have apparently already gotten the message in some form or the other.

3. 3. Internet Company Steals Trade Show - Press Release

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   Published on: 3/28/2000   Last Visited: 1/24/2007

   Karen Etingin, Vice President Public Relations VDOROAD Digital Inc. (888) VDO-ROAD ketingin@vdoroad.com