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<text id=89TT1123>
<title>
May 01, 1989: Business Notes:Vending Machines
</title>
<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
May 01, 1989 Abortion
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 59
Business Notes
VENDING MACHINES
Puttin' on The Spritz
</hdr><body>
<p> Sunbathers are concerned about protecting their skin these
days, but nobody likes to handle greasy, gritty suntan-lotion
bottles. One entrepreneur's answer is Sun Center, a vending
machine that dispenses tanning oil with a spray applicator. A
customer activates the spritzer by depositing 50 cents. A
hand-held nozzle then emits a light mist for 40 seconds,
generally enough to cover those hard-to-reach places.
</p>
<p> Sun Center was invented by Charles King of Memphis, who put
the first few machines on beaches last August. This year he
expects to distribute 500 of the devices along beaches and at
swimming pools. "The sunscreen industry is on the cusp of a
major boom," he predicts. If so, sunbathers will need bikinis
with coin pockets in them.
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</body></article>
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