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- BUSINESS, Page 59Business NotesVENDING MACHINESPuttin' on The Spritz
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- 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.
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- 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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