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The fact that Cooler Screens thought sabotaging its own client would be a good business tactic is mind-blowing to me. Who in would ever solicit their business after knowing that? After this boondoggle who'd ever even try a similar product?

> Avakian recently learned that Walgreens is even experimenting with new in-store screens.

Oh.



I'd love to learn how Walgreens caught the Cooler Screens executive checking out the dead displays after the sabotage.

One can dream up stuff like facial recognition and whatever, I bet it was a lot simpler. Where do the execs live and where is their nearest Walgreens, then let's check the tapes after the blackout.


hardest part was probably finding a VCR




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