JAN
06

toothbrush.jpgTravel Bag: The Million-Germ-Eliminating Travel Toothbrush Sanitizer

A cross-continental flight on your favourite discount airline is like a massive coordinated assault on your immune system. I inevitably get sick half the time I make a long-hual flight. The last thing we need at the end of an exhausting, germ-filled travel journey is to stick a ratty, bacteria-laden toothbrush in our mouths. Introducing the Million-Germ-Eliminating Toothbrush Sanitzer. I'm not sure what's more concerning, the fact that one million germs could be secretly sand-bagging my oral hygiene, or that eliminating one million germs may not actually represent 100% germ kill. Either way, frightening!

"This compact device from VIOlight uses proven germicidal UV technology (the same kind trusted to sanitize hospital instruments) to eliminate up to 99% of the millions of germs that can accumulate on your toothbrush, including streptococcus and listeria."
The Million-Germ-Eliminating Travel Toothbrush Sanitizer [Hammacher Schlemmer]
via [PopGadget]

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JUL
20

Retail On The Rise

airport_shopping.jpgI remember my inaugural walk through the Pittsburgh airport well over 10 years ago and being blown away by the incredible retail experience they crafted for passengers. Pittsburgh was ahead of their time and led North America in what is now a full-blown, continent-wide trend of turning airports into retail cash-generating machines. Sky Harbor airport in Arizona provides another example of how airports that focus on providing an authentic shopping experience can reap major revenue rewards.

The hottest retail center in the Valley doesn't have a Tiffany & Co., Ralph Lauren or Louis Vuitton.

But shoppers just can't seem to pass up the goodies sold inside Sky Harbor International Airport's Terminal 4. There, stores hawking T-shirts, books and gum, raked in nearly $1,689 per square foot in 2003. Ritzy malls Scottsdale Fashion Square and Biltmore Fashion Park pulled in $520 and $490 per square foot, respectively, during that same period. The sales volume make the airport's retail space a hot commodity for businesses large and small. Not counting food, Terminal 4 retailers pulled in a healthy $28.4 million. One 400-square-foot newsstand rang up nearly $1.6 million. The airport is tripling its retail space...

"Way back 20, 30 years ago that was never a consideration, the food and the retail. They built facilities to efficiently process passengers," Armbrust said. "Now every airport understands it (retail) to be an excellent revenue source."

Terminal 4 tripling its retail space [AZ Republic]

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