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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 10 > Purchasing power at the flick of a wrist

Purchasing power at the flick of a wrist

Microchip wristband has become essential at amusement parks

By Hugo Martin / The Bulletin
May 10, 2009

LOS ANGELES — In a nondescript manufacturing plant on a quiet San Fernando cul-de-sac, a khaki-green machine the size of two pool tables end to end sucks in bright pink ribbon and spits out one of the hottest fashions in theme parks.

Here, in the northern stretches of suburban Los....

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