``....``In the next five years you`ll go to a convenience store, hit the kiosk, and say, `I want ``Pirates of the Caribbean,`` the director`s cut, in French,` `` Kaufhold says....``

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Maybe not at your local 7/11 yet, but there are more and more Big Box retailers testing the validity of using VOD with and without departmental support.

If without, how much square footage could these retailers get back if Joe Sixpack picked his movies, downloaded, and went on his way without the aisles / stacks of DVDs?

In their world, dollars per square foot matter.

John