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Setting the gold standard for the kiosk industry, Zoom Systems has revealed that they’ve taken in $55,000 worth of iPod sales from just 1 vending machine at an Atlanta airport over a single month. This is an amazing amount of revenue from a kiosk and may offer a glimpse at how we’ll see high end electronics sold in the future.

Earlier this week, Sanford Bernstein said that they estimated that Apple earns about $4,000 per square foot at their retail stores each year. While this is an impressive number in it’s own right, if Zoom can replicate this type of volume for a full year, it would mean that they have the potential to earn $20,000 in income for each square foot that they take up.

I’ve seen these Zoom kiosks in action and while they don’t dispense DVDs, they are certainly unbelievably hot. Consumers love them and want to try them out, just to use them. The machines are simple enough to use, consumers pick out the type of iPod or accessory that they want, put in their credit card and then the machine gently gives them consumer electronic love. The whole process is actually easier and more enjoyable than a traditional retail transaction and Zoom doesn’t have to pay their robots overtime.

Over the last year, Zoom raised $10 million in round C funding and another $35 million in round D funding just six months later. With a very hot kiosk design, an emphasis on high end retail and backing from investors like Goldman Sachs and Motorola, Zoom is well positioned to lead the kiosk industry from snack foods to luxury goods.