Umbrellas on the run

So you're heading for an important business meeting and it starts to rain and you realize you have forgotten our umbrella at home, so what do you do? Springwise.com reports that a company in Singapore called Uport has started retailing umbrellas in self serving kiosks in the city to solve just this problem. A similar venture started a year ago in the UK, but surprisingly not too many new businesses followed the idea. Uport has six vending machines in the city as yet and plans to set up more too. Their umbrellas sell for SGD 6 (USD 3.90) and come in a can. The company is currently looking for franchises in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China.