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Self-service kiosks are ubiquitous in Western Europe, but they’re in fewer than 20% of fast-food establishments in the U.S., says Perse Faily, chief executive at Los Angeles-based Tillster, one of earliest providers of kiosks and other digital platforms for restaurants.

Its clients include the pocket-tool maker Leatherman, the furniture titan Herman Miller and the California fashion designer James Perse, who sells $70 white T-shirts that are a favorite of Evan Spiegel, the Snapchat creator.

My book editor, Gretchen Young, a vice president at Hachette Book Group, has exactly three Zoom Shirts: a button-down Hollister, a turtleneck and a James Perse sky blue V-neck T-shirt that she wears under a Free People jacket.

Perse, the son of Maxfield founder Tommy Perse, launched the T-shirt line that would become the cornerstone of his brand in 1994 and opened his first retail store in 2003.

Perse had owned the estate for about a decade, according to property records.