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Hastings Entertainment was an American retail chain that sold books, movies, music, and video games and functioned as a video rental shop. As of 2016 it had 126 superstores, which were mainly located in the South Central United States, Rocky Mountain States, and in parts of the Great Plains and Midwestern states.
May 22, 2017 · Gone but not forgotten. Hastings Entertainment; the retail chain that rented movies, sold books, movies, music, novelties and video games; went out of business Oct. 31, 2016, leaving behind empty store fronts, fond memories and a lingering sense of loss.
Jul 21, 2016 · The music and movie retail chain filed for Chapter 11 protection and failed to find a buyer. Its 123 stores will be liquidated by Hilco and Gordon Brothers, leaving 2,000 employees jobless.
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In July 2016, Hastings Entertainment announced that they were going out of business and all of their music and movie "Superstores" in the Midwestern and Southern United States would be closed by the end of October. The chain's Facebook page was quickly filled with notes and remembrances from customers who'd been shopping there for years and were na...
This may sound strange, but I mourned the demise of Hastings even though I'd never actually set foot in one of their stores. They had no locations in my home state of New Jersey, but from what I've seen in pictures and videos, it was definitely "my" kind of place. If there had been a Hastings when I was growing up in the '80s, I would've blown all ...
Now that Hastings has closed up shop, are there any other major players left in the dwindling world of brick-and-mortar music and movie retailing? I'm told that the FYE (For Your Entertainment) chain is still limping along in some parts of the U.S., but all of their stores in my area got outta Dodge several years ago. Most, if not all, of my other ...
sal valon May 17, 2020: Was just thinking about Hastings and got curious to how they got to closing. It is probably still my favorite store to this day for many reasons. Sentimental and the store here in lake havasu city az had an amazing selection of so many things. I remember going to rent movies and anime (they had a great collection) with my un...
Operator of a fast-growing chain of multimedia superstores, Hastings Entertainment, Inc. retails books, music, videos, and computer software through a network of stores predominately located in small towns in the western half of the United States.
Founded in Amarillo, Texas in 1968, the entertainment center spread to a few surrounding states including New Mexico over the following decades. Around 2010, the store became incredibly popular.
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Founded in 1968, Hastings Entertainment, Inc. is a leading multimedia entertainment retailer that combines the sale of new and used books, videos, video games, music, trends and consumer...
