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Blockbuster was a video rental retail chain that for a few decades was by far the most dominant in the industry. But when the market began to shrink due to t...
- Becoming The Last Blockbuster Store
- The Bend, Oregon Blockbuster in The Time of The Pandemic
- Renting Nostalgia For A Sleepover
- The Last Blockbuster’s Legacy
It’s important to note just how steep Blockbuster’s fall from grace has been. While the company managed to eke out some marketshare and survive the 2000s, Blockbuster went bankrupt in 2010 as at-home services became the norm. Only a handful of independent Blockbuster franchises remained in the aftermath. Within a decade of streaming services arrivi...
After briefly closing when the coronavirus emerged, Harding implemented a crafty curbside service alternative in March 2020, like many other businesses across the country. Harding reassessed safety measures inside, hired a local artist to paint the curbside window, and reopenedto massive crowds in April. “I wasn’t able to keep people apart, and I t...
When Harding reopened the store, some of her most devoted customers personally professed how much they appreciated her efforts. “I had a customer come in and she said, ‘I am so grateful that you reopened, because I couldn’t flip through Netflix one more time.'” As it turns out, non-streamers have been so drawn to the Oregon Blockbuster store becaus...
While Netflix is largely responsible for putting Blockbuster out of business, the rental company made its own bed by rejecting the streamer’s offer to acquire it in 2000. For generations who experienced Blockbuster’s heyday, however, there’s still a way to return to that golden era without traveling all the way to Bend. Directed by Taylor Morden, T...
Nov 3, 2022 · The 10-part comedy show, by showrunner Vanessa Ramos ( Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Superstore ), features Randall Park ( Veep, Fresh Off The Boat) as Timmy, the manager, who refuses to yell ‘cut’ on his...
Blockbuster, colloquially known as the Last Blockbuster, is a video rental store in Bend, Oregon. In 2018, it became the last Blockbuster store in the United States, and in 2020, it became the world's last remaining retail store using the Blockbuster brand.
Oct 7, 2019 · Netflix may have landed a death blow in Blockbuster’s final year or two, but the retailer had long been kicked around by a fragmenting market and financial woes.
- Ben Unglesbee
Mar 23, 2023 · The antiquated, but still beloved, movie rental retailer has a live website – even though the company was bought by DISH in 2011 and ceased most of its operations in 2014.
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- Caitlin O'Kane
Aug 16, 2018 · A woman who had managed a Blockbuster store in California came with her family and it was like we were long-lost friends. We didn't know each other. We were from completely different areas ...
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