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May 31, 2024 · Blockbuster Video was an industry giant, with thousands of stores across the world and a chokehold on movie and video game rental services. So what happened? Why did Blockbuster fail? And...
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Jan 15, 2020 · Once valued as a $3 billion company, Blockbuster owned over 9,000 video-rental stores in the United States. But in 2010, after turning down the chance to buy...
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Jun 19, 2020 · This map shows the locations of US Blockbuster Video stores over time. The store counts also include Alaska and Hawaii which aren't shown on the map. Sources: The per-state store numbers came...
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- 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...
Aug 12, 2020 · Under Huizenga, Blockbuster embarked on an aggressive expansion plan, buying out existing video-rental chains while opening new stores at a rate of one per day. By 1988, just three years...
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Nov 29, 2023 · Blockbuster Video, once a titan in the movie rental industry, succumbed to the relentless march of digital progress. Yet, its impact on popular culture and the memories it created for millions...
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Apr 2, 2023 · I went inside the last Blockbuster in the world, which is located in Bend, Oregon. You can buy merch at the nostalgia-filled spot and rent videos.
