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Many prominent, longtime video rental stores have shut down across the country this year. ... 250 to 300 independent video stores left in Canada, mostly in small towns. ... Queen Street location ...
- Blockbuster
About 150 Blockbuster Canada stores were closed in June, as...
- Rogers Video
Rogers has officially bailed on the video store business. In...
- Cape Breton
Sydney Video Ashby is part of what was once a chain of...
- Blockbuster
Oct 28, 2024 · 32,300 people were working full-time in the video game industry in Canada in 2021. 36% of the industry’s jobs are with just 1% of the companies. Around 94% of Canadian companies in the video game industry have less than one hundred employees. The number of video game companies in Canada increased by 35% between 2019 and 2021.
Jun 11, 2010 · Movie Gallery Canada, a chain of video rental stores serving mainly small towns, will be closing 131 stores in Canada, including its VHQ stores in Quebec, starting Saturday.
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Pandemic shutdowns for non-essential businesses took too high a toll and has forced That's Entertainment to close its doors, Switzer said. Traffic was steady at the store before provincial lockdowns, but Switzer said any momentum they had, "just kind of dropped off." The temporary closures drove the last loyal customers to streaming services, said ...
"I remember when the walls were all pink and we had a completely different setup," Switzer said. "Or we had our kids section over here by the wall. It was a raised little platform with a big screen TV at the end and little cars sitting on there for kids to sit like they're at the drive-in." In 2000, the store commissioned a Toronto artist to create...
Switzer credits the store's ability to stay open for so long to the breadth of product offered and a dedicated team of employees. "Having the selection that we had, having lots of selection of copies of things and just having staff that were passionate about the product was always important," Switzer said. Staff were always willing to chat and shar...
Dec 13, 2022 · I found out about this store in a news article. They've been in business for over forty years, the store got a new owner in 2020, and even though video stores are largely a thing of the past, this one somehow survived the pandemic. The store has pretty much everything: VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4K, collectibles, drinks, snacks, and popcorn. I believe ...
Feb 3, 2022 · READ MORE: Only one Blockbuster remains in the U.S. as two more stores close. “To put it in perspective, the average Blockbuster store in 1994 was doing about $900,000 in volume. By 1996, it had ...
Size and Structure. In 2021, 937 active video game companies were identified in Canada, a 35% increase since 2019. Much of this growth occurred in Ontario and Quebec which increased the national total by 137 active companies. More than half (54%) of companies in the industry employ fewer than five people.
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