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  1. He figures there are now between 250 to 300 independent video stores left in Canada, mostly in small towns. That's a drop from an estimated 600 in 2012. Beyond that, he said there are an...

    • Blockbuster

      Blockbuster stores had operated in Canada for 21 years. The...

    • 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...

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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...

  2. May 20, 2016 · Despite overcoming the big-box boom of the 2000s, independent video stores now face history’s largest shift in the home movie market, and the most-embraced home entertainment feature since the...

  3. Oct 30, 2023 · Hollywood Video offered similar services with new releases, games, loyalty programs and eventually online rentals. Some fun facts about Hollywood Video: Had over 3,000 stores globally including in Mexico, Canada and the UK. Unique choices included Spanish-language films and anime videos.

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  4. Sep 29, 2012 · Some 2,000 video stores across Canada may have what a Netflix executive describes as Canada’s close to “Third World Internet access” to thank for their…

  5. Inside the windowless, black walls of the Mirvish Village institution lie oddball DVDs that customers are unlikely to find anywhere else, like the gorefest “Made in Serbia,” w

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  7. Sep 6, 2021 · The rise of Netflix and other streaming services in the 2010s sent the movie rental business crashing. But one video store is still standing.

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