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- He figures there are now between 250 to 300 independent video stores left in Canada, mostly in small towns.
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Oct 28, 2024 · 75% of video game companies in Canada are owned by Canadians. 61% of Canadians play video games. The sales of digital games have increased year on year, while the sales of physical video games have stagnated. 32,300 people were working full-time in the video game industry in Canada in 2021.
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...
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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...
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Dec 26, 2021 · Turmoil could lie ahead for some Canadian retailers in the new year, with independent businesses in particular facing possible bankruptcy should the busy holiday shopping season prove to be a...
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Rogers Video was the first chain to provide DVD rentals in Canada. Other chains and independent stores later transitioned to the newer format. Similarly, many video stores rented Blu-ray Disc movies after the high definition optical disc format war ended in the late 2000s. Some firms rented DVDs from automatic kiosk machines such as Redbox ...
