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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
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
Apr 18, 2022 · Video Cat on Cambie Street is one of the last standing businesses that rents and sells videos through a membership, similar to Blockbuster’s model. The owner, R.J. Rudd took over the store at the beginning of the pandemic and says although it’s a dying industry, he believes his store provides plenty of value to movie fans.
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…
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 ...
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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...
In this LIVE video we will be talking to Mark Hanson, the Product Manager at Bay St. Video in Toronto, Canada, which is one of the last video stores left in ...
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Sep 6, 2021 · Blockbuster stores in Canada shut down in 2011 and now there is only one Blockbuster left in the world in Bend, Ore. Rogers closed its video stores in 2012.. Now, though, there are more streaming ...
