Blockbuster: Losing the plot

Re:Blockbuster: Losing the plot by Animats on Monday November 03, 2014 @03:28PM (#8553269)

Even if Blockbuster management had done everything right in the stores, the stores would still be dead. The entire video rental store industry is gone in the US.

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Re:Blockbuster: Losing the plot by tantalor on Monday November 03, 2014 @06:49PM (#8554330)

It doesn't matter what happens to the stores. Their business was entertainment, not stores.

Netflix understood this, and that's why their revenue from streaming is >10x that of the rental side. http://ir.netflix.com/results.cfm

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Re:Blockbuster: Losing the plot by JoeAltmaier on Monday November 03, 2014 @03:32PM (#8553291)

Huh. And here we just had one open up near me, doing great too. They rent videos, make pizza, sell pop. One-stop shopping! Lots of folks I know use it.

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