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Below is a list of notable defunct retailers of the United States.. Across the United States, a large number of local stores and store chains that started between the 1920s and 1950s have become defunct since the late 1960s, when many chains were either consolidated or liquidated.
The exterior of a video rental store in Austin, Texas (closed in 2020) A display case of DVDs in a former Blockbuster video rental store. A video rental shop/store is a physical retail business that rents home videos such as movies, prerecorded TV shows, video game cartridges/discs and other media content.
Timeline of former nameplates merging into Macy's. Many United States department store chains and local department stores, some with long and proud histories, went out of business or lost their identities between 1986 and 2006 as the result of a complex series of corporate mergers and acquisitions that involved Federated Department Stores and The May Department Stores Company with many stores ...
In August 1995, Hollywood Entertainment purchased the 42-store Video Watch chain in the mid-western United States for $59 million (~$108 million in 2023). Video Watch was the last of four video rental chains that had been targeted by Hollywood Entertainment for purchase. [9] [10] In November 1995, Hollywood Entertainment announced plans to open ...
But like most record stores that have closed in the last 20 years, the Minneapolis-based retailer couldn't survive the turn to digital music in the 2000s. Still, Sam Goody hung on for as long as ...
West Coast Video was a chain of video rental stores founded in 1983. The company became defunct in 2009, but some existing stores continued to use the West Coast Video banner and run independently. As of 2024, there are currently no West Coast Video stores open in North America.
On April 30, 2010, Movie Gallery announced it was closing and liquidating all of its stores per a filing of Chapter 7 bankruptcy. [2] [3] At its peak the firm had about 4,700 stores in North America, operating mainly under the Movie Gallery, Hollywood Video, and GameCrazy brands. The last of the company's stores were closed in August 2010.
Defunct department stores of the United States (6 C, 5 P) Defunct discount stores of the United States (1 C, 102 P) Defunct pharmacies of the United States (1 C, 61 P)