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GameStop gave up on UK expansion, [76] and in July announced that it would be closing its two solitary stores in Britain and launching an e-commerce website for UK customers. [ 77 ] [ 78 ] In January 2012, GameStop closed its four remaining stores in Northern Ireland, thus ending its physical presence in the United Kingdom, and transferring its ...
GameStop shares lost 60 percent of their value on February 2, closing below $100 for the first time in a week. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] Reports estimated that about $27 billion in value had been erased. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] Other assets affected by the short squeeze and put under company trading restrictions, such as AMC and Blackberry shares, also declined in ...
GameStop announced plans on September 10, 2019, to close between 180 and 200 underperforming stores by the end of the fiscal year. [139] GameStop has been affected by a shift in consumer purchasing habits of games, as makers have made it easier to purchase titles online for download, often through consoles, requiring no physical disc. [140]
On Thursday, October 6, 2005, shareholders from EB Games and GameStop agreed to a $1.44 billion takeover deal. [29] The deal offered $38.15 [30] in cash as well as approximately ¾ of a share of GameStop stock for every 1 share of EB Games stock. This offer was a 34.2% premium on the $41.12 per share closing price of EB Games stock.
Dumb Money is a 2023 American biographical comedy-drama film, directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo. It is based on the 2021 book The Antisocial Network by Ben Mezrich and chronicles the GameStop short squeeze of January 2021.
PizzaExpress considers closing 67 of its UK restaurants, which would mean the loss of 1,100 jobs. [112] Dixons cut 800 store management jobs [113] Hays Travel, the UK's largest independent travel agent at the time, cuts up to 878 jobs after the government's move to quarantine arrivals from Spain. [114]
C.E.X. Limited, trading as CeX (/ s ɛ k s /), is a British retailer predominately dealing in pre-owned video games, DVDs, Blu-rays and consumer electronics, established in 1992 in London as the Computer Exchange.
Game Retail Limited (doing business as GAME) is a British video game retailer, owned by Frasers Group since June 2019. [2]The company's origins lie in the founding of the Rhino Group by Terry Norris and Bev Ripley in 1992.