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A shuttered MovieStop store and a GameStop store in Mobile, Alabama in 2018. GameStop founded MovieStop in 2004 as a standalone store that focused on new and used movies. [53] More than 42 locations were opened, which typically adjoined or were adjacent to GameStop locations. [53] GameStop spun off MovieStop to private owners in 2012. [54]
Tape World – a store concept created by Trans World Entertainment in 1979 but later replaced by its f.y.e. store concept [155] Tower Records – founded in 1960 in Sacramento, California; all retail stores were liquidated in 2006 [156] and the name was purchased for use as an online-only retailer
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 ...
The craft store world got a little smaller in November 2019, when A.C. Moore's parent company announced it would close the chain's 145 stores, mainly found on the East Coast. Major competitor ...
You'd think a chain like Best Buy would be immune to store closures given the number of consumers who prioritize spending on electronics. But Best Buy is making plans to close 10 to 15 stores in 2025.
Bebe announced plans to close all stores and focus solely on online sales. At its peak, Bebe operated a total of 312 stores, but by March 2017, this was down to 172. [39] Bed Bath & Beyond announced in April 2019 that it would close 40 stores and also open 15 new stores that year. The company continued to struggle through the retail apocalypse ...
Major retailers are closing stores in 2025: Here's what you ...
A GameStop store in 2014. GameStop, an American chain of brick-and-mortar video game stores, had struggled in the years leading up to the short squeeze due to competition from digital distribution services, as well as the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which reduced the number of people who shopped in-person.