Once valued as a $3 billion company, Blockbuster owned over 9,000 stores in the US. In 2010, Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy with $1 billion in debt.
Blockbuster Video was the biggest, brightest of video rental options throughout the '80s, '90s, and early 2000s. However, all that remains today is a lone store that sells nostalgic merch in Bend, ...
The fine line between going down in history as one of the great companies of the 21st century and being the protagonist of one of the biggest business failures in contemporary history is marked by a ...
There was a time when movie night didn't start until you stopped at Blockbuster. You'd wander the aisles, scanning rows of plastic cases, arguing over what to rent, and hoping the last copy of the new ...
It was a chilly winter morning in 2004. The scene was Stanley, Idaho — a city with a population of 101 and a current temperature of negative 17. My boyfriend, who had lured me here from London, ...
Is your company the next Blockbuster? Not a blockbuster hit. Rather, Blockbuster, the company that owned the video rental market until it was upended by an innovative competitor, Netflix. One thing is ...
Dish Network landed the winning bid, valued at around $320 million, for Blockbuster in its bankruptcy auction. The company actually expects to pay around $228 million in cash — after “certain ...