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Blockbuster departs Alaska, leaving 1 store left in U.S.
A.P. ^ | July 12, 2018

Posted on 07/12/2018 7:11:51 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

ANCHORAGE, Alaska >> Alaska’s last two Blockbuster video stores are calling it quits, leaving just one store open in the United States.

The stores in Anchorage and Fairbanks will close for rentals after Sunday night and reopen Tuesday for video liquidation sales through the end of August, said Kevin Daymude, general manager of Blockbuster Alaska.

(Excerpt) Read more at staradvertiser.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: alaska; anchorage; bend; blockbuster; blockbustervideo; clickbait; dinosaur; fairbanks; oregon; videos; wob
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The final store will bend but not break.
1 posted on 07/12/2018 7:11:51 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

I remember the sounds of laughter from Blockbuster employees after Netflix opened.


2 posted on 07/12/2018 7:13:52 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: ConservativeStatement

I actually miss video stores.


3 posted on 07/12/2018 7:15:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=600><p>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Redbox has had an effect too.


4 posted on 07/12/2018 7:15:52 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right.)
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To: Huskrrrr

And you’ll probably hear the laughter of Netflix employees about the company that ultimately smothers them. Remember: Ford no longer builds cars.


5 posted on 07/12/2018 7:16:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I lost track of the video rental business. Why did video stores go.out of business?


6 posted on 07/12/2018 7:17:02 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I preferred music to movies but I guess it had the same application. Going into independent stores was fun but the Peaches to Tower Records was something awesome for the young music fan.


7 posted on 07/12/2018 7:18:31 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement
There are a few films made over the last 70+ years (Grapes of Wrath and Wizard of Oz being the oldest) that have been important enough to me to cause me to buy it...either in DVD format or Bluray format.Now,on the very,very rare occasion that I want to watch a film I borrow it from my local library network.

Blockbuster hasn't been a factor in my life since the early 90s...and even then it wasn't a big factor.

8 posted on 07/12/2018 7:19:51 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Me too - we had one a couple miles away. Browse through them with my wife and/or kids. Of course I always hated it when they wouldn’t get returned in time!


9 posted on 07/12/2018 7:19:58 PM PDT by 21twelve
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Here is a timeline:

https://www.fastcompany.com/1690654/blockbuster-bankruptcy-decade-decline


10 posted on 07/12/2018 7:20:14 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Very true. Always be looking back over your shoulder.


11 posted on 07/12/2018 7:20:50 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: tennmountainman

Exactly Redbox had more to do with killing blockbuster than anything..

Still a market for physical DVD rentals, but it doesn’t support the overhead of full time staff and brick and mortar stores.

Yes Netflix heavily cut into the business model, but blockbusters move far to late to Redbox ensures their demise.


12 posted on 07/12/2018 7:23:01 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: ConservativeStatement

I remember when a video rental store, not sure if it was blockbuster, opened in Garden City, KS. Just about everyone was renting there.

I tried it a couple of times too.


13 posted on 07/12/2018 7:23:25 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: ConservativeStatement; cracker45; Tainan; Jet Jaguar; SENTINEL; redpoll; ArmyTeach; Eska; ...

Alaska Ping.

14 posted on 07/12/2018 7:26:43 PM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“I actually miss video stores.”

me too dude. Even the small video stores during the late 90’s when i was a kid, and all these “people” would go to the back of the video store and I had to ask my uncle what they were doing there, he kept telling me to shut up..while he goes in afterwards lol


15 posted on 07/12/2018 7:27:21 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: max americana

They’re still around! I rented a DVD just last week.

https://www.familyvideo.com


16 posted on 07/12/2018 7:29:10 PM PDT by CraigEsq
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To: ConservativeStatement

Opops i forgot to return Plan 9 From Outer Space and I spit On Your Grave.


17 posted on 07/12/2018 7:29:18 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Build Kate's Wall)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Remember: Ford no longer builds cars.

The mustang isn't a car?

18 posted on 07/12/2018 7:30:35 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Make Atlantis Great Again.)
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To: CraigEsq

Awesome. Is there a umm, back room at the back for ‘special’ videos? haha


19 posted on 07/12/2018 7:32:33 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: BipolarBob

That’s the only exception they made.


20 posted on 07/12/2018 7:33:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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