RE: The two Blockbuster stores I’ve visited are in strip malls with high vacancy already. Another blow to a depressed real estate market. I guess another dollar store will move in.
Let’s not forget that municipal LIBRARIES are de facto competitors with Blockbuster.
A lot of videos at Blockbuster can be borrowed from many local libraries.
Why should I rent videos and pay money for these when I can borrow them FOR FREE in the public library?
They have very little chance to survive if taxpayer funded places become your competitors.
You could substitute bookstores for Blockbuster and you have the same reality with regard to libraries.