Joseph Tartakoff
May 4, 2010 1:28 PM
A milestone in the transition to alternate video rental models: Movie Gallery, the second largest video rental chain in the U.S., is closing all of its shops. The WSJ says the company will shut down the locations over the next several months; no comment from Movie Gallery yet. The move…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Feb 3, 2010 2:30 PM
Movie Gallery has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in less than three years, citing the “economic and competitive realities facing its business.” As rumored, the rental chain—which also owns Hollywood Video and Game Crazy—will shrink its retail footprint by at least a third. Movie Gallery says…
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Rafat Ali
Dec 7, 2007 12:57 AM
It is not for us to gloat in others failures, but seriously, this one? Again? Moviebeam, the movie datacasting service which had been shut down once before, is now shutting off again, for good. For six months the service has been owned by the deeply-troubled movie chain store/retailer Movie Gallery,…
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