Blockbuster is also getting hammered in the brick and mortar world. The advent of Redbox (developed by McDonalds and Coinstar now owned solely by Coinstar) single-copy, in-store DVD sales has bitten a huge part of Blockbusters ass. Inside of Walmarts, most major grocery chains, and just about any corner convenience store Redbox is boasting some huge gains against Blockbuster and Netflix. With their new deal with Warner Bros in place and Blockbuster reinstating late fees (again) Rebox is positioned to dominate Blockbuster and most other b+m stores.
My prediction is within two years we'll be looking upon the empty Blockbuster building and wonder if there will be another business that can use that building. -- SUNY Oswego Ranked #1 Div III Hockey - Go Lakers! Obama our Drunk-in-chief.
A lot of grocery stores also have mini rental areas of their own and I always see a lot of people in the video rental section of my local Albertson's grocery store.
reply to kingdome74 Redbox + Netflix is the Combo bonus NO rental store can match. It's the one-two punch, the headshot and the kidney shot.
If one or the other of these two buy the other, it's HISTORY for everyone else.
All brick and mortar DVD rental stores are walking the plank as it is. -- "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
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