GAME to close 35 stores

[mike_intellivision]

JOKA_ said:

Seece said:
About time, I think most big cities have at least 2 GAME stores within 5 minute walking distance of each other, made no sense whatsoever.

I know its not the same.  but near me there are TWO gamestops in THE SAME mall.  They are each at opposite ends, I don't understand how stuff like that happens.

 

That happened because one was probably an EB (Electronics Boutique) and one was a Babbages or Software etc. before several sets of mergers and purchases created one store system -- Gamestop.

The company has two leases, probably both stores are profitable, so it keeps them both open.  When lease renewal time comes, it will reevaluate, especially if there is an increase in rent.

 

Mike from Morgantown

 

PS -- Gamestop was created formed by the Babbages/Software etc. combined firm to battle Funcoland. It's original logo was a series of red-yellow-blue-and-green letters with arrows (Think Funcoland collors and sort of a take-off on recycling logos).  It opened in strip centers while the others were in malls. But soon the B/S combo bought Funcoland (outbidding a then separate EB). So it eventually decided to brand all stores "Gamestop" though with a much different logo.