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Video Rental Giant Files For Bankruptcy

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Movie Gallery has filed for bankruptcy.  It is just too hard to compete with low sale prices at places like Target, Wal-Mart, and Costco, and all of the home delivery systems for movies – and, course, other rental chains. Movie Gallery, the nation’s No. 2 video rental chain, sought Chapter 11 after months of struggling… Read More »Video Rental Giant Files For Bankruptcy

Tough Times For Movie Rental Houses

Movie Gallery is having trouble paying its bills, online services like Amazon continue to expand their downloadable offerings.  Blockbuster, which is competing head to head against mail-delivery service Netflix and recently announced plans to close hundreds of brick-and-mortar stores, has benefitted, at least temporarily, from gaining a new CEO.  With people able to buy physical… Read More »Tough Times For Movie Rental Houses

Another Video Rental Company Enters the Home

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One of the reasons I wrote that most recent column on LaughingPlace.com was to tie together some developments in the business world around Disney, and seemingly peripheral Disney news into the larger context.  It was with stories like this in mind.Movie Gallery has announced the acquisition of MovieBeam.  Movie Gallery is the second largest U.S.… Read More »Another Video Rental Company Enters the Home