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In Friday's filing, Chicken Soup for the Soul noted that it currently operates about 27,000 kiosks across the U.S. — down from 36,000 at the Redbox acquisition was finalized in August 2022.
A rental DVD is dispensed from a Redbox, a $1-per-night DVD movie rental kiosk, at a 7-Eleven in Silver Lake area in 2009. (Lindsey Besecker)
Redbox’s business had been in decline for more than a decade before Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment bought it in 2020. Its revenue peaked in 2013 at $1.97 billion, and the chain at once ...
Redbox Automated Retail LLC was initially developed in Chicago as a part of “Project 361”, a McDonald's business expansion initiative. John Sexton Abrams, a strategy executive at McDonald's, designed the original concept as an immersive kiosk leveraging McDonald's product supply chain and geographic footprint to provide 24/7 access to fresh dairy and other products.
Since its 2002 launch, Redbox has rented its 1 billion discs at prices cheaper than cable, according to its website. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at CNN.com Show comments
On May 11, 2022, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment announced its intention to acquire Redbox for $357 million ($36 million in stock and $321 million in assumed debt). [15] The acquisition closed on August 11, 2022. [16]
Redbox is founded. It offers DVD rentals via automated retail kiosks. A year later, it poaches Mitch Lowe, who was a founding executive at Netflix. May 29: Company: Netflix initiates initial public offering (IPO), selling 5.5 million shares of common stock at the price of US$15.00 per share. It brings in $82.5 million. [7] 2003: April: Growth
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