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Vintage Stock is an American entertainment retailer. The company, headquartered in Joplin, Missouri, operates 70 retail stores throughout the United States.Retail stores operate primarily under the Vintage Stock name, as well as the Movie Trading Company/ Movie Trading Co. name (MTC stores are the Dallas, Texas, division of Vintage Stock, formerly owned by Blockbuster) [1] and the V-Stock name ...
In April 1993, Blockbuster Video invested $10.3 million (~$19.6 million in 2023) into Discovery Zone to purchase 20% of the company with an option to increase its stake to 50.1 percent in June 1994. [5] In June 1993, Discovery Zone went public on the NASDAQ exchange, raising $55 million (~$105 million in 2023) on the IPO. The stock rose 61% in ...
A Blockbuster store in Durham, North Carolina. Blockbuster's beginnings can be traced back to another company, Cook Data Services, founded by David Cook in 1978. [3] [18] The company's primary goal was to supply software services to the oil and gas industries throughout Texas, but it was very unsuccessful. [18]
Companies based in Missouri by populated place (9 C) Companies based in the Kansas City metropolitan area (5 C, 11 P) Defunct companies based in Missouri (6 C, 64 P)
1st Blockbuster Entertainment Awards; 4th Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards; 6th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards; 7th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards; Blockbuster (Bend, Oregon) Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
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By 1989, it was estimated that a Blockbuster store was opening approximately every 24 hours. [7] Blockbuster's estimated revenue in 1989 was over US$600 million, cementing the brand as the 'king' of the video rental industry, as its closest rival West Coast Video earned $180 million (~$385 million in 2023) in revenue. [8]
During the late 1990s, United Paramount Network produced a number of television films branded "Blockbuster Shockwave Cinema," in conjunction with sponsor (and sister company) Blockbuster Video. Almost all were science fiction films, and likewise, their after-airing availability on home video was exclusive to Blockbuster stores.