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Those of us in the Midwest tend to laugh every time a variation of this story pops up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by yoshamano 8y ago
Those of us in the Midwest tend to laugh every time a variation of this story pops up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Video
https://www.familyvideo.com/storelocator/ https://www.familyvideo.com/storelocator/
The relevant bit from Wikipedia, "Unlike much of its competition, Family Video owns the real estate housing their stores, helping them to avoid unsuccessful lease negotiations that led to the demise of Blockbuster and Movie Gallery, which includes Hollywood Video. And rather than depending on the revenue-sharing model used by others in the business, the chain buys and owns their movies, allowing them to keep all the rental profit"
So come on over to Fly-Over Country™ where video rental stores never went out of fashion :)
- SOLAR_FIELDS 8y agoThey were (are) also significantly cheaper than what Hollywood Video and Blockbuster were charging at their heyday. 15 years ago, often at BB and HV rentals would be $4-6, FV often had rentals from $1-3.
- godzillabrennus 8y agoAt some point isn’t it a better use of the real estate for them to switch business models and start distributing something of higher margin and with more demand? They could probably convert to coffee shops or gun stores and do better in those markets. Not knocking gun culture. I lived and still often work in the Midwest.