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ThinkGeek will be the asset to emerge from the ashes of GameStop. It was a smart acquisition by GS executives. Unfortunately, they weren't smart enough to man
by mywittyname 7y ago
ThinkGeek will be the asset to emerge from the ashes of GameStop.
It was a smart acquisition by GS executives. Unfortunately, they weren't smart enough to manage the brand as well as they should have. The parent company should have inverted to become ThinkGeek immediately after the acquisition because it's pretty obvious to even layman that the retail market for video games is dead within a generation or so, while the market for pop-culture tchotchkes is evergreen.
- happycube 7y agoYup... they bought something they could've switched a ton of (far too close post-retail-apocolypse) stores over... and then all but shut it down.
- rideontime 7y agoWhat even remains of ThinkGeek, apart from name recognition? At least before the GameStop acquisition they sold some unique products. Now, as far as I can tell, they just sell the same fandom merch you can get anywhere.
- zentiggr 7y agoHad GameStop management not neutered it, there would still be lots of unique things going on. Turning an already online platform for truly cool items, into a side counter in only a few core stores, just goes to show how truly clueless GS management really is. Yeah, I'm bitter. Wife and I gifted each other lots of TG stuff over the years.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoLet’s band together and buy it in liquidation :)