May 11, 2010

Hollywood Video latest casualty in DVD rentals

Nothing on the tube, think you'll go out and rent a video tonight?

Think again.

Hollywood Video is closing -- victim of the same disease that felled Blockbuster here last month: DVDs by mail. No date has been given for the closure.

Hollywood Video's parent company, Movie Gallery Inc., announced today that it will close all 1,900 of its stores.  In Southeastern Wisconsin, it operated the retail store at 4700 Washington Ave., along with others in Cudahy and Kenosha, and Movie Gallery stores in Lake Genva and Fort Atkinson. The chain sought bankruptcy protection in February, so the closure is not a surprise.

Family Video at 2065 Lathrop is still in business  -- part of a chain once listed as the third-largest movie and game retailer in the country, and soon perhaps the largest. It began in 1978 and has 550 stores in 18 states.

8 comments:

  1. I don't know about anyone else, but on all the last few entries, including this one, the "read more" link will not open. Not to mention that it's annoying.

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  2. Why is the period (.) after "Fort" so very bothersome to me?

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  3. The last few times I was in this store, it was a disorganized mess. They were constantly saying something was returned late - I'd much rather go over to Family Video! The employees there are much nicer and willing to help out.

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  4. 3:56 Wrong meds? It's fixed now; you can calm down.

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  5. It is my understanding that soon after the telegraph was invented and implemented the pony express went away. When hard drives appeared punch cards went away. That is what happens when a company or industry fails to change with the times. I'm surprised they held on this long.

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  6. 3:56 Re: The "read more" link. It's a glitch that just appeared; we're working to get rid of it. There is specific coding to let us break up long stories intentionally, but we're not doing it and the coding isn't in the stories. But the jump line is appearing on its own.

    Have faith; we'll get rid of it.

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  7. I blame Dickert and his culture of corruption.

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  8. There is only one constant. ==> "Change"

    Always has been, always will be. We must always deal with that reality. Nothing ever stays the same.

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