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I worked for GameStop back when they were having a really, really hard time. They were called Babbage's, had recently merged with Software, Etc (also a failing venture) and then filed for Chapter 11. They emerged when Barnes & Noble's Chairman rescued the embers of the company. Soon after, they bought up pretty much all of the competing stores around here (and from what I can tell, in other parts of the country) and seem to be doing pretty well these days. I jumped ship, but it was just a high-school job anyway. They're faring better than I would have imagined.

Acquire-and-grow seems to be their business strategy. I don't know what they do with their online acquisitions, but they seem to gut, revamp and re-brand their brick-and-mortar assets.

Wishing you the best of luck, Jim! I'm glad they're leaving you guys at the helm.




A ha! That's what happened to those two chains. I used to love going to them when stuck at the mall. Had forgotten all about them.




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