GameStop’s closure of Irish business cost about €13m

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Revenues at GameStop Ireland had been boosted during the year by sales of Fifa 23; Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2; God of War; and Grand Theft Auto 5.The accounts – signed off on June 30th last – show that the business reduced its operating losses by 30 per cent from €2.46 million to €1.72 million last year. Interest costs of €3.62 million brought those loses up to €5.35 million at the pretax level. The pretax figure marked an 11 per cent improvement on losses of €6.

Accumulated losses in the business at the end of the last financial year were €45.5 million, with a shareholders’ deficit of the same amount. The losses take account of non-cash depreciation costs of €2.1 million. The firm’s cost of sales totalled €30.46 million in addition to €9.16 million in administrative expenses and €1.66 million in “other operating expenses” – management fees charged by related companies.

Staff costs increased from €4.6 million to €5.2 million, including salary costs of €4.51, up from €4.12 million. Staff numbers comprised seven in management and 217 direct employees.At the end of January this year, the firm owned €52.25 million to GameStop Global Holdings. Globally, GameStop’s revenues last year dipped to $5.92 billion from $6.01 billion. Globally, the business lost $302.1 million last year.

 

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