The last of the 9,000 Blockbuster Video stores that once roamed the Earth sits at 211 NE Revere Ave. in Bend, Ore., a strip-mall storefront trapped in amber right down to dot-matrix printers and computers booted up with floppy disks.
It didn’t have to end this way. Netflix Inc. offered to sell itself to Blockbuster Inc. for $50 million two decades ago. Executives pursued deals with rival rental chains like Hollywood Entertainment Corp. instead.
johndstoll Fiat Renault go public on Memorial Day with Trump in Japan as Carlos Ghosn awaits trial. It is just too orchestrated. Then 17 kids are stabbed in Tokyo. Blockbuster was doomed to fail by building a candy/soda aisle maze at the register to try and upsell kids like an asshole.