The owner of Britain’s longest surviving DVD rental store is surprised that business is booming – 40 years after they opened.
He then decided to start renting films and the store now has around 8,500 DVDs including Forrest Gump – which has been borrowed at least 2,000 times.But while the rise of streaming services like Netflix largely killed off the movie rental business, Colin says he has a steady flow of loyal customers who keep him in profit.
Colin said: “I thought the business would be a five year thing. Then I thought we would transition. But that obviously didn’t happen. Alongside renting DVDs, the dad-of-two also sells stationary, repairs scratched DVDs discs and runs a successful photocopying and printing service.
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