GameStop
GameStop is an American company that sells things like video games.[2] The company is based in Grapevine, Texas, United States. Grapevine is a suburb of Fort Worth. Plus, it has over 5,509+ retail stores throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe, all around the world. Children from aged 0-18 years old will feel the right while choosing an age-appropriate game for home. This is as of February 1, 2020.[1][3]
Formerly | Babbage's (1984–1999) |
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Public | |
Traded as | |
Industry | Retail |
Predecessors | Software Etc. Funco |
Founded | 1984 |
Founders | Leonard Riggio Daniel DeMatteo Richard Fontaine |
Headquarters | Grapevine, Texas , U.S. |
Number of locations | 5,509 (Feb. 2020)[1] |
Area served | Several countries
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Key people | Dan DeMatteo (Executive Chairman) George Sherman (CEO) |
Products | Video games Consoles Accessories |
Revenue | US$6.466 billion (2019)[1] |
US$−464.4 million (2019)[1] | |
US$−470.9 million (2019)[1] | |
Total assets | US$2.82 billion (2019)[1] |
Total equity | US$611.5 million (2019)[1] |
Number of employees | 14,000 full-time 22,000-42,000 part-time[1] (2019) |
Parent | NeoStar Retail Group (1994–1996) Babbage's Etc. (1996–1999) Barnes & Noble Booksellers (1999–2004) |
Divisions | Video Game Brands Technology Brands |
Subsidiaries | Babbage's EB Games EB Games Australia Game Informer Geeknet Micromania ThinkGeek Zing Pop Culture Rhino Video Games |
Website | gamestop |
GameStop Media
Logo of retailer Software, Etc. on a 5.25" floppy disk branded by the company
Customers lined up outside of a GameStop store in 2006 to purchase the Wii
Interior of a GameStop store in San Francisco in 2010
A store in Manchester, Connecticut in 2014
A shuttered MovieStop store and a GameStop store in Mobile, Alabama in 2018
A shuttered and graffitied GameStop store in Jamaica, Queens in 2017
Interior of a GameStop store in Kingstowne, Virginia in 2018, with several items on clearance
A store at the Bayside Marketplace in Miami in 2017
A combined GameStop–ThinkGeek store in New York City in 2019
References
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- ↑ "GameStop Corp". Securities & Exchange Commission. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
- ↑ "GameStop". Fortune. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2018.