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Blockbuster is closing its location at 2330 N. Farwell Ave. |  |
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| By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers |
| Published Oct. 30, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. |
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Even though the store has two more years on its lease at 2330 N. Farwell Ave., Blockbuster will close the location at the end of the year. All merchandise is currently priced at below retail, with some 50 percent off.
In September, Blockbuster Inc. announced that it may close as many as 960 stores by the end of next year. The company is slowly moving more to business online and fewer and smaller retail stores. By the middle of next year, Blockbuster hopes to have 10,000 rental kiosks scattered around the country.
"I'm sad, they were a great tenant -- our first tenant," John Sidoff, the owner of Century Center that houses the Blockbuster store, told OnMilwaukee.com.
"They were good for the neighborhood and the other businesses. I'm sorry to see them go."
Sidoff will hire a real estate company to actively market the space next month.
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Posted by littletinyfish on Oct. 30, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. (report)
I blame the employees. They didn't try hard enough to repeatedly sell me more rental plans, more movies, and more candy. I also blame the managers for wasting space with old movies; I wanted to see more shelves with Transformers 2. And I also blame the CEOs for not charging enough for their late fees (*ahem* I mean "restocking" fees). I think people are too picky these days. I wanted the original Thomas Crown Affair and they sent me the Pierce Brosnen version. When I called up they said "You can try again, but it'll probably happen again." Really, I should have been happy with such concerted efforts in customer service and not switched over to Netflix. Lesson learned.
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Posted by sas_tarr on Oct. 30, 2009 at 1:02 p.m. (report)
And so Netflix won the battle
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Posted by indy169 on Oct. 30, 2009 at 12:46 p.m. (report)
Maybe it's time to tear that eyesore down and rebuild Century Hall.
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Posted by speakthetruth on Oct. 30, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. (report)
This is progress.
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Posted by speakthetruth on Oct. 30, 2009 at 11:28 a.m. (report)
This is progress.
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