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The Motley Fool
September 11, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster Takes a Big Gulp Will new information and merchandising executives at Blockbuster finally make their turnaround work? Two key people, with track records of success, are joining soon.   |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2004
D. Gardner & T. Gardner |
7-Eleven Loves Starbucks 7-Eleven chief Jim Keyes calls the coffee king "a great foil." |
BusinessWeek
March 25, 2010
Ronald Grover |
The Last Picture Show at Blockbuster? With time running out for the video-rental empire, CEO Jim Keyes desperately needs Hollywood to help him remake the company so it can avoid Chapter 11 |
CIO
February 11, 2009
Kim S. Nash |
How Blockbuster Plans to Beat Netflix With a new business strategy and fresh IT, Blockbuster is attempting to reinvent the DVD rental business for the age of movie downloads and video on demand. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Blockbuster's Digital Plans Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes discusses the company's recent purchase of MovieLink, and their digital delivery plans. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Brain Freeze at Blockbuster New CEO Jim Keyes feels that Blockbuster's future rests in transforming the money-losing juggernaut into an "entertainment convenience store" before it's too late. |
The Motley Fool
December 12, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The New King of All Media Blockbuster is still a hub for borrowed celluloid, but it is morphing into so much more. |
The Motley Fool
March 7, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Blockbuster: More Than Meets the Eye The results are fine on their own, but there's great news hidden just below the surface. |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
How Low Can This Stock Go? There are a ton of options, and more to come, in the digital movie arena. And that's why Blockbuster's in trouble, and will continue to be in trouble. |
The Motley Fool
November 6, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Fool on Call: Action, Not Drama, at Blockbuster Investors should like Blockbuster's new CEO. Keyes cleared up plenty of outstanding issues in the company's most recent earnings call. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Believing in Blockbuster Blockbuster gets its chance to look through Circuit City's books. |
The Motley Fool
April 11, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Back Away, Blockbuster Blockbuster announces it will introduce a set-top box for its digital-delivery service. |
The Motley Fool
February 7, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Bye, Bye, Blockbuster Blockbuster has spent the past few months relaxing its debt covenants, posting horrendous quarters, and coping with a boardroom shakeup that has only further debilitated the share price. If there is a happy ending, it's rather hard to see it. |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2008
Rich Duprey |
A Short Circuit at Blockbuster Is it a good idea for these two ailing businesses, Blockbuster and Circuit City, to join forces? |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Keyes to the Pity Blockbuster needs to become a retailer again. It needs to become the convenience-store leader in entertainment retailing. In that sense, how can you not like 7-11's Keyes here -- even if it may ultimately be too late to save the company? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Nursing a Wounded Business Back to Health CEO Jim Keyes seems to have a grip on Blockbuster's woes, plentiful as they may be. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
No More Excuses, Blockbuster If the video retailer is smart, it will need to take the chances that no one thinks it is capable of risking. |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Bad News for Netflix The once-booming market for mail-delivered DVD subscription plans shrank by 214,000 members this past quarter. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster CEO Has Answers An interview with Jim Keyes shows his confidence in Blockbuster's future. |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
When Blockbuster Met Netflix Blockbuster, the leading DVD rental chain, is taking a bolder step into online video, teaming up with Sonic Solutions to beef up its digitally delivered movie offerings. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Hurray for Hollywood? Blockbuster's willing to up the ante for Hollywood Video. While investors bid up shares of both firms, there's really no need for much enthusiasm. |
The Motley Fool
December 27, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
If Netflix Wants to Live... The online mail-order DVD rental service did the right thing when it didn't follow Blockbuster down the slippery slope of price cuts last week. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Adjusting the Focus at Blockbuster The world's leading movie rental chain can still be saved, if it starts to make wiser decisions. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Will Blockbuster Bust Netflix? Though both stocks dipped today, this is hardly a move that is unexpected. What may be the clearer differentiator will be continuously tapping into what works for movie watchers. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster's Stupid Survey Blockbuster commissions a survey through e-Rewards, in an attempt to get a read on how consumers will budget their entertainment spending during these tricky economic times. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster Wins the Game but Loses the War Video games saved the day at Blockbuster this past quarter, as a sharp 30.7% spike in gaming merchandise sales at the individual store level helped boost revenues. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster's Game Theory The DVD rental giant is ramping up its presence in video-game retailing. |
The Motley Fool
August 7, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Blockbuster Pops a Pill Blockbuster reports markedly improved sales but also a deeper loss for the second quarter, compared with last year. |
The Motley Fool
May 10, 2005
Marko Djuranovic |
Netflix's Spin Move While Blockbuster's more attractive pricing presents a better deal, Netflix has a pair of aces up its sleeve -- two lower-rental plans that actually undercut Blockbuster on price. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster's Hollywood Ending Blockbuster pulls out of the Hollywood Entertainment bidding war. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Has Blockbuster Left Netflix Standing Alone? Shares of competitor Netflix rose nearly 10% yesterday after Blockbuster told some of its Total Access subscribers about upcoming price hikes. |
InternetNews
August 9, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Blockbuster Buys Movie Download Service Blockbuster Inc. announced it acquired Movielink, calling it one of the nation's leading movie download services. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Rent This Space Blockbuster's recent stumble may be a prelude to a dramatic exit from its online business. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Is Blockbuster Really In It to Win? If Blockbuster loses the growing online market, its offline market won't matter much longer. It is getting desperate, and latest marketing campaigns are -- surprise -- a little misleading. |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
A Blockbuster Orphan Spun off by Viacom, will the movie renter be hobbled by debt? |
The Motley Fool
May 29, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Willy Wonka and the Blockbuster Factory Blockbuster will begin testing its new kiosks at some of its stores. The machines will allow shoppers to dock their portable media players and download digital flicks in just two minutes. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster's Missing Link Blockbuster acquires Movielink to make a digital delivery push. The DVD giant will now be able to offer its customers access to movie downloads. The purchase may make both companies a little more relevant and prepared for the future. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Blockbuster vs. Netflix: Five Rounds, No Mercy How do Blockbuster and Netflix compare to each other? One has stores; one doesn't. One's customer base growing; the other's is shrinking. One has more movie titles, and one has much stronger financials. Which one is which? |
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Fool Looks Back Cheap rentals and empty coolers went for a brief jog down Wall Street this past week: Now you've done it, Blockbuster... Keeping down with the Jones... etc. |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Blockbuster's Craziest Idea ... Raised From the Dead Blockbuster's new CEO has reinvented the movie retailer's Total Access program, and this time it looks like they've gotten it right. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 22, 2004
Sally Aaron |
Netflix Script Spells Disruption Netflix revolutionized how people rent movies. Now Wal-Mart and Blockbuster are scrambling to catch up. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Pull the Curtains on Blockbuster? Blockbuster may be planning a bankruptcy filing. |
The Motley Fool
January 19, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Blockbuster Needs More Than a Miracle Fresh financing won't be nearly enough to pull Blockbuster out of this death spiral. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster Snubs Circuit City Blockbuster is walking away from plans to potentially buy Circuit City. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Beauty or Beast? Shares of Blockbuster are not for the faint of heart, but if management successfully navigates current turbulence, shareholders could be duly rewarded with this value play. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Is Netflix Doomed? If Blockbuster doesn't deliver the goods, in every sense of the word, it will open the floodgates heading toward the proven e-company Netflix. That's when that 5% market penetration threshold will no longer be a ceiling, but a catapult. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Fool on Call: Blockbuster Has the Key New Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes thinks Blockbuster is a turnaround explosion just waiting for a spark. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2010
Manikandan Raman |
What Blockbuster Chapter 11 Means for DVD Rental Chains Can Blockbuster come back for its share of the market, or will Netflix and others close in around it? |
The Motley Fool
November 21, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Black Friday: Blockbuster Busts Out Holiday Cheer Newly appointed Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes discusses the retailers holiday plans. |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster Version 2.0 Blockbuster shares are moving, but that's not always a good thing. |
