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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 May 16, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Blockbuster's Still a Head Case The movie rental chain's quarterly report is less than meets the eye. |
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 July 26, 2007 Anders Bylund |
Blockbuster Is Ready to Change After truly miserable earnings reports, Blockbuster Video has plans in mind to keep up with changing times. Stay tuned. |
The Motley Fool April 14, 2008 Anders Bylund |
Blockbuster Laments Circuit City's Coyness Blockbuster's CEO is in talks with Circuit City about the possibility of combining their two chains. |
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 12, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Believing in Blockbuster Blockbuster gets its chance to look through Circuit City's books. |
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 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. |
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 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 May 26, 2004 Alyce Lomax |
Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Blockbuster Is it too late to get into the ring with Netflix? |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster's Joy-Buzzer Handshake The patent dispute between Blockbuster and Netflix is over. News of the confidential settlement sent Netflix shares climbing 6% higher, with Blockbuster's stock closing slightly lower. |
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 July 27, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann |
A Mixed Bag at Blockbuster The struggling video-rental giant spots a few glimmers of hope. The stock is a value play trading at a low multiple of sales, despite its currently nonexistent free cash flow. |
The Motley Fool October 27, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster Begs Before Playing Dead The video rental chain is talking with its creditors in hopes of making it out alive. The news sent shares dropping 16%. |
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 March 27, 2008 Alyce Lomax |
Say What, Blockbuster? With new management and some changes, maybe the movie rental company is starting to show some improvement. |
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 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. |
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 |
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 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 January 4, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster's Millions Blockbuster lands two million paying subscribers as its Total Access service starts to stick. Now it's up to Blockbuster to prove to its shareholders that it's a workable model, too. |
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 July 24, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Red Mailers, Blue Investors Dark days are ahead for Netflix, but things could be worse. The combined market cap of Netflix and Blockbuster is less than the $2 billion market cap that Netflix alone commanded at its peak seven months ago. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool November 6, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Chip Off the Old Blockbuster Improvement is relative at the ailing video chain. Investors, is there a glimmer of hope? |
The Motley Fool June 13, 2007 Alyce Lomax |
Blockbuster Cuts Deeper The DVD rental price war continues. Regardless of how the short term might sound precarious for Netflix, Blockbuster can't offer these prices forever. Investors, take note. |
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 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. |
Home Theater March 26, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
Blockbuster Gets Warner Titles Faster Blockbuster gets a full four week lead before either kiosk or other subscription services can offer any Warner Bros. titles. |
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 October 27, 2004 Rick Munarriz |
Blockbuster Horror Show With DVD rentals by mail getting cheaper and more convenient, how will Blockbuster survive? The company is trading at $7.09. |
CIO February 22, 2009 Kim S. Nash |
How Blockbuster is Updating Its IT Infrastructure New servers, supply chain apps and customer-facing kiosks back up Blockbuster's new business strategy. |
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 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 December 22, 2004 Alyce Lomax |
Blockbuster Goes for Broke The video giant lowers rental fees again. Sounds desperate and puts the light on Netflix. Further, it will help guarantee that Blockbuster's profitability will be adversely affected in the coming months, just as the company warned in early November. |
The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster's Loss Should Be Coinstar and Netflix's Gain If DISH is closing more Blockbuster stores, other DVD rental specialists will thrive. |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2004 Marko Djuranovic |
It's Good to Be Right Blockbuster's latest move is an admirable attempt to save an ailing company but, ultimately, of little interest to Netflix investors. |
The Motley Fool April 21, 2004 W.D. Crotty |
Blockbuster Looks Better The movie rental giant has a few things going its way. |
The Motley Fool September 23, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Jim Cramer Should Run Circuit City The best option for Circuit City's new CEO position may be a "yes" man. |
The Motley Fool June 29, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
What Were You Thinking, Netflix? Cutting prices at Netflix is a sequel you don't want to see. Subscribers, and unfortunately shareholders, now expect lower prices. It sure was easy to be a fan of Netflix back in 2002 when it was just one company against the world. |
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 November 5, 2004 Steven Mallas |
Price Wars Continue in DVD Rentals Wal-Mart is reducing the price of its online program. Netflix recently decided to lower its monthly subscription rate as well. |
The Motley Fool March 20, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Movie Gallery Is on the Move The struggling DVD rental chain broadens access to its flicks. |
The Motley Fool November 11, 2004 Bill Mann |
A Hollywood Blockbuster Blockbuster tries to remove Hollywood Entertainment from its list of ferocious competitors by offering to buy the company. |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2006 Anders Bylund |
Dueling Fools: Netflix Bull Nobody does it better. It's running its competition out of town and it's pleasing its ever-expanding customer base. What more can Netflix do to prove its mettle? Investors, take note. |
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. |
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 January 3, 2007 Mac Greer |
Ahead of the Curve: Blockbuster and Apple? Tech guru Bob Cringely says Blockbuster should make it an Apple night. Blockbuster's stock, surprisingly, has gained some ground recently, but obviously the company continues to struggle in its competition with Netflix. |