{"id":27538,"date":"2026-01-09T22:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunfirestudiosinc.com\/?p=27538"},"modified":"2026-01-10T12:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T12:17:20","slug":"mass-gamestop-closures-are-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunfirestudiosinc.com\/?p=27538","title":{"rendered":"Mass GameStop Closures Are Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-211504\">\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<h2 class=\"storySubTItle\"><\/h2>\n<p>Instances stay robust for the struggling retailer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"storycontent\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, every time we report on GameStop lately, it doesn\u2019t are typically all that optimistic. Such is the case in the present day as we\u2019ve realized that tons of of brick-and-mortar GameStop areas are being shuttered all throughout america. Reviews allege as many as 390 to 400 shops have gone the best way of the dodo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-117528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nintendojo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/gamestop1-e1394640296185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"313\" \/><\/p>\n<p>GameStop has been no stranger to retailer closures, however this can be a notably aggressive wave of shutterings if the experiences are true. What\u2019s extra, these closures coincide with a $35 million incentive being supplied to CEO Ryan Cohen to extend the corporate\u2019s market cap by 950 p.c. With a present price of $9.52 billion, GameStop\u2026 clearly has a methods to go. Nonetheless, it does depart one to marvel if these closures are a minimum of partly an effort to get Cohen nearer to his $35 million prize.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the motivations, these closures are sadly simply a part of an ongoing downward trajectory for GameStop, the final remaining bastion of retail devoted to promoting video video games.<\/p>\n<p>Supply:\u00a0GamesIndustry.biz<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendojo.com\/news\/single-stories\/mass-gamestop-closures-are-underway\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instances stay robust for the struggling retailer. Sadly, every time we report on GameStop lately, it doesn\u2019t are typically all that optimistic. Such is the case in the present day as we\u2019ve realized that tons of of brick-and-mortar GameStop areas are being shuttered all throughout america. 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