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GameStop to Close up to 450 Stores

That number represents 100 more closures than initially announced

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4 years ago

September 10, 2020

VMSD Staff

GameStop (Grapevine, Texas) will close 100 more stores than originally planned, reports CNN. Between 400 and 450 stores will close this year, more than the 320 stores the retailer announced it would close this spring.

Though second quarter e-commerce sales grew 800 percent, overall revenues underperformed analysts’ expectations, declining 12.7 percent. GameStop currently operates 5122 stores globally.

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