By Clayton Hensley
Knoxville News Sentinel
Posted July 14, 2010 at midnight
As Knoxville-area consumers fill up their gas tanks, grab a few lottery tickets and grab some milk, they also may end up choosing a movie or two these days.
Pilot convenience stores have joined the dollar-a-night movie machine rental trend and are competing with retailers like Walgreens [...]
NCR’s BLOCKBUSTER Express(R)-branded DVD rental kiosks continue to expand nationwide presence
DULUTH, Ga., Jul 06, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — From Atlanta to Phoenix, consumers will soon find the convenience and affordability of NCR Corporation’s /quotes/comstock/13*!ncr/quotes/nls/ncr (NCR 12.75, +0.07, +0.55%) BLOCKBUSTER Express-branded DVD kiosks in more retail locations than ever before. Today NCR announced it will [...]
NCR To Install Blockbuster DVD Rental Kiosks At QuikTrip Stores In 9 States
(AP) DULUTH, Ga. (AP) – NCR Corp. said Tuesday it plans to install Blockbuster DVD vending machines in “nearly all” of the 555 QuikTrip convenience stores in nine states.
The stores are in Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, Georgia, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas, [...]
DULUTH, Ga.
NCR Corp. said Tuesday it plans to install more Blockbuster DVD vending machines in Tennessee, Kentucky and elsewhere in the South.
NCR, which operates the rental kiosks for Blockbuster, said the DVD kiosks will be installed in Mapco Express and nearly 100 Daily’s convenience stores in Tennessee and elsewhere in the South.
NCR bought DVDPlay [...]
It’s another blow for Blockbuster(BBI), as a proxy advisory firm recommends the company appoints an activist investor who has been attempting to get on its board.
Historic ‘Blockbuster’ Store Offers Glimpse Of How Movies Were Rented In The Past
Blockbuster is tired of seeing red: The company is gearing up to battle Redbox for a major piece of the video rental kiosk business by installing thousands of its own boxes nationwide this summer.
As you evaluate entertainment kiosk programs, take into account the likely consumer awareness of and preference for different operators’ brands. Which brand will have the strongest “pull” to bring added foot traffic to your store or venue?
By Eric Savitz
As Blockbuster (BBI) carries out its plan to shut down more than 500 stores this year, NCR (NCR) has begun stepping into the breach, expanding its line of Blockbuster Express-branded DVD kiosks. J.P. Morgan analyst Paul Coster asserted in a research note this morning that NCR is opening as many as four kiosks [...]
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
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