FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Supermarket video specialists expect little immediate impact from the instant sellout of 500,000 units of PlayStation 2, released on Oct. 26 from Sony Computer Entertainment America here.For now...
With supermarket video looking ahead to uncertain times as it enters a new decade, it's instructive to look back at the industry changes wrought in the last one."Many factors came up during that period," said Bill...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Ingles Markets is bucking supermarket trends in video with the opening of its 100th video rental department in a store near Atlanta.The opening last month is considered a company milestone...
HOLLYWOOD -- Video customers have long been confused about the two-tiered pricing of VHS product, namely by the extreme difference between rental and sell-through prices, but DVD's single sell-through tier has...
LA VERGNE, Tenn. -- Ingram Entertainment here, the nation's largest video distributor, just got larger by purchasing rival distributor Major Video Concepts, Indianapolis, on Oct. 12."Ingram's getting very powerful,"...
OWENSBORO, KY. -- Supermarket video specialists and other independent retailers were enthusiastic at this year's trade show from distributor WaxWorks/VideoWorks held here on Oct. 2 to 4."It's refreshing to see this...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Survival was the focus at this year's East Coast Video Show here. Independent specialty retailers, which mostly patronize the event, looked to DVD and emerging new game platforms as their...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Supermarket retailers signed with Rentrak in revenue-share contracts can only wait and see the outcome of the distributor's future course in the wake of the company's recent management shakeup...
The Video Software Dealers Association, Encino, Calif., recently released results of its 2000 Benchmarking Study, providing data to help retailers achieve profits.Further "regionalized" analysis of the information...
Although the variety of material coming to home video keeps growing, theatrical releases remain the most important product source for supermarket video.This is especially so in the fourth quarter, when boxoffice...