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Blockbuster Inc. is a global leader in providing in-home movie and game rentals through over 8,000 stores worldwide. The report provides an overview of the company's operations, history, products, revenues and strategic analysis. It recorded $5.5 billion in revenues in 2008 but saw profits decline. The profile contains a detailed SWOT analysis and financial ratios to understand the company's strengths, weaknesses and potential opportunities and threats.

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Blockbuster Inc. - SWOT Analysis - A New Report On

Blockbuster Inc. is a global leader in providing in-home movie and game rentals through over 8,000 stores worldwide. The report provides an overview of the company's operations, history, products, revenues and strategic analysis. It recorded $5.5 billion in revenues in 2008 but saw profits decline. The profile contains a detailed SWOT analysis and financial ratios to understand the company's strengths, weaknesses and potential opportunities and threats.

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Blockbuster Inc.

- SWOT Analysis - research report released


Blockbuster Inc. - SWOT Analysis - a new market research report on
companiesandmarkets.com

www.companiesandmarkets.com/Summary-Company-Profile/blockbuster- ..

This Blockbuster Inc. Company Profile is the essential source for top-level company data and
information. The report examines the company’s key business structure and operations, history
and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy.

Blockbuster Inc (Blockbuster) is engaged in the in-home rental and retail movie and game
entertainment markets. The company operates through approximately

8,000 entertainment-related stores throughout the Americas,


Europe, Asia and Australia. The company also operates
Blockbuster Online, an online service offering rental of movies delivered by mail. The company
is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and employs about 59,643 people. The company recorded
revenues of $5,542.4 million during the financial year (FY) ended January 2008, an increase of
0.4% over 2006. The operating profit of the company was $39.1 million during FY2008, a
decrease of 46.9% over 2006. The net loss was $73.8 million in FY2008, in comparison to the
net profit of $50.5 million FY 2006. Note: The company’s FY2008 financial data refers to the
period January 1, 2007 to January 6, 2008. Financial data for FY2006 refers to the period
January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006.

Scope of the Report

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Blockbuster Inc. (BLOKA) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

Blockbuster Inc. (Blockbuster) is a global leader in providing in home movie and game
entertainment. The company, along with its subsidiaries, offers movies and video games for in-
store rental, sale and trade, and also offers other entertainment-related merchandise. It operates
through over 6,500 company-owned and franchised entertainment related stores across North
America and 17 other countries in Europe, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific regions. The
company also offers rental and retail movie entertainment through the Internet, mail, vending,
download to PC and other alternative methods. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas
in the US

Blockbuster Inc. Key Recent Developments . .

Feb 24, 2010: Blockbuster releases fourth quarter and fiscal-year 2009 financial results
Feb 18, 2010: Blockbuster to close stores in US
Nov 12, 2009: Blockbuster releases third quarter financial results

This comprehensive SWOT profile of Blockbuster Inc. provides you an in-depth strategic
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- Business description – A detailed description of the company’s operations and business


divisions.
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- SWOT Analysis – A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and
threats.
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- Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
- Key competitors – A list of key competitors to the company.
- Key employees – A list of the key executives of the company.
- Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
- Key operational heads – A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
- Important locations and subsidiaries – A list and contact details of key locations and
subsidiaries of the company.
- Detailed financial ratios for the past five years – The latest financial ratios derived from the
annual financial statements published by the company with 5 years history.
- Interim ratios for the last five interim periods – The latest financial ratios derived from the
quarterly/semi-annual financial statements published by the company for 5 interims history.

Note*: Some sections may be missing if data is unavailable for the company.

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