| Abstract: | Datamonitor's Blockbuster Inc. - SWOT Analysis company profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information. Blockbuster Inc. - SWOT Analysis examines the company's key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy.
Blockbuster is a provider of rental movie and game entertainment. The company operates in the US, Europe, Latin America, Australia, Canada, Mexico and Asia. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and employs 58,561 people; this figure includes full-time, part-time and seasonal employees. The company recorded revenues of $5,287.9 million during the financial year (FY) ended January 2009, a decrease of 4.6% over 2008. The operating loss of the company was $293.3 million during FY2009, as against an operating profit of $39.1 million in 2008. The net loss was $374.1 million in FY2009, compared to a net loss of $73.8 million in 2008. Blockbuster attributes the decline in profits largely to non-cash impairment charges to its goodwill and other long-lived assets.
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- Provides all the crucial information on Blockbuster Inc. required for business and competitor intelligence needs
- Contains a study of the major internal and external factors affecting Blockbuster Inc. in the form of a SWOT analysis as well as a breakdown and examination of leading product revenue streams of Blockbuster Inc.
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| Brief Excerpt: | ...Blockbuster Inc. (Bloc kbuster) is engaged in the in-home rental and retail mo vie and game entertainment mar kets. It oper ates and fr anchises enter tainment-related stores in the US and a number of other countr ies.The compan y off ers videos as w ell as video games , f or in-store rental, sale and tr ade and also sells other enter tainment-related merchandise . It also oper ates Bloc kbusterOnline, an online ser vice off ering rental of mo vies deliv ered b y mail. The compan y oper ates pr imarilyin the US , the UK and Canada. It is headquar tered in Dallas , Texas and emplo ys about 67,500 people.The compan y recorded re venues of $5,523.5 million dur ing the fiscal y ear ended December 2006, a decrease of 3.5% o ver 2005. The oper ating profit of the compan y w as $79.1 million dur ing fiscal year 2006, when compared to oper ating loss of $388 million in 2005. The net profit w as $54.7 million in fiscal y ear 2006, when compared to net loss of 588.1 million in 2005. ...
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