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| Head Quarters: |
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Grapevine, Texas, USA
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| Founded: |
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1984
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Electronics Stores
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| Web site: |
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www.gamestop.com, www.ebgames.com
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| # of Employees: |
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33,000+
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| Revenue: |
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$5.56 billion USD (2007)
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| Description |
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GameStop Corporation (NYSE: GME), headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, is the world's largest video game and entertainment software retailer. The company operates 4,592 retail stores throughout the U.S., Canada, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Austria, Puerto Rico , Switzerland and Sweden. Retail stores operate primarily under the GameStop and EB Games brands but also operates under Software Etc., E.B.X., Babbage's, FuncoLand, and the recently acquired Rhino Video Games. In addition, the company runs two ecommerce websites, GameStop.com and EBgames.com, and Game Informer magazine, a leading video and computer game publication. In addition to video and computer games, GameStop sells magazines, strategy guides, entertainment DVDs and other related merchandise, along with buying used games and movies from its customers. A new store concept called MovieStop, which focuses on selling movies as opposed to games, is currently building and operating stores in the Southeastern United States, including the Dallas area.
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