Company profile
- Industry
- Home video and video game rental
- Founded
- 1985
- Ownership
- Brand owned by Dish Network
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Decisions on record
One verified Decision Case on Blockbuster, and the casebook each one belongs to.
| Fork date | Decision type | What Blockbuster chose | Where it stood | The story | Casebook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Fall | Eliminate late fees | settlements with attorneys general in 47 states over how the 'no late fees' promise was presented (2005) | Read the story → | The Fall Casebook → |
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The analyses
The Fall · Crisis & Reinvention
Late Fees Were About 16% of Blockbuster's Revenue — Matching Netflix Meant Burning Them
The favorite parable is wrong. Blockbuster collected nearly $800 million in late fees in 2000 - about 16% of revenue. The one model that could have beaten Netflix would have set fire to the very money keeping the company alive.
8 min
The Fall · Crisis & Reinvention
Blockbuster Built Its Netflix Killer by 2004 — Then a Board Coup Fired the CEO Funding It
The legend says Blockbuster laughed Netflix out of a Dallas meeting and died of arrogance. The real story: it had already built a Netflix-killer by 2004 — then a board coup fired the CEO funding it and a successor who called streaming a fad let it bleed out under nearly $1 billion of debt.
8 min
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