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Many years ago, I used to work at a Software-Etc store. In the same mall as a Babbages. In 1995 or 96 the two stores combined to form a parrent company called Neostar. With the combined purchasing power of both stores, Neostar began spending money like mad. Unfortunately for them, revenue was not great enough to offset the expenses. Neostar began bankruptcy procedings (if I remember correctly). At this time, Barnes & Noble (who originally owned Software-Etc before they grew up to spin off on their own) purchased Neostar. Barnes and Noble renamed a bunch of the stores Gamestop. Aparrently some stores retained their Software-Etc and Babbages names. In November of 2004, Barnes & Noble spun off Gamestop into their own entity. It seems they are now buying EB.
I wonder how long it will be before the new Gamestop/EB company overextend themselves and Barnes & Noble steps back in to pick them back up.
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