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Founded in 1985 by David Cook, Blockbuster began to expand domestically and eventually on an international level into the the 1990s. When Blockbuster was experiencing "peak performance" of employees and profitability according to their public records, Fall 2004 was this time period. During this time Blockbuster employed 84K people worldwide, 31 percent of those employees were in the [[United States]], for a total of 9,094 stores.

Founded in 1985 by David Cook, Blockbuster began to expand domestically and eventually on an international level into the the 1990s. When Blockbuster was experiencing "peak performance" of employees and profitability according to their public records, Fall 2004 was this time period. During this time Blockbuster employed 84K people worldwide, 31 percent of those employees were in the [[United States]], for a total of 9,094 stores.

Competition from the mail-order video services, easily accessible automated kiosks, video on demand services were the publicly known reasons for the downfall of the video empire. Based upon new research more evidence shows the  single biggest mistakes is when Blockbuster spun off of [[Viacom]] taking an insurmountable $905 million loan to pay a special dividend to Viacom shareholders for the privilege, were major factors leading up to Blockbuster's eventual demise. Progressively, Blockbuster began to lose significant revenue during the 2000s. Blockbuster officially filed for bankruptcy protection in early 2010. In 2011, Blockbuster's remaining 1,700 stores were bought by satellite television provider Dish Network, eventually selling off its last corporate-owned Blockbuster stores in 2014 leaving a handful of franchise-owned stores and as of 2020, only 1 store left.  

Competition from the mail-order video services, easily accessible automated kiosks, video on demand services were the publicly known reasons for the downfall of the video empire. Based upon new research more evidence shows the  single biggest mistakes is when Blockbuster spun off of [[Viacom]] taking an insurmountable $905 million loan to pay a special dividend to Viacom shareholders for the privilege, were major factors leading up to Blockbuster's eventual demise. Progressively, Blockbuster began to lose significant revenue during the 2000s. Blockbuster officially filed for bankruptcy protection in early 2010. In 2011, Blockbuster's remaining 1,700 stores were bought by satellite television provider Dish Network, eventually selling off its last corporate-owned Blockbuster stores in 2014 leaving a handful of franchise-owned stores and as of 2020, only 1 U.S. based store left and 2 international stores left.  

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