GameStop facts for kids
Power to the Players
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Formerly
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Babbage's (1984–1999) |
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| Industry | Retail |
| Predecessors | Software Etc. Funco |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Founders | Leonard Riggio Daniel DeMatteo Richard Fontaine |
| Headquarters |
Grapevine, Texas
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U.S.
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Number of locations
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5,509 (Feb. 2020) |
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Area served
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Several countries
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Key people
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Dan DeMatteo (Executive Chairman) George Sherman (CEO) |
| Products | Video games Consoles Accessories |
| Revenue |  US$6.466 billion (2019) |
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Operating income
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 US$−464.4 million (2019) |
| US$−470.9 million (2019) |
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| Total assets | US$2.82 billion (2019) |
| Total equity | US$611.5 million (2019) |
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Number of employees
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14,000 full-time 22,000-42,000 part-time (2019) |
| Parent | NeoStar Retail Group (1994–1996) Babbage's Etc. (1996–1999) Barnes & Noble Booksellers (1999–2004) |
| Divisions | Video Game Brands Technology Brands |
| Subsidiaries | Babbage's EB Games EB Games Australia Game Informer Geeknet Micromania ThinkGeek Zing Pop Culture Rhino Video Games |
GameStop is an American company that sells video game. The company is based in Grapevine, Texas, United States. Grapevine is a suburb of Fort Worth. It has 5,509 retail stores throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. This is as of February 1, 2020.
Images for kids
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A used game rack for GameCube games at a GameStop in San Bruno, California
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Logo of retailer Software, Etc. on a 5.25" floppy disk branded by the company
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Customers lined up outside of a GameStop store in 2006 to purchase the Wii
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A store in Manchester, Connecticut in 2014
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A shuttered and graffitied GameStop store in Jamaica, Queens in 2017
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Interior of a GameStop store in Kingstowne, Virginia in 2018, with several items on clearance
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A shuttered MovieStop store and a GameStop store in Mobile, Alabama in 2018
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A store at the Bayside Marketplace in Miami in 2017
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A combined GameStop–ThinkGeek store in New York City in 2019
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Interior of a store in 2019
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A store in the Melbourne Square mall in Melbourne, Florida being liquidated in December 2020
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A GameStop and ThinkGeek store in New York City in November 2020, boarded up due to concerns of violence following the presidential election
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Interior of a GameStop store in San Francisco in 2010
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See also
In Spanish: GameStop para niños
