ThinkGeek closing site, will move to GameStop @thinkgeek @gamestop #makerbusiness

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ThinkGeek closes site, moves in with GameStop @ GamesIndustry.biz.

Over 40 physical ThinkGeek store locations in the United States are planned to remain open after the website ends its sales on July 2, 2019…

GameStop then posted a $673 million full-year lost in its financials reported in April for the year ending February 2, 2019. That loss took into account the $700 million the company earned from the sale of its Spring Mobile business back in November 2018.

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Followed this story for a bit, which is now coming to an end…

Related

  • @adafruit at the @thinkgeek #ThinkGeekIRL store in Herald Square – retail assessment team 🙂 – MAY 2016.
  • @thinkgeek NYC store opening May 13th, 2016 ! – MAY 2016.
  • GameStop will no longer carry console bundles that offer digital copies of games? – SEPTEMBER 2016.
  • ThinkGeek opening a retail store – SEPTEMBER 2015.
  • BREAKING NEWS – GameStop will acquire ThinkGeek – JUNE 2015.
  • Geeknet To Be Acquired By Hot Topic For $17.50/Shr - MAY 2015.
  • Adafruit distributor spotlight – North America region – AUGUST 2013.

Back in 2013 ThinkGeek was a reseller of some of our products, we stopped doing that a year or so later.


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