Gamestop announced that sales for the last quarter of 2016 – That is, the holiday season – were much lower than they expected. So much lower that, to help buffer costs, the company is planning to close about 3% of its stores worldwide, which equates to somewhere around 150-250 stores, depending on your source. This …
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GameStop “Circle of Life” Horror Stories
Back on the subject of everyone’s favourite video game store, GameStop, and their insane Circle of Life program, Rich of Review Tech USA put up a video the other day where he shares a few stories from current and former GameStop employess (at least, self reputed employees but there is no reason not to trust …
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The GameStop “Circle of Life” Policy May Make Associates Lie To You
A big piece of gaming news this week that I just had to put my say into is the leak by GameStop employees of the details of a policy called “Circle of Life”, which basically is a quota set that each store, and its employees, must reach each month. These quotas are in all but …
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GameStop Pricing is Hilarious Sometimes
Occasionally in my quest for software for my Wii, I will hit GameStop to see what might be lying around cheap. The Wii is a system at the end of its life, and while it was a popular game console, it seems that only a small selection of titles ever show available in the second …
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