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Gamestop – A quick summary
Background
Not sure how many of you have been following the story, so I’ll do a quick recap (Vox has a more detailed one if you want more info).
So GameStop is a US bricks and mortar store that sells video games.
For obvious reasons, their business has been absolutely crushed, because of (1) COVID – nobody goes to stores, and (2) Digital download of games – most new games can be purchased online....