The yellow-and-blue themed movie rental stores were once everywhere, with 9,000 stores worldwide.
BEND, Ore. — The Blockbuster store in Bend, Oregon became the last one in the US last year. And now it’s the only one in the world.
The Bulletin reports that a Blockbuster store in Perth, Australia is closing later this month, leaving the Bend franchise alone on the planet.But competition from on-demand movie-streaming services like Netflix and Hulu forced Blockbuster to declare bankruptcy in 2010.The remaining franchised stores kept closing until the Bend Blockbuster was the last one.
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