GameStop Adds To Cellular Portfolio

By Joseph Palenchar On Jan 28 2013 - 5:14pm

Grapevine, Texas — GameStop is expanding its portfolio of cellular products with the addition of no-contract prepaid Net10 service in all of its 4,400 U.S. stores.

Net10 is not available through GameStop’s online store.

GameStop Holiday Sales Fall 4.6%

By Alan Wolf On Jan 10 2013 - 5:36pm

Digital receipts increased more than 40 percent.

Grapevine, Texas — Robust growth in its online business couldn’t offset declines in holiday traffic and hardware sales at GameStop.

The world’s largest specialty video game retailer said net sales fell 4.6 percent to $2.9 billion for the nine weeks, ended Dec. 29, 2012, while total comp-store sales decreased 4.4 percent and U.S. comps decline 3.5 percent.

Digital receipts increased more than 40 percent, mobile sales were $76.5 million, and global e-commerce sales increased 20.5 percent during the holiday period.

GameStop Gets Kindle Fire

By Alan Wolf On Dec 7 2012 - 2:19pm

Gamestop will now carry the Kindle.

Grapevine, Texas — GameStop has joined the roster of retailers carrying Amazon.com’s Kindle Fire tablets.

The specialty gaming chain is now selling the 7-inch HD model ($200) in all U.S. GameStop locations, and is offering the 8.9-inch HD version ($300) and basic Kindle Fire ($160) in select stores.