There will only be one Blockbuster store left on the planet soon

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  • March 6, 2019

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While there was plenty of fanfare around the Alaskan Blockbuster (which is now sadly closed), there was one still trading thousands of miles away in Australia.

However, the second last Blockbuster on this planet, located in the Perth suburb of Morley, is closing down at the end of March.

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Co-owner Lyn Borszeky told the Australian Associated Press that the rise of streaming services such as Netflix meant the store’s closure was going to be inevitable.

“We put in a pretty good effort to be the last one in Australia, I suppose, but it was going to happen eventually and now is the time,” she told the wire service. Read more…

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