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LargestVideoRetailer.appDeck = "Lights, camera ... action!Blockbuster, the world's largest video retailer, owns 30 percent of the home video market share. The company opened its first store in Dallas in 1985, and now operates close to 9,000 stores across the globe. Each store offers between 70,000 and 100,000 different video titles."; LargestVideoRetailer.appFooter = "Source: Guinness World Records, Blockbuster.com"; LargestVideoRetailer.appNavStyle = 3; LargestVideoRetailer.appLayout = 1; LargestVideoRetailer.copyHeight = 195; LargestVideoRetailer.copyMargin = 9; LargestVideoRetailer.aColWidths = new Array(60,543); LargestVideoRetailer.sDeckStyle = "font size=12;"; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","Company timeline","","","","", "sub", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","1985","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Blockbuster opens its first store in Dallas."; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","1986","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Blockbuster operates 19 stores by year's end."; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","1987","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Video giant relocates headquarters from Dallas to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and operates 200 stores by the end of the year."; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","1988","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Opens its 500th store."; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","1989","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Acquires first London store and opens first store in Canada. At the end of 1989, company operates more than 1,000 stores."; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","1990","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Acquires third-largest U.S. video retailer, Errol's Video Inc., and operates more than 1,500 stores at year's end."; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","1991","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Opens its first stores in Australia, Chile, Mexico, Spain and Venezuela and operates more than 2,000 stores at year's end."; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","1992","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Opens its 3,000th store in New York City."; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","1993","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Acquires music and video retailer Super Club Entertainment Corp."; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","1994","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Blockbuster is acquired by Viacom and opens its first stores in Italy, Argentina and New Zealand."; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","1995","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Opens stores in Israel, Brazil, Peru, Columbia and Thailand, and launches www.blockbuster.com. The company operates more than 4,500 stores at year's end."; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","1996","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Opens stores in Portugal, El Salvador and Panama, and aquires Christianshavn Video in Denmark and the Video Factory Inc. in the United States. Blockbuster also announces plans to introduce DVD rentals."; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","1997","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Moves headquarters back to Dallas and opens its first stores in Taiwan and Uraguay. The company also begins testing DVD sales in 105 U.S. stores. "; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","1998","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Acquires 39 Video Flicks stores in Australia and opens a new distribution center in McKinney, Texas. The company also announces plans to roll out DVD rentals in 500 stores."; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","1999","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Blockbuster (BBI) debuts on the New York Stock Exchange and announces a national rollout of DVDs by the end of the year."; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","2001","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Opens stores in Costa Rica and Guatemala."; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","2002","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Opens its 8,000th location in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and acquires Movie Trading Company and Gamestation. The company operates nearly 8,600 stores at the end of the year."; LargestVideoRetailer[i++] = new Array("","2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); LargestVideoRetailer[i-1].body = "Blockbuster operates 8,900 stores at year's end."; // END editorial data