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Blockbuster Suicide – talk about a Kamikaze business model

http://www.geek.com/articles/news/blockbuster-express-digital-rent-movies-on-sd-cards-20091110/#

Last week Kingston announced it was going to start bundling movies with sales of Flash memory products, this week Blockbuster has announced you can start renting movies on SD cards.

Now correct me if I’m wrong but out of the following two scenarios what looks good?

This is what a sane human (Blockbuster management not included) would prefer:

Looks simple to me...

And this is what Blockbuster is offering:

Which dumba$$ would prefer this...?

I can’t really say why, even after having shut down more than 900 outlets in the US, blockbuster is headed towards committing business suicide. Guys if you need to know how to make money out of your own business, send me an email.

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This entry was posted by Arnav on November 29, 2009 at 8:51 AM, and is filed under Analyze this. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.

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#1 written by Vibhav Agarwal
about 9 months ago

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Netflix has already partnered with a hardware provider to stream movies into a set-top box. Blockbuster is lagging behind in this field that threatens to take away considerable market share.

Blockbuster should look towards partnering with XBox, Playstation, and or Apple TV to allow streaming through a revenue sharing mechanism. It just may be a win-win situation for both.  Vibhav Agarwal(Quote)

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Arnav Replies:
December 9th, 2009 at 9:43 PM

Exactly! I don’t have the slightest idea what they’re up to. And imagine – the board has so many people whose expertise is entertainment and media…!!  Arnav(Quote)

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Arnav Replies:
December 9th, 2009 at 9:43 PM

Exactly! I don’t have the slightest idea what they’re up to. And imagine – the board has so many people whose expertise is entertainment and media…!!  Arnav(Quote)

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The MBA Dilemma II - Ranking Analysis

The India "Story" - An Elusive Future

Why is it so hard to read others' minds?

The MBA Dilemma

The Popcorn Theorem

How we read others' minds - Ethics Survey

The MBA Dilemma III - Salary Trends

Social technologies and time interruptions

The Money Genie

India - high cost economy?

Blockbuster Suicide – talk about a Kamikaze business model

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