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Salisbury loses last video rental store

Thursday, January 26, 2012 2:18 PM | Printer friendly version | E-mail to a friend |

Salisbury's Blockbuster store is selling off DVDs and videogames before it closes Feb. 19.

SALISBURY — Blockbuster stores in Salisbury and Kannpolis will close Feb. 19.

Employees at the Salisbury location, 850 Jake Alexander Blvd. W., found out last week the store would close. The store stopped renting movies and video games Sunday and has everything in the store on sale.

Blockbuster, which once operated two locations in Salisbury, is the last movie rental business in town.

The Kannapolis store, 821 Cloverleaf Plaza, has been in the process of closing for two months, an employee said.

Read more in Friday’s Post.

Contact reporter Emily Ford at 704-797-4264.

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