Home Media Magazine - January 26 - February 1, 2009 - (Page 7) www.homemediamagazine.com MENU FROM THE EDITOR BY THOMAS K. ARNOLD, PUBLISHER www.homemediamagazine.com Retail Shakeout Could Spell Growth PUBLISHER & EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Thomas K. Arnold EDITOR IN CHIEF Stephanie Prange EDITORIAL Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angelique Flores Senior Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Gruenwedel Senior Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Tribbey Assistant Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Latchem Associate Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Billy Gil, Kyra Kudick Contributors. . . . . . . . . John Gaudiosi, Anne Sherber, Fred Topel, Ralph Tribbey, Holly J. Wagner Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Lee T ART Art Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Jennifer Guerena For reprints, call 800-290-5460, ext. 100 or HomeMediaMagazine@reprintbuyer.com For direct-mail lists, call Ilene Schwartz, Kroll Direct, 216/371-1667 FAX 216/371-1669 ilene@krolldirect.com he worsening economy continues to make headlines, even and Circuit City, Barnes & Noble and Borders, Toys ‘R’ Us and KB as much of the nation basks in a sense of optimism and hope Toys or Bed, Bath & Beyond and Linens ‘n’ Things? Clearly we don’t. In at least three of these competitive scenarios, as our country’s first black president takes office. Barack Obama will likely enjoy an extremely short honeymoon, however, the weaker chain is going, or has already gone, out of business. as the euphoria surrounding his inauguration has a lot more to do And analysts warn as many as 200,000 storefronts could vanish in 2009. As St. Joseph’s University marketing professor Scott Testa with his promise of change than with the color of his skin. Presidents don’t really have much of an effect on the econo- told The Associated Press, “I think 2009 is going to be a bloodbath.” For the home entertainment business, the efmy, but if the economy happens to tank while fects will likely be minimal. The rental business one party is in power, watch out. And the THE RENTAL BUSINESS pickle facing the Obama administration is that APPEARS TO BE HOLDING ITS appears to be holding its own, while the biggest it will be expected to fix something over which OWN, WHILE THE BIGGEST sellers of DVD and Blu-ray Disc software — Walit really doesn’t have much control. SELLERS OF DVD AND BLU-RAY Mart, Best Buy, and Target Stores — seem to be So in the coming weeks, in the coming SEEM TO BE WEATHERING weathering the retail meltdown quite well. It should be noted that during our own indusmonths, expect to see more expensive Band-Aid THE RETAIL MELTDOWN. try’s shakeout, back in the early 1990s, the numfixes, while the economy slowly but surely fixes itself. In the meantime there’s bound to be more fallout, with a ber of rental stores slid drastically, and yet spending on home video growing number of analysts predicting that the bank failures of held steady as Blockbuster and other chains, with their bigger and ostensibly better stores, gobbled up independents’ market share. 2008 will be followed by a dramatic retail shakeout in 2009. Ultimately, fewer storefronts did the same amount of busiThese predictions are based on the presumption that we are overstored. In virtually every retail category, we have not one but ness, and then paved the way for future growth. Here’s hoping history repeats itself. two market leaders, each with histories of aggressive growth and a yen for building stores right next to the competition. Do we really need Lowe’s and Home Depot, Staples and Office Depot, Best Buy Thomas K. Arnold’s e-mail address is tarnold@questex.com MARKETING Marketing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Research ……………………… 30 Tyler Perry strikes again on the home video sales chart with Lionsgate’s The Family That Preys seizing the top spot, while Sony Pictures’ Pineapple Reviews ………………………… How does The Bourne Trilogy hold up on Blu-ray? Express rode off with the No. 1 rental. How will audiences of family and faith-based films respond to Fireproof? Does The Matador offer insight Top 20 Sellers …………………………… 30 into the controversial sport of bullfighing? Top 20 Rentals …………………………… 30 The “Bourne” trilogy lands on Blu-ray. I PEVE DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT For the second year, Europe’s longest-running home video conference teams with global media analysts Screen Digest in an effort to address key issues facing the global home entertainment industry. 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