She keeps it as a resource for the community, but has thought about ending rentals, Osborn said. Northview Video in Aberdeen still keeps a couple of shelves dedicated to DVDs, but owner Marian Osborn transitioned to selling party supplies in 2007 and has continued to shrink her video rental inventory. Movies in Rapid City are some of the other holdouts in an increasingly shrinking field. Video Plus is one of South Dakota's last stand-alone video rental stores. He also began selling DVDs from his inventory of 17,000 movies. "These things make it difficult to run a business that really has survived the digital age because of customer service," he said.Īhlers is planning to close Video Plus in mid-March, but recently had his last day of rentals, the Argus Leader reported. And then Disney – which is merging with Fox – refused to sell to him directly, Ahlers said. Orders from vendors started coming late and mixed-up. Posters and marketing materials went away a while ago. Hollywood wasn't supporting his needs as the owner of a video rental store. Instead, mounting supply-side problems prompted his decision to shutter Video Plus, Ahlers said. When national behemoths such as Blockbuster folded under competition from Netflix, Redbox and online streaming, his store held its own because he established a strong bond with customers, Ahlers said. All rights reserved.Updated: 3 years ago / Posted Mar 11, 2019ĭELL RAPIDS (AP) – It wasn't the digital era that forced Dan Ahlers to close his video rental store.
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