DVD rental company Redbox shutting down Canadian operation
Posted February 5, 2015 2:43 pm.
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TORONTO (NEWS1130) – DVD and Blu-ray rental company Redbox is shutting down its Canadian operations and pulling its rental kiosks out of Canada.
Chicago-based Redbox announced Thursday that it made the decision after failing to generate sufficient business at its 1,400 rental kiosks across the country.
In a telephone interview from Los Angeles, company president Mark Horak said the last date for rentals will be Feb. 13, with the last return date on March 5.
Most of the kiosks and their contents are expected to be removed and returned to the United States by the end of March.
Asked how many employees and contractors would be affected by the shutdown, Horak would say only “very few.”
Redbox landed in Canada in mid-2012 and set up most of its machines at grocery and convenience stores.
