Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Film Why Has Park Slope Lost Another Video Store?
Posted by Henry Stewart on Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:10 AM
I contacted the store's owner, Christine Kim, to ask what had happened. "The store had a good run almost seven years, and I am grateful for that," she wrote in an email. "It's time to move on and hope our patrons will understand. Thanks to them we were able to be in business this long." A sign on the door of the store is a bit more candid: "unfortunately, we could no longer compete with the power of the internet."
Two years ago, Kim and I spoke about her customer base and how it kept her open, but she also said that base was shrinking. "It's our loyal customers who sustain us," she wrote then. "However, our demographics are changing a lot, so the the more well-rounded film lover or artist is replaced with a more homogeneous or gentrified community, who are more into blockbuster titles and mainstream movies."
Get Reel Video is just a DVD's throw from the new Barclays Center. Did its opening herald the official start of a new era in North Slope, one without room for Triangle Sports and independent video stores? Or was it just a coincidence that a doomed business model wasn't able to hang on past February 2013?
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