Subj : "Highly profitable" Bay Street Video store n Toronto thrives To : All From : Ogg Date : Sat Jun 18 2022 21:23:00 "Highly profitable" Bay Street Video store n Toronto thrives despite mainstream consumer shift. "Located at 1172 Bay Street in Toronto at the base of a 1980s luxury condominium tower, customers can walk into a time machine to rent or buy their favourite movie for the weekend. The location of the video store has been around for 40 years and changed ownership in 1993 to Bay Street Video. Now, the retailer is known to have the largest DVD collection in Toronto. "We are a very profitable store, we view ourselves as the little store that could," says Dwayne Aylward, the Bay Street Video store manager. "In this city, you see these types of stores closing, and we are thriving. It really confuses people when they find out we exist." "Bay Street Video has close to 40,000 titles, a number you can't find anywhere else. "Customers can find newer movies, or you can buy an 80s classic - there is something for everyone. Bay Street Video has the largest collection in Toronto, and even possibly Canada says Aylward. They offer thousands of titles in DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K UltraHD. "Video stores are becoming a dying industry and as streaming services are on the rise, Bay Street Video is having a harder time getting new releases on DVD. "The biggest challenge is a lot of newer movies these days are only available on streaming service," says Aylward. "People are hearing about a movie, and we have to say that movie is only available on Apple or Netflix. The hope is a company will get the rights to the movie and put it out on DVD, but that is not always the case." More to the story, with some photos: https://retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2022/06/highly- profitable-bay-street-video-store-in-toronto-thrives-despite- mainstream-consumer-shift-interview/ https://bbs.lc/Y2z2C --- OpenXP 5.0.51 * Origin: Ogg's Dovenet Point (723:320/1.9) þ Synchronet þ CAPCITY2 * capcity2.synchro.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/Rlogin/HTTP .