It's still going strong The world’s last ever Blockbuster store is still open, despite commercial pressures that the ongoing coronavirus crisis has brought to retail stores around the world.
The 20-year-old store in Bend, Oregon, is the last remaining store in the once popular video rental chain. During the pandemic, the store has managed to remain open and keep all its staff employed after introducing new safety measures for staff and customers.
The store’s general manager, Sandi Harding told Vice News about how they managed to make the store safe: “Everybody would be converging in the same area…I wasn’t able to keep people apart, and I thought ‘Well, this isn’t going to work.’ ” However, after closing for several days, the store