Well it has been quite a while since I have posted on this blog, my new business has kept me very busy. However, on a whim today I thought that I would take a look at the EzyDVD Website and see what is going on.

Looking through the “Visit our Stores” section I counted only 18 Bricks and Mortar stores left. 17 of these are Franchisee owned and only 1 is company owned. When EzyDVD went into receivership last December there were 58 stores including 32 owned by Franchisees. So what has happened to all the stores?

15 stores that were franchised in December 2008 are either closed completely as is in Canberra, or have jumped ship to another Franchise Chain. In my post of January 10, 2009 I speculated that a buyer of the EzyDVD chain may have been more interested in the online arm of the business that the physical stores and a nearly 70% reduction in the number of stores would tend to support that thought.

I hope for the sake of the Franchisees that they have been picked up another franchise group, as if they folded due to lack of profitability then they may be in a world of hurt.

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