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Latest Round Of GameStop Closings Involves 5 Connecticut Locations
More Connecticut GameStop outlets are being shut down. Here are the exact locations.
The latest round of GameStop closings involves five Connecticut locations.
A somber tone seemed to have taken over a staffer at the Enfield location, who did confirm the store was shut down Sunday. The Enfield GameStop was located at 90 Elm St. at the Enfield Square Mall.
Other locations that are done include, according to a corporate list:
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- In Lisbon, at 157 River Rd. (closing on Jan. 7)
- In Newington at 2997 Berlin Turnpike (Closing on Jan. 14)
- In Stratford at 411 Barnum Ave. (closed)
- In Waterbury at the Brass Mills Mall, 495 Union St. (closed)
In filings, GameStop has announced plans for a "significant" number of additional store closures in the fiscal year ending in February 2026. They are following nearly 600 U.S. store closures during fiscal year 2024, as part of a "broad store portfolio optimization" due to market shifts toward digital gaming and "underperformance."
The strategy involves reducing the brick and mortar footprint while also exploring new revenue streams, according to the filings.
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In an earnings report released on Sept. 10, 2024 GameStop indicated revenue struggles.
It had fallen short of financial expectations for its second quarter, giving investors cause to hesitate, leading to a stock price decline. Earnings commentary also cited more gamers turning toward the use of online game stores that easily hook up with newer consoles, according to the filing.
In 2024 six stores fell off the Connecticut landscape — Danbury, Groton, Naugatuck, Rocky Hill, Stamford and Waterford — but it was all shrouded in a bit of mystery.
Calls to the stores in Rocky Hill and Stamford were answered by a centralized system, which asked for a prompt to speak with a store associate. The phone then rings several times before an automated voice suggested calling back in "a few minutes" because associates are "busy" with other customers.
Call-backs about 15 minutes later were met with the same go-around.
The same went for the Naugatuck location when a call was placed.
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