Movie Gallery news

As MyWeaverville pointed out, Movie Gallery in Weaverville has appearently closed up shop which seems to be a theme lately for the nation's second-largest movie rental company. Empty storefronts can be seen in Leicester, Hendersonville and other Western North Carolina towns as well. Here's a link to a Bloomberg article with information about the chain's decision to continue to close stores across the nation. Movie Gallery appears to have many of the same ailments facing Blockbuster as they both had late reactions to the online/Netflix movement as well as the $1 Redbox kiosks