GameStop

American video game retailer
Organization business Q202210
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GameStop is a Delaware corporation [1] founded on August 20, 1980 . The organization operates within the retail industry .

Headquartered in Grapevine , the company focuses its business operations on video game products .

GameStop

Summary

GameStop is a business[1]. GameStop ranks in the top 0.02% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,219 views/month, #6 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • GameStop is in the country of United States[3].
  • GameStop's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • GameStop's instance of is recorded as enterprise[5].
  • GameStop's instance of is recorded as brick and mortar[6].
  • GameStop's instance of is recorded as retail chain[7].
  • GameStop's instance of is recorded as public company[8].
  • GameStop's headquarters location is recorded as Grapevine[9].
  • GameStop's Commons category is recorded as GameStop[10].
  • GameStop's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[11].
  • GameStop's industry is recorded as retail[12].
  • August 20, 1980 marks the founding of GameStop[13].
  • GameStop's location of formation is recorded as Dallas[14].
  • GameStop's significant event is recorded as GameStop short squeeze[15].
  • GameStop's official website is recorded as https://www.gamestop.com/[16].
  • GameStop's topic's main category is recorded as Category:GameStop[17].
  • GameStop's product or material produced is recorded as video game[18].
  • GameStop's replaces is recorded as FuncoLand[19].
  • GameStop's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GameStop Corp.'}[20].
  • GameStop's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Power to the Players'}[21].
  • GameStop's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation[22].
  • GameStop's owner of is recorded as Q27197[23].
  • GameStop's owner of is recorded as ThinkGeek[24].
  • GameStop's owner of is recorded as Kongregate[25].
  • GameStop's owner of is recorded as Micromania-Zing[26].
  • GameStop's owner of is recorded as Simply Mac[27].

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Founding

August 20, 1980 marks the founding of GameStop[13]. GameStop's location of formation is recorded as Dallas[14].

Identity

GameStop's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GameStop Corp.'}[20].

Operations

GameStop's headquarters location is recorded as Grapevine[9].

Industry

GameStop's industry is recorded as retail[12].

Ownership

GameStop's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[11]. GameStop's product or material produced is recorded as video game[18].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for GameStop include GameStop short squeeze[28], a short squeeze[29], in United States[30].

Why It Matters

GameStop ranks in the top 0.02% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,219 views/month, #6 of 29,529).[2] GameStop has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] GameStop is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for GameStop include GameStop short squeeze[28], a short squeeze[29], in United States[30].

References

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . money.cnn.com. Retrieved . money.cnn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Global LEI Index. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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