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Revenue
Jan 31 2008
$547.6M
Profit
Jan 31 2008
$10.2M
Market Cap
Oct 09 2008
$47.7M

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  • Results of Research Institute's Bookstore Study To Be Announced at BookExpo America

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  • Rental stores mine niches.

    By Susanne Ault Breadth driven by online rivals Online rental services are changing the way bricks-and-mortar rental stores stock their shelves. Indie rentailers and smaller chains are building their collections of traditionally small rental genres such as...

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  • DVD, electronics lift Hastings Q1.

    By Susanne Ault Hastings Entertainment boosted profits in its fiscal 2007 first-quarter, due mostly to growth in DVD and electronics. During the three months ended April 30, Hastings earned $2.5 million in net income. That marks a 29%...

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  • Taking a Closer Look at Hastings Entertainment Inc.

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  • Tulsa-based Excel Energy Technologies Ltd. receives Hastings

    Excel Energy Technologies Ltd. has been awarded a five-year contract to provide wireless facilities management systems and service at 73 Hastings Entertainment stores. The new contract was awarded after Tulsa-based Excel installed systems at 17 other Hastings locations last year. Amarillo-based Hastings operates 154...

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  • Secret out in the open.

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  • People Briefs.

    By Staff Kirkland's Taps Ostler Staff Home decor specialty retailer Kirkland's has hired Jeff Ostler as vp, director of stores, reporting directly to Cathy David, president and coo of 340-store Kirkland's. ...

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  • Hastings sees potential in catalog.(Hastings Entertainment Inc.)(Financial report)(Brief article)

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  • Faster game flow still not up to speed.

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  • Great Canadian Gaming Corporation: Hastings Goodwill Write Down.

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  • 2006 ends on upswing.(Statistical data)

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  • Stores trade used high-def.

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    Articles 2006-11-27

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  • Incorporated: 1968
  • CEO: Mr. John H. Marmaduke

Hastings Entertainment is a multimedia entertainment retailer. Co. operates entertainment superstores that buy, sell, trade, and rent various home entertainment products, including books, music, software, periodicals, new and used CDs, DVDs, video games, video game consoles, and electronics, as well as consumables and trends products such as apparel, t-shirts, action figures, posters, greeting cards, and seasonal merchandise. At Mar 31 2008, Co. operated 153 stores in medium-sized markets located in 20 states mainly in the Western and Midwestern U.S. Co. also operates a multimedia entertainment e-commerce web site offering a selection of books, music, software, videos, video games and DVDs.

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Hastings Entertainment Inc. Company Info

Board of Directors

Mr. John H. Marmaduke

Chairman

Mrs. Daryl L. Lansdale

Mr. Frank O. Marrs

Ms. Ann S. Lieff

Mr. Danny W. Gurr

Mr. Jeffrey G. Shrader

Contact Information

3601 Plains Boulevard

Amarillo, TX

http://www.gohastings.com

806 351-2300

NAICS Code

Prerecorded Tape, Compact Disc, and Record Stores: 451220

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