Defunct Brands in Retail/Entertainment — Data-Driven List
Explore 4 discontinued or defunct brands in Retail/Entertainment. Quick timelines, fate, and links to each profile.
This page is generated automatically from our brand dataset. Entries are sorted by the most recent closure (or earliest known activity when end year is unknown).
- Aladdin's Castle 1976–2021 • After Namco USA closed in 2021, the brand's last surviving location in Quincy, Illinois was acquired by CTM Group and rebranded as "At the Pier Arcade." The Aladdin's Castle name is fully retired, though the physical space continues operating under new ownership.Retail/Entertainment
- Blockbuster Video 1985–2014 • Filed Chapter 11 in Oct 2010. Most corporate stores closed by 2014 after asset sale to DISH Network. An independently owned franchise store in Bend, Oregon remains as a novelty.Retail/Entertainment
- Sam Goody 1951–2006 • The Musicland Group, which owned Sam Goody, filed for bankruptcy in January 2006. Most Sam Goody locations closed or were rebranded as FYE by Trans World Entertainment.Retail/Entertainment
- Tower Records 1960–2006 • Tower Records filed for bankruptcy in 2004, restructured, then filed again in 2006. All US stores closed by late 2006. Some Tower-branded stores outside the US kept running under separate ownership. The Tower Records name later came back as an online store.Retail/Entertainment