Video rental, arcades, and music/movie retailers that couldn’t survive the digital turn.

• Aladdin's Castle

  ✨ Fate: other Discount home goods for 49 years, closed all stores in 2023

  1976–2003 🏷️ Retail

• Blockbuster

  💥 Fate: bankruptcy 9,000 stores at peak, killed by Netflix and late fees

  1985–2014 🏷️ Retail

• Sam Goody

  💥 Fate: bankruptcy Chart walls and CD singles at every mall, gone by 2006

  1951–2006 🏷️ Retail

• Tower Records

  💥 Fate: bankruptcy Music mecca with 200 stores, killed by iTunes and piracy

  1960–2006 🏷️ Retail