GameStop Corporation is an American video game and entertainment software retailer. The company, whose headquarters is in Grapevine, Texas, United States, operates 6,700 retail stores throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and in the United Kingdom. GameStop opened around 400 new stores for the 2009 business year. The company operates retail stores under the names GameStop, EB Games, Babbage's, Software ETC, Micromania, MovieStop, Planet X and... FuncoLand. In addition, the company runs three e-commerce websites , Flash game site Kongregate, Jolt Online Gaming, and Game Informer magazine, GameStop's proprietary video and computer game publication. In addition to video and computer games, GameStop sells magazines, strategy guides, and other related merchandise. In the fiscal year ending May 2010, 48.1% of GameStop's profits came from the sale of used video game products. GameStop traces its roots to Babbage's, a small software retailer that started in Dallas, Texas in 1984.
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| NYSE symbol: | GME |
| Founded: | 2000 |
| Headquarters: | Grapevine |
| Annual revenue: | $8,805,900,000 |
| Net income: | $398,280,000 |
| Operating income: | $443,500,000 |
| Market cap: | $10,000,000,000 |
| Industries: | Computer and Computer Software Stores |