The Video USA movie rental chain is closing all of its stores, according to employees at two of its Baton Rouge locations. The chain has seven stores in Louisiana and Mississippi, according to its Web site, including locations on West Lee Drive, Florida Boulevard, Greenwell Springs Road and Range Avenue in Denham Springs. Everything at all the stores is on sale, including the fixtures, and plans are to close by Jan 1, the employees say. Video stores have been hit hard recently by on-demand movies, Netflix-type delivery services and Redbox vending machines; the Major Video at Perkins and Acadian closed in September, and the Blockbuster just north of LSU is slated to close Jan. 10.—David Jacobs
Video USA going out of business
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