

GameStop Corporation (nyseGME) is an American (United States) video game and entertainment software retailer. The company, whose headquarters are in Grapevine, Texas (a suburb of Fort Worth), United States, operates 6,200 retail stores throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Austria, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, Portugal, and in Sweden. GameStop opened around 400 new stores for the 2009 business year.
The company operates retail stores under the name GameStop, EB Games, Babbages, Micromania, MovieStop, and Funcoland. In addition, the company runs two e-commerce (Electronic commerce) websites, GameStop.com and EBgames.com, and also Game Informer magazine, GameStops proprietary video and computer game publication. In addition to video and computer games, GameStop sells magazines, strategy guides, and other related merchandise. A major source of the companys profit is also buying used games from its customers and selling them back at a profit. Citation neededdate=April 2010
Company Name: GameStop Corporation
Company Logo: Image:GameStop.svg
Company Type: Public (Public company) (nyseGME)
Foundation: 1984 (as ''Babbage's'') in Dallas, TX (Dallas)
Birth Location: Grapevine, Texas, Grapevine, TX, United States, U.S.
Key People: Dick Fontaine (Executive Chairman), Daniel DeMatteo (CEO), J. Paul Raines (COO), Cathy Smith (CFO)
Industry: Electronics stores
Revenue: profit $8.8 billion USD (United States dollar) (2008)
Num Employees: 48,000
Homepage: gamestop.com