How to keep an establishment that is closing, OPEN.?

There is a Gamestore, ';GameCrazy'; where I live. Gamecrazy is affiliated with ';Hollywood Video'; the holldywood video by me is closing, so therefore gamecrazy is as well. Ive called in numbers, left messages with directors, and all sorts of stuff, wrote a letter to them through a survey. and its only been 4 days but i only have a month and a half.


I need to know how to KEEP this store open, im a regular customer and im probably going to start a petition and get as many names as I can. this store has been here 7 years and I dont want it to leave. They have the BEST prices around and the BEST service, everyone there is a great friend of mine and I cant let this place go under just because its attached to an affiliate company.


when I call in they all say that there is nothing i can do, BUT I KNOW BETTER.


one person can make a difference and I wont let this place get shut down. but I do need help and know-how. so please tell me what steps I must take to ensure this place stays!


thank youHow to keep an establishment that is closing, OPEN.?
As a customer, you can't keep it open. The parent company is bankrupt. The ';good'; news is that it is Chapter 11, which means re-organization. They're closing about 1/3 of all their stores, not all of them. There should be a Hollywood Video/GameCrazy store that will stay open (if they've decided to keep servicing your area at all.)





The reason you can't keep it open as a customer is that the management is now in survival mode. They're facing loss of the entire company. They're perfectly willing to sacrifice some consumer goodwill and marketshare just to keep the company afloat. Also, management is no longer in control of the company. Company creditors and the bankruptcy court have to approve all actions like keeping specific (usually money-losing) stores open.





About all you can do is to try to buy out the store, name, and assets, and run it yourself. Hollywood Video does offer franchise opportunities. You'd have to buy one and get them to agree to keep it in the location that is closing. (At that point, you're no longer acting as a customer, but as an owner.)