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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electronics Stores |
| Founded | 1977 (as Electronics Boutique) King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Headquarters | Grapevine, Texas, U.S. As an independent company: West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania |
Key people |
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| Products | Video games, computer games, optical discs, video game consoles |
| Parent | GameStop |
EB Games (formerly known as Electronics Boutique, EBX, and EB World) was an American computer and video games retailer. First established as an American company in 1977 by James Kim[1] with a single electronics-focused location in the King of Prussia mall near Philadelphia, the company later grew into an international corporation. EB Games's parent company, GameStop, has its headquarters in Grapevine, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.[2] When Electronics Boutique was an independent company, its headquarters was in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania,[3][4] near West Chester.[5][6]
The EB Games brand is defunct in the United States & Canada but still operates in Australia and New Zealand. GameStop also operates certain stores under the "EBX" brand.
- ^ "The World's Billionaires: #721 James Kim & family". Forbes. March 3, 2010.
Net worth: $1.4 billion
- ^ "Contact Us Archived 2012-01-22 at the Wayback Machine." GameStop. Retrieved on August 11, 2010.
- ^ Moran, Sarah E. "County jobless rate worsens Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine." Daily Local News. Tuesday November 1, 2005. Retrieved on August 11, 2010.
- ^ "Contact." Electronic Boutique. June 11, 2004. Retrieved on August 11, 2010. "931 South Matlack St. West Chester, PA 19382."
- ^ "Corporate Office Positions." Electronic Boutique. June 9, 2001. Retrieved on August 11, 2010.
- ^ "West Goshen township, Chester County, Pennsylvania Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 11, 2010.