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NeoStar Retail Group (1994–1996) [ edit] Babbage's merged with Software Etc., an Edina, Minnesota -based retailer that specialized in personal computing software, to create NeoStar Retail Group in 1994.
Neostar Retail Group, Inc. sells consumer software products. The Company markets personal computer entertainment, productivity and reference software, education, video game systems, and...
1994 Merger with Software Etc., Creating NeoStar Retail Group. Babbage's entered 1994 with a 300-store chain and plans to open between 30 and 40 more stores that year. As a result of holiday season price reductions, Babbage's stores had substantially reduced their inventory.
In 1996, NeoStar Retail Group Inc., then owner of Software Etc. and Babbage's, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and put the two chains up for sale. By November, NeoStar had failed to find a buyer and announced that all 707 stores owned by the company would close in the next year. [10]
Nov 27, 1996 · A group of investors led by the founder of bookstore chain Barnes & Noble has acquired the assets of Neostar Retail Group, a 460-software chain of stores that operates under the names Babbage's...
1984 - Babbage's founded as a small software retailer in Dallas, Texas. 1994 - Babbage's merges with Software Etc. to form NeoStar Retail Group. 1996 - NeoStar Retail Group changes name to Babbage's Etc. 1999 - Babbage's Etc. is acquired by Barnes & Noble and rebranded as GameStop.
Free and open company data on Texas (US) company NEOSTAR RETAIL GROUP, INC. (company number 0010251806), 2250 WILLIAM D TATE AVE, Grapevine, TX, 76051.
Neostar Retail Group, Inc. filed as a Foreign For-Profit Corporation in the State of Texas and is no longer active. This corporate entity was filed approximately thirty years ago on Monday, November 21, 1994 , according to public records filed with Texas Secretary of State.
Nov 12, 1996 · After failing to secure other financing, Neostar Retail Group of Dallas, which operates the Babbage's Inc. and Software Etc. Inc. software stores, said yesterday that it would auction off its...
Nov 28, 1996 · Neostar Retail Group Inc. said yesterday that it had sold most of its software stores for $58.5 million and would close the rest. A director of Neostar, Leonard Riggio, formed Software...
