- published: 08 Jun 2016
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Redbox is an American company that specializes in the rental of DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, and video games via automated retail kiosks. As of the end of June 2011, Redbox had over 33,000 kiosks in over 27,800 locations.
Kiosks feature the company's signature red color and arched top surface, visible in the corporate logo, and are located across the United States at grocery stores, pharmacies, mass retailers, convenience stores, and fast food restaurants. The company announced in February 2012 it will set up a few hundred kiosks in Canada in the coming months to decide whether to jump fully into the Canadian market.
A subsidiary of Coinstar Inc., Redbox had 34.5% market share of discs rented, as of Q2 2011, as stated by the NPD Group.
Redbox Automated Retail LLC was initially funded by McDonald's Corp. In 2002, the company placed four automated convenience store kiosks, that sold grocery items such as milk, eggs, and sandwiches, and 11 DVD rental kiosks in Washington Metropolitan Area locations. While Redbox withdrew the grocery kiosks within a year, the DVD-rental kiosks it had also installed in the area succeeded, and the company changed its focus to that market. In 2005, Coinstar bought 47 percent of the company for $32 million. In early 2008, Coinstar exercised an option to increase its share from 47% to 51%. In February 2009, Coinstar paid McDonald’s and other shareholders between $169 and $176 million for the remainder of the company.
Felt like dying here today In this place that holds no trace of nights with you When I loved you
Ah, give it to me
This bed feels liks a grave today Memory smells as sharp as hell Why don't you pull me through Like you used to
We were so close my little rose We put behind the years that froze Put behind the years so full of fears We put behind the years that froze
Ah, give it to me 2x
Saw the smile of death today Seems so strange to hear your name Right in my ear Like you were here
Ah, give it to me
A chill went down my vein today I need your blood to warm me up But you're away What an awfull day
We were so close my little rose We put behind the years that froze Put behind the years so full of fears We put behind the years that froze
Ah, give it to me. Ah, give it to me.
We were so close my little rose We put behind the years that froze Put behind the years so full of fears Put behind the years that froze
Ah, give it to me Ah, give it to me Ah, give it to me.