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Redbox Automated Retail, LLC specializes in DVD, Blu-ray, and video game rentals via automated retail kiosks. As of the end of November 2012, Redbox had over 42,000 kiosks at more than 34,000 locations.〔(Redbox Careers ) Retrieved Aug. 1, 2013.〕 Redbox kiosks feature the company's signature red color and are located at convenience stores, fast food restaurants, grocery stores, mass retailers, and pharmacies. The company announced in February 2012 the deployment of kiosks in Canada to test the Canadian market.In an email on February 5th, 2015, Redbox announced they would be shutting down their Canadian operation citing low demand.〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=Redbox Canada )〕 The last day for rentals in Canada was February 13, 2015 and the last day for returns was March 5, 2015 when all Canadian machines were shut off and sent to various stores in the USA. Redbox had 47.8% market share of the physical rental market, as of Q1 2013, as stated by the NPD Group.〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=April 25, 2013 )〕 ==History== Redbox Automated Retail LLC was initially funded by McDonald's Corporation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.coinstarinc.com/brands/redbox )〕 In 2002, the company placed four automated convenience store kiosks that sold grocery items such as milk, eggs, and sandwiches as well as 11 DVD-rental kiosks in Washington Metropolitan Area locations. Redbox withdrew the grocery kiosks within a year, but the DVD-rental kiosks 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.〔(Redbox Gets Bought: Another Success For Good Service At A Good Price ) Techdirt〕 The company surpassed Blockbuster in 2007 in number of U.S. locations,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Kioskmarketplace.com, November 26, 2007 )〕 passed 100 million rentals in February 2008,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Kioskmarketplace.com, February 2008 )〕 and passed 1 billion rentals in September 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Gigaom.com, September 6, 2010 )〕 Competitors include Netflix and Blockbuster. In Q2 2011, kiosks accounted for 36 percent of the disc rental market, with 38 percent of that attributable to rent-by-mail services and 25 percent to traditional stores, according to the NPD Group. As of Q2 2011, 68 percent of the U.S. population lives within a five-minute drive of a Redbox kiosk. The numbers for Q2 2013 shows that the Redbox rentals had surpassed 50 percent of the total disc rentals in the country.〔(Redbox controls 50% disc-rental share )〕 Mitch Lowe joined Redbox in 2003 after spending five years as a cofounder of Netflix. At Redbox, he started first as a consultant and then as VP of Purchasing & Operations. In 2005, he became the Chief Operating Officer of Redbox. Lowe had experimented in 1982 with a short-lived VHS movie vending company named Video Droid. Mitch Lowe was named President of Redbox in April 2009. In July 2010, Redbox announced that they were beginning to rent Blu-ray movies at 13,000 kiosks nationwide, and Blu-ray Discs were available across the Redbox network by the fall of 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = redbox.com, July 29, 2010 )〕 In October 2010, the company began testing video game rentals in Reno, Nevada; Orlando, Florida; Stevens Point, Wisconsin; Austin, Texas; Wilmington, North Carolina; and Corvallis, Oregon. In June 2011, Redbox launched video game rentals nationwide. Games for all major platforms are offered, including Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. In February 2012, Redbox announced the purchase of former competitor Blockbuster Express (NCR) for $100 million. The acquisition included over 10,000 DVD kiosks, certain retailer contracts, and DVD inventory. As part of the agreement, Redbox entered a supplier arrangement of purchasing product and services from NCR. On June 27, 2012, Redbox sent an email to its customers announcing that it had completed the purchase of Blockbuster Express on June 23. In 2012, Redbox's founder, Gregg Kaplan, exited Coinstar as president and COO of Redbox. Anne Saunders became the new president of Redbox. In July 2013, Redbox announced its 3 billionth rental of a disc, counting both movies and games. On October 7, 2013, Barry Rosenstein's hedge fund JANA Partners filed a 13D on shares of Outerwall (OUTR) and has disclosed a new 13.5% ownership stake in OUTR with 3,777,995 shares. The activist 13D filing includes that JANA expects to talk with management. In particular, they want to focus on "a review of strategic alternatives including exploring a strategic transaction, selling or discontinuing certain businesses, or pursuing a sale."〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=October 7, 2013 )〕 The founder of the hedge fund Jana Partners Barry Rosenstein told "Closing Bell", about Redbox, the company is "gushing with cash".〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=December 10, 2013 )〕 On December 9, 2013, Outerwall cut 8.5% of workforce. Redbox now offers Xbox One and PlayStation 4 games. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Redbox」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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