Video World Superstore closes for last time

NORTH CANAAN — Less than a year after pulling Video World Superstore back from the brink of closing, owner John Evans is closing the doors.

Back in December, after a close scrutiny of the business, Evans said he believed he could make it work, despite the competition with rental trends such as vending machines and online subscriptions.  

Former owners Bob and Brenda Drake, who ran the business for six years, were ready to close, citing monthly losses. Evans, a Salisbury resident, said at the time that he planned to continue to patronize the dedicated video store, and thought many others would do the same.

Impulse buyers, he believed, don’t want to order videos and have to wait for them to arrive in the mail.

“The last three months, I’ve been losing money,� Evans said this week. “I don’t understand it. I knew it would be tough, but I thought it could work.�

All videos at the store are for sale at greatly discounted prices. The store will close in two weeks or less.

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