Blockbuster in administration
DVD rental chain Blockbuster Entertainment is to fall into administration again after suffering from poor trading, its private equity owner Gordon Brothers Europe said.
Blockbuster attempts to reassure customers on Twitter
Blockbuster has responded to worried customers on Twitter, reassuring them that trading will continue as normal and insisting it was technically not in administration.
The group's UK Twitter account informed followers that its online store was also trading as normal.
However, it later responded to queries concerning online pre-orders by advising customers to write to the group's UK head office.
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