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Article: Meeting the challenge.(VB high profile: Movie Gallery 20th anniversary)(Joe Malugen, president Movie Gallery Inc.)(Interview)
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- Video Business
- Article date:
- January 31, 2005
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Movie Gallery chairman, president and CEO Joe Malugen has overseen the company's growth through acquisitions and new store openings, all while seeing to it that the chain remains focused on its core customer base in rural and secondary markets. Malugen talked about the thinking that went into Movie Gallery's decision to buy Hollywood Entertainment and how the small-town home entertainment expert anticipates managing its largest merger to date, along with the major move into metropolitan markets.
VB: Can you give us some insight into the process that led up to your decision to acquire Hollywood Entertainment, a deal that, if completed, would have a dramatic impact ...