Video Ezy
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| Industry | Home Entertainment |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Headquarters | Australia |
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Area served
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Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia |
| Products | Retailing and renting of DVD, Blu-ray, Video Games, and Digital content |
| Website | VideoEzy.com.au |
Video Ezy is an Australian-based rental and retail chain, offering DVD, Blu-ray and Video Games and other digital content. The brand consists of less than 40 franchised stores within Australia and around 700 kiosks. At its peak, Video Ezy had over 500 stores. In the 1980s and 90s, the company expanded into Asia.
Between 2011 and 2014, Video Ezy entered the online market and launched rental kiosks. Consumer prices to rent are much lower, no membership cards are required, and DVDs and Blu-rays can be returned to any kiosk machine nationwide.
Video Ezy commenced trading in 1983, when Kevin Slater opened his first store in the Sydney suburb of Hurstville renting out a small selection of VHS and Betamax format movies. The first franchised store opened in September 1984 at Miranda. The franchisees at Miranda were Peter McLaughlin and Bill Coe. Other stores to open in quick succession were in the Sydney suburbs of Bankstown, Liverpool and Chatswood. In the majority of these stores, Kevin funded 50% of the capital required to open. By 1986, Video Ezy comprised 18 stores, and by August 1987, there were 34 stores located across New South Wales and Queensland. Expansion followed throughout other Australian states before opening its first international location in Auckland, New Zealand in 1988, with the Master Licence commencing in 1991 under Video Ezy International. In March 1999, Video Ezy Australasia Pty Ltd expanded into the Asian market with its first outlet opening in Bangkok, Thailand.
In late 2000, Video Ezy introduced EzyRetail, a video store specific point of sale Windows-based system exclusively used by Video Ezy. The software was first developed by Radek Soucek and Robert Gongorra and allowed information to be centrally created and pushed down the line to stores, both as real-time and locally stored data. It provided comprehensive reporting capabilities, inventory management and collection abilities, giving the store network one of the most comprehensive databases in retail history. This new system replaced VideoMinder, a then DOS-based system once used by Blockbuster and some older Video Ezy franchisees.
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