The video rental industry ... The communal aspect of the video store is one of the big draws for 23-year-old Paducah native Ash Culp, one of Turner’s most devoted customers.
Irene Kim: At its peak in the late '90s, Blockbuster owned over 9,000 video-rental stores in the United States, employed 84,000 people worldwide, and had 65 million registered customers.