GameStop sells Micromania-Zing to Franco-Québécois consortium
- Location
- France (300+ stores) · 🇫🇷 France / USA / Canada
- Sector
- Retail
- Organisations
- Konsortium franko-québécischer Unternehmer (u.a. Stephan Tétrault) ↔ Micromania-Zing (bisher GameStop)
- Transaction
- Divestiture / carve-out
- Volume
- not disclosed
- Status
- completed
GameStop has sold its French subsidiary Micromania-Zing (300+ stores, ~6m customers, part of the group since 2008) to a consortium of four Franco-Québécois entrepreneurs. After months of uncertainty over the chain's future, it is to be repositioned around merchandise, trading cards and pop culture; a flagship store is planned for October 2026. The purchase price was not disclosed.
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