Family Video, the suburban Chicago-based video rental chain that outlasted Blockbuster, VHS tapes and the “be kind, rewind” mantra, is closing its stores and calling it quits after 42 years. The chain ...

I cleaned out a cabinet a few years ago and found a stack of old Super 8 tapes. I’ll never forget the way Mom’s face lit up after I digitized videos of her late brother Harold Jr.’s wedding.

The advantages that huge corporations enjoy don’t require a macroeconomics degree to name: Better selection through massive logistics systems, vicious 365-day-a-year hours (because they can afford to ...

Video stores not so long ago thrived in almost every neighborhood and small town. Screens showed new releases while customers browsed aisles of comedy, drama and documentary films displayed by genre ...