Hastings Entertainment, Inc. - HAST- Profile

Hastings Entertainment, Inc.. The Group's principal activity is to operate a chain of retail superstores in 20 states, primarily in the Western and Midwestern United States. It operates entertainment superstores that sell, trade and rent various home entertainment products, including books, music, software, periodicals, new and used CDs, DVDs, books, video games and videocassettes, video game consoles and DVD players. It also operate a multimedia entertainment e-commerce Web site offering a broad selection of books, music, software, videocassettes, video games and DVDs. At 31-Oct-2006, the Group operated 154 superstores in small-to medium sized markets located in 20 states. Trademarks of the Group are Hastings Books Music Video, Hastings Your Entertainment Superstore, Hard Back Cafe and Hastings Discover Your Entertainment. Merchandise Sales accounted for 83% of 2005 revenues and Rental Video Sales, 17%