M&A Deal Summary

GameStop Acquires Spring Mobile

On November 21, 2013, GameStop acquired retailer Spring Mobile

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GameStop’s 3rd transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is GameStop’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is GameStop’s 1st transaction in Utah.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-11-21
Target Spring Mobile
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) GameStop
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Spring Mobile

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Spring Mobile is a wireless retailer operating 200+ stores across the United States.

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Buyer(S) 1

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GameStop

Grapevine, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Retail
Employees12,000
Revenue 5.3B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
GameStop's corporate headquarters in Grapevine, Texas.
GameStop's corporate headquarters in Grapevine, Texas.

GameStop is a video game and entertainment software retailer. GameStop was founded in 1996 and is based in Grapevine, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 11
Sector (Retail) 3 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 7
State (Utah) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 7 of 9
Year (2013) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-22 BuyMyTronics

Denver, Colorado, United States

BuyMyTronics, an online electronics recommerce company. BuyMyTronics specializing in buying and selling used electronics.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-02 Think Geek

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Geeknet, Inc. owns and operates Think Geek, an online retailer of video game themed merchandise.

Buy $140M
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