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2006 VSDA RETAILERS OF THE YEAR

iDEA Award Recipients -
George Atkinson (Single Store): Movie Merchants, Sonoma, CA; Video Quest, Joliet, IL, Video Zone, S Deerfield, MA
2-4 Stores: The People's Choice Video Express, Waukegan, IL
5+ Stores: Backstage Video, Bridgewater, VA

Past Awardees of VSDA's  Retailer of the Year  1990-2004

1990

Independent/Small Chain Video Store (1-5 Stores):      Movies Unlimited,  Philadelphia PA

Mid-Sized Video Store Chain (6-20  stores):                 Applause Video,  Raleigh NC

Large Video Store Chain (21+ stores):                        RKO  Warner Video, New York NY

1991

Independent/Small Chain Video Store (1-5 Stores):      Video Adventure    

Mid-Sized Video Store Chain (6-20  stores):                 Video  Superstore

Large Video Store Chain (21+ stores):                       Wherehouse Entertainment, CA   

1994

Independent/Small Chain Video Store (1-5 Stores):      Country Home Video,  Clovis CA

Mid-Sized Video Store Chain (6-20  stores):                 Movie Stars,NY

Large Video Store Chain (21+ stores):                        Video Watch, Deerfield FL

Non-Video  Specialist:                                               Wegman's,  Rochester NY

Canadian:                                                                Steve's TV, Ltd,  Kitchener ON  

1995

Independent/Small Chain Video Store (1-5 Stores):      Planet Video, WI

Mid-Sized Video Store Chain (6-20  stores):                 Pacific Video Entertainment Corporation

                                                                             Video Droid,  Mill Valley CA

Large Video Store Chain (21+ stores):                       Hollywood Entertainment, OR

Non-Video  Specialist:                                              Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., Quincy MA

Canadian:                                                               Rogers Video, Vancouver BC

1996

Independent/Small Chain Video Store (1-5 Stores):      Chimney's Video  Superstore, Cicero NY

Mid-Sized Video Store Chain (6-20  stores):                 All Star Video,  Taunton MA

Large Video Store Chain (21+ stores):                       Middle Tennessee Video, Memphis TN

Non-Video Specialist:                                               Best Buy, MN

Canadian:                                                               Ambassador Video,  Ajax ON

1997

Independent/Small Chain Video Store (1-5 Stores):      Champagne Video,  New York NY           

                                                                             Video Headquarters,  Keene, NH

Mid-Sized Video Store Chain (6-20  stores):                 New York/New England Video

Large Video Store Chain (21+ stores):                       West Coast Entertainment, Langhorne PA

Canadian:                                                               Rogers Video, Vancouver BC

1998

Independent/Small Chain Video Store (1-5 Stores):      49'er Video, Davis CA

Mid-Sized Video Store Chain (6-20  stores):                 Massive Video, Norton MA

Large Video Store Chain (21+ stores):                       Hastings Video, Amarillo, TX

Canadian:                                                               Le Superclub Videotron, Montreal PQ

1999

Independent/Small Chain Video Store (1-5 Stores):      The Video Connection, Pembroke Pines FL

                                                                             Movie Madness, Portland OR

Mid-Sized Video Store Chain (6-20  stores):                 Movie Magic, Lindale TX

Large Video Store Chain (21+ stores):                       Family Video Superstores, N Little Rock, AR

Canadian                                                                Family Video

2000

Independent/Small Chain Video Store (1-5 Stores):      Video Room, New York, NY

Mid-Sized Video Store Chain (6-20  stores):                 Tommy K's Video, Hamden CT

Large Video Store Chain (21+ stores):                       Tower Records/Video, Sacramento CA

Canadian:                                                               That's Entertainment, St. Catherine's ON

2001

Independent/Small Chain Video Store (1-5 Stores):      Videos & More/Spotlight, Brookings OR

Mid-Sized Video Store Chain (6-20  stores):                 TLA Video, Philadelphia, PA

Large Video Store Chain (21+ stores):                       Movie Gallery, Dothan AL

Canadian:                                                               Video Difference, Halifax NS

Special  Award:                                                        The Zone,  U.S. Marines Corps

2002

Independent/Small Chain Video Store (1-5 Stores):      First Run Video, Brattleboro VT

Mid-Sized Video Store Chain (6-20  stores):                 Bradley Video, Petaluma CA

Large Video Store Chain (21+ stores):                       Rogers Video, Vancouver BC

Canadian:                                                               Video 2000, Niagara Falls ON

2003

Independent Video  Store                                         Beyond Video,  Charlottesville VA

Small Chain Video Store (2-5 stores):                         Rain City Video, Seattle WA

Mid-Sized Video Store Chain (6-20  stores):                Video Depot, Palm Desert CA

Large Video Store Chain (21+ stores):                        DMK Entertainment, Inc., Birmingham AL

International Retailer:                                              Beverly Hills Video, Poland

2004

Independent Video Store:                                         The Video Station,  Alameda, CA

Small Chain Video Store (2-5 stores):                          Video Factory, Redmond WA

Chain Video Store (6 or more stores):                          Silver Screen Video, San Rafael CA

2005

Grocer / Mass Merchant:                                             Giant Eagle,  Pittsburgh, PA

International:                                                          Tsutaya, Tokyo, Japan

Retailer (20+ stores):                                              Newbury Comics, Boston, MA

Retailer (6-19 stores):                                              DVD Station, San Francisco, CA

Single Store Retailer - George Atkinson Award:             Emerald City Video,  Auburn, NY