Blockbuster loses most in quarterly franchise index

I guess now wouldn't be a good time to become a Blockbuster Video store franchise owner, eh?

Via Fosters:

Consumers are still eating the pizza, with Papa John's posting the second-best performance in the Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 in the third quarter of 2005 with a 29.7 percent gain, but they're more apt to rent the movie online or pay for it through an on-demand service.

Blockbuster was the biggest loser in the third quarter, with a 48.2 percent decline in market value. The Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index at UNH's Whittemore School of Business tracks the market performance of the top 50 U.S. public franchisors.

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