The well-known executive will join the Board of Directors of the North American videogame chain this April.
Reggie Fils-Aime, former president of Nintendo of America, has announced its incorporation to the Board of Directors of the US video game chain GameStop. It will be from this month of April when the one who was for a maximum of fifteen years representing the great N in American territory joins Bill Simon and J.K. Symancyk to this table.
“The video game industry needs a vibrant and healthy GameStop”
Thus, the distribution chain of video games, consoles and merchandising with the largest market share in the United States – despite its serious financial problems today – will have reputable professionals in the sector to advise when making decisions that directly affect The company's product agenda. Simon has over thirty years of experience in physical video game chains; Meanwhile, Symancyk is an executive at PetSmart. All three will provide knowledge to improve the health status of GameStop.
Reggie Fils-Aime, which closes a full sabbatical year, has needed few words to convey and let you read between the lines what will be its role there: "The video game industry needs a vibrant and healthy GameStop," he says, leaving attached the statement where its incorporation in the Board of Directors becomes official.
The gaming industry needs a healthy and vibrant @GameStop. I look forward to being a part of @GameStopCorp Board and helping to make this happen. https://t.co/pYWFGZ9XKj
– Reggie Fils-Aime (@Reggie) March 9, 2020
Closing of more than 50 stores last January 2020
GameStop closed its operations in Spain in 2014.
Your comment is not banal, however. Last January we learned that the US giant had reported sales of 1,183 million dollars this past Christmas of 2019, 27.5% below the same period in 2018. Its CEO, George Sherman, acknowledged that those figures were “very much below expectations. ” The result resulted in the gradual closure of more than 50 stores; with several hundred jobs in the air.
Last September we learned that Fils-Aime was also going to be part of the faculty of the University of New York, where he graduated in 1983. His contributions and conferences, apparently, will not be intervened after this new labor participation as a manager at GameStop .
