GameStop closed off 2025 with its chaotic Trade Anything Day, and after that marketing campaign, it was business as usual: They kicked off 2026 by closing hundreds of stores in the U.S. According to the GS Closing blog, over 450 stores saw closures in January 2026 alone. Now, CEO Ryan Cohen tells The Wall Street Journal that he wants to acquire a different publicly traded company to help grow GameStop.
