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Discount Store News, June 7, 1999
Due to concerns about computer server capacity, Hastings Entertainment, which has 130 bricks-and-mortar stores, was forced to postpone the launch of its gohastings.com Web site, although advertising for the site ran in the May 4 editions of The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. Dennis McGill, Hastings vp of finance and cfo, said the company was concerned it wouldn't be able to deliver the kind of service it wanted.
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No date for the launch of the site has been set, but McGill indicated it would probably be up by early June. At launch, gohastings.com will carry approximately 10 million skus of music, home video, books and other entertainment-related goods.
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