Editing GameStop (section)

====Management changes====
[[File:GameStop Bayside Miami.jpg|200px|thumb|A store at the [[Bayside Marketplace]] in [[Miami]] in 2017]]
After being on medical leave since November 2017 due to reoccurrence of a [[brain tumor]], [[J. Paul Raines]] resigned from GameStop on January 31, 2018, and died on March 4, 2018.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2018/03/05/former-gamestop-ceo-paul-raines-dies-after-a-battle-with-cancer| title=Former GameStop CEO Paul Raines, known for his personable leadership style, dies at 53 | first=Maria | last=Halkias | date=March 3, 2018 | work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142400/https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2018/03/05/former-gamestop-ceo-paul-raines-dies-after-a-battle-with-cancer |url-status=live}}</ref> DeMatteo, GameStop's executive chairman stepped in as interim chief executive officer.<ref name=duetoillness>{{Cite news | url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2018/02/05/gamestop-ceo-paul-raines-resigns-from-board-due-to-illness/ | title=GameStop CEO Paul Raines resigns from board due to illness | first=Maria | last=Halkias | work=[[Dallas Morning News]] | date=February 5, 2018 |archive-date=January 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111000306/https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2018/02/05/gamestop-ceo-paul-raines-resigns-board-due-illness|url-status=live}}</ref> On February 6, 2018, the company announced Michael K. Mauler as [[CEO]] and member of the [[board of directors]].<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gamestop-names-michael-mauler-its-new-ceo-2018-02-06 | title=GameStop names Michael Mauler its new CEO | last=Assis |first=Claudia |work=[[MarketWatch]]| url-access=limited | archive-date=February 24, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224162133/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gamestop-names-michael-mauler-its-new-ceo-2018-02-06 |url-status=live}}</ref> On May 11, 2018, Mauler resigned due to "personal reasons" and chairman Dan DeMatteo was named interim CEO. Mauler did not take any severance package or separation benefits.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/05/11/gamestop-ceo-michael-mauler-resigns/ |title=GameStop CEO Unexpectedly Resigns |last=Hayes |first=Matthew |date=May 11, 2018 |work=Comicbook.com |access-date=May 11, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=February 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224162133/https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/05/11/gamestop-ceo-michael-mauler-resigns/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On May 31, 2018, GameStop named Shane Kim as interim CEO.<ref>{{cite press release |title=GameStop Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2018 Results |publisher=GameStop |url=http://news.gamestop.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gamestop-reports-first-quarter-fiscal-2018-results |date=May 31, 2018 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924123527/http://news.gamestop.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gamestop-reports-first-quarter-fiscal-2018-results |url-status=live}}</ref> Kim was replaced by George Sherman in March 2019.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gamestop-names-new-ceo-2019-03-21 | title=GameStop names new CEO |website=[[MarketWatch]] |last=Cherney | first=Max A. | url-access=subscription | archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127004637/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gamestop-names-new-ceo-2019-03-21|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/gamestop-names-new-ceo-11553201173 |title=GameStop Names New CEO|last=Al-Muslim |first=Aisha |date=March 21, 2019 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | url-access=subscription |issn=0099-9660|archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127231058/https://www.wsj.com/articles/gamestop-names-new-ceo-11553201173 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2019/03/21/gamestop-names-retail-veteran-as-new-ceo-at.html |title=GameStop names retail veteran as new CEO at challenged retailer| first=Brian | last=Womack |work=[[American City Business Journals]] | date=March 21, 2019 |archive-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127231059/https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2019/03/21/gamestop-names-retail-veteran-as-new-ceo-at.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 12, 2020, it was announced that a group of shareholders including Hestia Capital Partners LP and Permit Capital Enterprise Fund LP sent a "threat" letter to the Grapevine, Texas, company's board, urging it to appoint a stockholder representative as a director.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/gamestop-under-renewed-pressure-from-unhappy-investor-group-11583990600 |title=GameStop Under Renewed Pressure from Unhappy Investor Group | first=Corrie | last=Driebusch |date=March 12, 2020 | work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | url-access=subscription | archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127231105/https://www.wsj.com/articles/gamestop-under-renewed-pressure-from-unhappy-investor-group-11583990600 |url-status=live }}</ref>