Grupo Elektra Acquires Blockbuster Mexico

Grupo Elektra, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV:ELEKTRA) (Latibex:XEKT), the financial and specialty retailer company leader in Latin America and largest provider of non-bank short term loans in the U.S. - and a company of Grupo Salinas, a group of dynamic and technologically advanced companies founded by Ricardo Salinas ( www.ricardosalinas.com )