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PRO: Flat Summer, Promising Fall in Hobby Game Stores
Led to Muted Expectations for Holiday Season
December 18, 2024

A flat summer overall and a promising fall led into a holiday season with muted expectations in hobby game stores.

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PRO: November 2024 Circana BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Author Titles Stay Level While Superhero and Manga Titles Decline
December 10, 2024
The Top 20 Superhero and Manga titles continue to lose sales, but the Author category stayed flat in November 2024.
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PRO: November 2024 Circana BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Sales Drop at Slower Rate
December 6, 2024
Year over year sales declined sharply in November, but not as much as in October.
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PRO: Top 100 Graphic Novels - November 2024
Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data
December 4, 2024
These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American graphic novels (and manga) around the world.
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PRO: Top 200 Comics - November 2024
Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data
December 3, 2024
These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American comics around the world.
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PRO: Channel Check: Target (Games)
More Card Games, Empty Slots
December 3, 2024
Target was heavily stocked on lower-priced card games, but had lots of holes in its board game and TCG offerings.
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PRO: Channel Check: Target (Graphic Novels and Manga)
More Cuts in Graphic Novel Space
December 2, 2024
The trend has clearly continued, with more cuts in manga and graphic novel space.
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PRO: Channel Check: Barnes & Noble (YA and Manga)
Orland Park, IL on November 11, 2024
November 19, 2024
ICv2 visited the Barnes & Noble store at 160 Orland Park Place, Orland Park, Illinois 60462 on Monday, November 11, 2024.
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PRO: October 2024 Circana BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Sales Are Down, but More in Some Categories than Others
November 19, 2024
Sales were down in all categories, but the pain was not distributed equally.
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PRO: October 2024 Circana BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Lack of Blockbusters Leads to Lower Sales
November 18, 2024
With no strong titles at the top of the chart, year over year sales of the Top 20 were down sharply.
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PRO: Channel Check: Barnes & Noble (Merch and Games)
Orland Park, IL on November 11, 2024
November 12, 2024
ICv2 visited the Barnes & Noble store at 160 Orland Park Place, Orland Park, Illinois 60462 on Monday, November 11, 2024.
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PRO: Top 100 Graphic Novels - October 2024
Sales Rankings Based on Comic Store POS Data
November 8, 2024
These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American graphic novels (and manga) around the world.
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