Estimated Retail Value of over $600,000
May 18, 2020
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 86,400 Pokemon figures in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania last week.
Retail News Round-Up
May 15, 2020
We round up the news on retailing overall, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.
'With Everybody on Board and Feeling Unified as One Industry, I Think We Can Do It.'
May 13, 2020
We talked to GFE CEO Steve Geppi about the campaign to learn more about it.
To Rally Support for Comic and Game Stores
May 13, 2020
Diamond and Alliance have launched "Back the Comeback," a marketing campaign to rally support and consumer business for comic and game stores as they reopen, restart, and rebuild.
Rose City Comic Con and MegaCon Orlando
May 13, 2020
A possible harbinger of how such events may eventually begin to return.
'Premium Set' is 'Polukranos'
May 13, 2020
WizKids will release an Icons of the Realms Miniatures set tied to the next Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook, Mythic Odysseys of Theros, in August .
Weekly Toy Industry Newsletter
May 13, 2020
Chicago Toy & Game Group has acquired the Bloom Report, the weekly toy industry newsletter.
Conference Call Round-Up
May 11, 2020
We round up the big news from the Funko conference call last week.
Column by Scott Thorne
May 11, 2020
This week, Scott Thorne shares a letter on coping with the coronavirus era from Mary Alice Wilson of Dark Star Books in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
As GFE Companies Start Up After Shutdown
May 9, 2020
Alliance Game Distributors will resume operations after an eight-week shutdown, around the same time as sister company Diamond Comic Distributors.
Chain Has 260 Stores in 32 States
May 8, 2020
Headquartered in Alabama, the company has 260 stores in 32 states, with a heavy concentration in the southeastern U.S.
Company Loses $5.7 Million
May 8, 2020
Funko's Q1 results showed the effects of the global coronavirus pandemic, with a loss of $5.7 million.
