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: 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: 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: Channel Check - Meijer (TCGs, Board Games, and Puzzles)
Thursday October 10, 2024; Homer Glen, IL
October 14, 2024
This article is a continuation of the previous Channel Check that covered YA, GNs, manga, and merch.
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PRO: Channel Check: FYE – Games, Manga & Merch
September 10, 2024
September 16, 2024
We revisited the FYE store located at 5768 Durand Ave. (Regency Mall) in Racine, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, September 10.
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PRO: Channel Check: Walmart Supercenter (Graphic Novels, Manga, Games, and Merch)
Orland Hills, IL Location on September 4, 2024
September 5, 2024
ICv2 visited the Walmart Supercenter at 9265 159th St. in Orland Hills, Illinois 60487 on the Wednesday morning of September 4, 2024.
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PRO: Miniatures March Along
Category Remains Solid in Spring Season
July 22, 2024
Sales of key non-collectible miniature lines remained strong in Spring 2024, after the category finished 2023 as the fastest-growing part of the market.
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PRO: The Era of Peak Board Games Is Ending
With Card Games the Beneficiary
July 18, 2024
The era of peak board game sales is ending, with title counts and price pressures pushing hobbyists into less expensive parts of the hobby.
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PRO: Market Awaits 'D&D' Update
In Healthy RPG Market in Transition
July 12, 2024
Dungeons & Dragons sales, while still robust and easily leading all RPG brands, are in a strange state, with an updated version coming this summer.
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PRO: Top Collectible Games – Spring 2024
January – April 2024
July 11, 2024
These charts of the Top Collectible Games in the hobby channel, mass channel, and combined reflect sales in Spring 2024 (January through April).
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PRO: TCG Market Settling Down
With Constraining Supply the Strategy du Jour
July 2, 2024
The trading card game market became a calmer, more measured place in Spring 2024, with publishers turning to constraining supply as the strategy du jour.
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PRO: In Depth – Hobby Game Sales Flat to Down in Spring 2024
As Market Continues to Adjust to Post-Covid Trends
July 1, 2024
Hobby game sales were flat to down in Spring 2024 (January through April), as the market continued to adjust to post-Covid trends.
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