October 2, 2020
October 9, 2020
This store's unique mix: sneakers, collectible videogames, TCG singles, collectible figures, more.
September 12; Homer Glen, IL
September 15, 2020
We visited a Meijer Supercenter store at 14169 S Bell Road, Homer Glen, Illinois on Saturday, September 12, 2020.
September 5, 2020; Orland Park, IL
September 14, 2020
We visited the Barnes & Noble store at160 Orland Park Pl, Orland Park, IL 60462 on Saturday, September 5.
August 12, 2020
August 12, 2020
We visited the Games Workshop store located at 15766 S La Grange Road in Orland Park, Illinois.
A Season in Two Parts
August 12, 2020
The hobby games business started strong in the first two months of 2020, but was then brought low and transformed; we analyze the COVID impacts on each level of the business.
July 24, 2020
August 11, 2020
We visited the large Barnes & Noble store at 7433 Mineral Point Road in Madison, Wisconsin on a Friday evening, July 24.
Collectible Games, Miniatures, RPGs Drive Growth
July 27, 2020
The increase was powered by big jumps in sales of collectible games, miniatures, and roleplaying games.
Decimated Stock Levels Show Games Are Selling
May 1, 2020
In this store, Walmart showed signs of both very high demand on many kinds of games, and disrupted supply chains that were making restocks on some titles difficult.
April 3, 2020
April 6, 2020
We wanted to see what the games displays looked like in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown, when mass merchants like Targets were among the few retail stores open.
2020 GAMA Expo White Paper Presentation - Audio and Deck
March 24, 2020
The deck used for the presentation is embedded below, so you can just follow along as you listen to the audio.
In Fall/Holidays 2019
March 18, 2020
While the hobby games channel had a solid holiday season overall, tough comps in TCGs and fewer hits in board games made it tougher to beat 2018 numbers in 2019.
Up at Least 5% in Tough Year for Publishers
March 9, 2020
The hobby games channel continued its unprecedented growth in 2019, up at least 5% from 2018, behind double digit growth in collectible games and RPGs and solid years in other categories.
