July 11, 2018
July 23, 2018
We visited a medium-sized Walmart to check out their games and graphic novel displays and compare them to a year ago.
July 11, 2018
July 13, 2018
The comic spinner disappeared, a big kids graphic novel display appeared, and Funko got more real estate.
July 11, 2018
July 12, 2018
The impact of Dungeons & Dragons, which is spreading throughout the store, was probably the biggest change in the merchandising.
Column by Milton Griepp
June 6, 2018
This is the first game column in my new series of contributions to the ICv2 Pro site.
May 5, 2018
May 7, 2018
We visited a Toys 'R' Us store to check out the status of the liquidation sales running at hundreds of Toys 'R' Us stores in the U.S.
April 22, 2018
April 23, 2018
We visited the medium-sized Target store at 201 Junction Road in Madison, Wisconsin on April 22, 2018.
Hot Topic Meets Banana Republic
April 11, 2018
The Box Lunch chain was launched by Hot Topic two years ago to sell geek merchandise with a cause marketing twist.
Limited Games, Lots of POP!s, Plush
April 6, 2018
We visited the GameStop store at East Towne Mall, in Madison, Wisconsin, to check out the merchandise mix.
Audio and Slide Deck
March 20, 2018
We share here the audio from the presentation on Tuesday, March 13, along with the slide deck.
In Hobby Games Business
March 9, 2018
Our initial survey of manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in the hobby games business found most experiencing growth in 2017, with some big shifts in where the growth was coming from when compared with previous years.
January 6, 2018
January 8, 2018
We were struck by the conservatism in the merchandise mix for games.
November 19, 2017
November 29, 2017
We visited the Games Workshop Warhammer store in Fitchburg, Wisconsin to check the layout and merchandise displays.
