Restocks, Perennials, New Customers Drive Market
November 15, 2018
Note: This is a special report exclusive to Pro subscribers on the Summer 2018 games season.
Big Three Mixed, New Launch Makes Chart
November 15, 2018
The collectible games market was relatively quiet, although one new game did make the chart, and there was movement below the Big Three.
Games Display Expands; Marvel & DC Merch Replaced!
October 1, 2018
We visited the medium-sized Target store at 5301 Lien Rd. in Madison, Wisconsin on Monday (explaining the thin stock in some displays), September 24, 2018.
Expanding Games Displays
August 30, 2018
We visited the Walmart Supercenter at 2151 Royal Ave., Monona, Wisconsin, on August 26, 2018, a Sunday.
Without Big New Hits
August 2, 2018
Sentiments in the trade have improved from those at the end of 2017.
In 2017
July 30, 2018
Sales of hobby games in the U.S. and Canada topped $1.5 billion for the first time in 2017, reaching $1.55 billion, according to a new estimate compiled by ICv2 and reported in Internal Correspondence #94.
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.
