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PRO: Channel Check: FYE - Games, GNs, Manga & Merch
August 6, 2021
August 12, 2021
We revisited the FYE store located in Racine, Wisconsin.
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PRO: Channel Check: BoxLunch in Madison, Wisconsin
Games, Funko, Slow-Cookers in Branded Displays
March 18, 2019
We found a presence for games, Funko, and some surprising licensed products, including slow-cookers.
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PRO: Channel Check - Target (Graphic Novels and Media Merch), April 2018
'Stranger Things,' Funko Take Space from Marvel, DC, 'Star Wars'
April 24, 2018
This was our check of the graphic novels and the home media-adjacent merch displays at a medium-sized Target store.
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PRO: Channel Check: Box Lunch, April 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.
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PRO: ICv2 2017 Comics and Graphic Novels White Paper -- Video and Slide Deck
From NYCC Insider Sessions Powered by ICv2
October 24, 2017
This ICv2 Pro exclusive article includes video and the slide deck for the ICv2 White Paper.
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PRO: NYCC Insider Sessions Powered by ICv2: Salkowitz on Mining Social Media
For the Next Big Hit
October 23, 2017
Rob Salkowitz and special guest Shareablee CEO Tania Yuki looked at all social media platforms to measure what properties fans are particularly engaged with.
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PRO: Channel Check -- Barnes & Noble: Merch
January 2, 2017
January 3, 2017
The merch category at the large Barnes & Noble on the West side of Madison, Wisconsin on the day after New Years was in the midst of markdown season.
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PRO: Channel Check -- Barnes & Noble: Games
January 2, 2017
January 3, 2017
The game selection was robust, in two main areas.
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PRO: Bubbling Up! -- Movies and TV
Summer 2016
January 2, 2017
Some of the fastest comic sellers are fueled by TV and movies. It can start small… and get big.
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PRO: From Convention to Store
Can Con-Goers Be Converted to Regulars?
December 31, 2016
And many of those tens of thousands are “civilians,” the mom-dad-and-the-kids who saw an
Avengers
movie and now want to learn something more.
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PRO: Review: 'Firefly Fluxx'
ICv2 Stars: 4 (Out of 5)
December 31, 2016
Fluxx
games are a matter of controlled chaos, and this instance of the series is a very good one.
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PRO: Bubbling Up -- Merch
The Good News: Your Impulse Rack Now Goes Up to $20
December 31, 2016
“People are looking for a way to express themselves on their car, in their homes, or at their desk at work.”
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