Column by Rob Salkowitz
September 5, 2017
Funko debuted its first branded retail location, a 17,000 square foot store, last month, and Rob Salkowitz shares his impressions and photos.
Retailer Registration Open
September 4, 2017
ComicsPro has announced the first three limited releases for this year’s Local Comic Shop Day.
'Helping Comic Retailers with Issues'
August 31, 2017
Three comic store owners have announced the formation of a new charity to help struggling brick and mortar comic stores stay in business.
Board Games and TCGs, and Merch, Merch, Merch
August 31, 2017
We wanted to see what the current store layout looked like, and what collectibles categories the company was building its business around.
Column by Scott Thorne
August 28, 2017
This week, Scott Thorne looks at Force Friday and hobby game stores.
Steve May, Formerly of iVerse
August 25, 2017
Steve May has joined comics and game publisher Space Goat as Director of Business Development.
An occasional column from the retail trenches by Kendall Swafford
August 25, 2017
This week, columnist Kendall Swafford looks at Marvel's comic publishing from the point of view of Disney, its corporate parent.
As Losses Mount in Q2
August 24, 2017
Wizard World has released its Q2 financials, and the situation has deteriorated even further from the big loss in Q1.
Column by Rob Salkowitz
August 22, 2017
This week, columnist Rob Salkowitz looks at the digital comic market in the wake of Madefire's big announcement.
Column by Scott Thorne
August 21, 2017
This week, Scott Thorne looks at the reasons why distributors exist in the hobby games business.
