We Talk to Two Medium-Size Retailers
May 21, 2002
This week we spoke to two retailers with medium size stores that also use events to build sales: Chris Petitto of New World Manga and Robert Nicaise of Dr. Bob's Game Shop.
Season 2 Box Out pre-X-Mas
May 19, 2002
The Transformers GI Season 1 DVD Boxed Set (srp $59.95) is not sold out.
For Episode II CCG
April 27, 2002
We recently published an article on Gamestop breaking the release date on the Star Wars: Episode II CCG , which prompted this response from a writer who wished to remain 'anonymous' at an unnamed distributor.
Tournaments, Demos, and More
April 24, 2002
In-store gaming events have become a critical part of marketing games in recent years. W e looked for retailers that run a lot of events in their stores to gain the benefit of their experience.
But WotC's Box Gets Smaller, Stores Bleeding
April 21, 2002
Hasbro released its first quarter 2002 numbers today, and the toy and game giant narrowed its loss to $17 million, an improvement over the unexpectedly large $25 million loss in the first quarter of 2001.
And No Written Hold
April 17, 2002
We heard from a buyer for another specialty retail chain, who told us that while Gamestop was 'notorious' for breaking street dates, in this case his chain had also been shipped earlier than necessary to make the street date.
Wizards of the Coast Orders Product Pulled
April 16, 2002
Chain stores across the country, including outlets of the Gamestop chain, began selling Wizards of the Coast's new Star Wars Trading Card Game: Attack of the Clones almost two weeks before the official street date of April 23rd.
Stock Will Be Available
April 9, 2002
Cards Inc. of Watford, England has purchased the entire stock of the Star Wars CCG produced by Decipher. Decipher recently lost the license for the Star Wars CCG to Wizards of the Coast...
Toonami Block Expands to Three Hours
April 1, 2002
The Cartoon Network has announced that Transformers: Armada and The Big O 2 will be part of an expanded Toonami block in the fall of 2002.
North America's Largest Game Fair Sold to Ex-CEO
March 21, 2002
Wizards of the Coast announced today that the company had reached an agreement to sell GenCon , North America's largest game fair, to Peter Adkison, founder and former president of WOTC.
