Hard Times at Former Gift Store Giant
October 4, 2004
Applause LLC plans to sell its name to a rival company Russ Berrie & Co. for $4 million.
Column by Steven Bates
September 28, 2004
This week Bates talks about the theory and practice of a recent store renovation.
DVD and Video Game Sales
September 23, 2004
Sales of the Star Wars Trilogy DVD boxed set and the Star Wars Battlefront video game, both released Tuesday, topped a combined first day total of $115 million.
'Time for Restoration, Not Renovation'
September 16, 2004
Rembert Parker of Reader Copies in Anderson, Indiana saw Steven Bates' column on 'Extreme Makeovers' and sees an application of the concept to comics.
Column By Steven Bates
September 14, 2004
This week's topic --e xtreme makeovers, including the one George Lucas put on the original Star Wars trilogy for the new DVD release.
Early Interest Strong
September 1, 2004
Decipher's new logo for its upcoming WARS TCG reflects a slightly revised positioning from earlier iterations.
No-one Stopped Them
September 1, 2004
David Bigas of Wyldstar in Oshawa, Ontario saw our article on the Canadian Comic Expo 2004 and liked the show, but is concerned about the proliferation of bootlegs there.
For Trading Cards Based on Animated Feature
August 30, 2004
Comic Images has acquired the trading card license for Madagascar.
At Gencon
August 22, 2004
Wizards of the Coast showed off its new Star Wars Miniatures and ran demos,...
Also Lower at the Bottom
August 16, 2004
Comic piece sales dropped almost across the board in July vs. the previous issues.
