For Breaking Street Date on ROTK DVD
May 20, 2004
Warner Home Video has cut off Electronics Boutique because the videogame retailer began selling the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King DVD ten days before the street date.
'Hunker Down, Boys and Girls'
May 20, 2004
Daniel McAbee of The Tangled Web in Spartanburg, South Carolina saw the news on Barnes and Noble's exclusive Ultimate Spider-Man hardcover, and the response from John Miller of Lost Realm and sent us this comment on his strategies for competing with big box competition.
'We Admire It'
May 20, 2004
Andy Eaton of TalesofWonder.com, an Internet retailer based in Tampa, Florida, saw the news of a new exclusive Ultimate Spider-Man hardcover at Barnes & Noble, and sent us his view.
Vs. Q1 Losses Last year
May 19, 2004
Both of America's two largest book retailers announced Q1 profits this week, comparing favorably to losses for both companies in the same period last year.
GameStop Posts Record Numbers
May 18, 2004
Toys R' Us, the nation's number 2 toy retailer, reported that same store sales declined by 5.6% during the first quarter of 2004.
With Diamond
May 16, 2004
Dynamic Forces has signed an exclusive distributor deal with Diamond for book and comic distribution.
Into Second Printing
May 13, 2004
The New York Times covered Days of Wonder's Ticket to Ride board game in an illustrated article in last Sunday's 'Business' section.
Too Many Tie-Ins a Bigger Problem
May 11, 2004
Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Downey, California saw Steve Nemackay's comments on variant covers and sent us her thoughts on the issues he raised.
Wants Creators to 'Knock It Off' on Variants
May 9, 2004
Image Publisher Erik Larsen told us he is going to discourage the use of variant covers at his company, but that ultimately, creators rule.
In 15 Stadiums
May 5, 2004
Spider-Man 2 Weekends will be held at 15 Major League Baseball stadiums the weekend of June 11-13th.
