Top Product, Company of the Year
January 1, 2003
We chose Bandai Entertainment as the Anime Company of the Year and the Love Hina series as the Anime Product of the Year.
Reading the Tea Leaves of 2002 Christmas Sales
December 31, 2002
A recent New York Times business section article took up the task of finding the common elements in the news that FAO Schwartz is nearing bankruptcy, and earnings warnings from Blockbuster, Best Buy, and Circuit City.
New Company To Mix East and West
December 31, 2002
Pat Wyatt, president of home video and consumer products operations at Fox, is resigning to produce animation....
Phenomenon, Deal, Controversy of the Year
December 29, 2002
We chose organized play as the Game Phenomenon of the Year, the Wizards of the Coast divestitures as the Game Deal of the Year,...
Company and Product of the Year
December 28, 2002
We chose WizKids as the Game Company of the Year, and the Yu Gi Oh CCG as the Game Product of the Year.
Phenomenon, Deal, Controversy, Flop of the Year
December 28, 2002
We chose manga in specialty retail chains as the Phenomenon of the Year, Marvel's overprint and reprint policies as the Controversy of the Year,...
Top Publisher, Product of the Year
December 28, 2002
We chose Marvel Comics as the Comic Publisher of the Year for 2002, and Shonen Jump #1 as the Comic Product of the Year.
Fueling a Doubling of Sales in 2002
December 25, 2002
WizKids monthly Organized Play events have topped 10,000 per month, with over 11,000 held in October alone, which is greater than the number of formal events run by game industry leader Wizards of the Coast.
Gets Out of Sales and Collections
December 25, 2002
Wizards Attic, which has handled sales, collection and fulfillment for dozens of RPG companies, is getting out of the sales and collection end of its business to focus on fulfillment.
Jakks Pacific Claims the Spot
December 20, 2002
Jakks, which as recently as 1995 was a tiny company with just one major product line (dolls) and $8 million in sales, has grown to a multi-faceted mini-toy conglomerate with sales that have swollen to an estimated $284 million for 2002.
