Tag: retailing

Comics retailing pioneer Mel Thompson passed away recently, and his colleagues remember his innovations

ComicPRO president Jenn Haines of the Dragon has a lot to say about the past and future of comics retailing

The new Dayton-area store is set to open its doors to the public this weekend.

Graphic novels had their best year for sales ever, in 2021, with sales up overall 65% led by spectacular growth in the manga category.

Sort of.

Our retailer columnist muses about the future and the tyranny of custom...and bad metadata.

DC's Game of Thrones comes into focus at this weeks ComicsPRO retailer meeting.

Just some random rando stuff

“Five years ago, Marvel was in charge, and they ruled everything I did as a retailer. It was ‘Marvel first.’ Now, they are the bastard children of the industry. I’ve lost probably 25% of my comic readership because 25% of my Marvel fans got tired of my higher cover prices, the non-sequitur storylines, the almost incomprehensible X-Men this and that… Marvel has done nothing to drive the industry towards us.”

When they came for my mentions, I was out having lunch.

In his monthly column, retailer Brian Hibbs rips the lid off secret retailing groups, and muses on Marvel Legacy.

As The Beat told you last week, Marvel has just their first retailer summit in nearly 20 years, in which 14 retail organizations from the Top 300 Marvel accounts were invited to meet with Axel Alonso, David Gabriel and other top execs to talk about the steps Marvel is taking to improve sales.