All Entries Tagged With: "Retail"
$15.00 Shadowrun, Battletech and Cthulhutech PDFs from Catalyst Game Labs
Catalyst Game Labs announced Christmas Eve that all of their core books for Shadowrun, Battletech and Cthulhutech are $15.00 or less in Catalyst’s battleshop store. Thought I would let you know so you have somewhere to spend those Christmas gift cards you receive tomorrow. As usual, I do not receive a penny for any sales [...]
The High Price of Credit Cards to your Friendly Local Game Store
Credit cards are both a boon and bane for local game stores. Boon in the sense that customers have instant purchasing power at hand, ready and able to spend (and overspend) their budgets in a game store. This is clearly a boon for any retailer in the form of more sales. The bane comes from [...]
The Harsh Reality: A Game Store Owner Talks Business
The owner of Imperial Outpost Games, the main gaming store on the West side of Phoenix, AZ recently started blogging and has several very impressive posts about the state of game retailing. The posts really get into some deep detail about the expenses and sales at a local game store. His comments on issues like [...]
Trask on the Future of Retail Game Stores
I have many fond memories of my “Friendly Local Game Store.” It is the place I burned many an hour playing board games or role-playing games. I believe it is doomed. As far as I can see, my local game store rely on three key revenue streams: 1. Collectible Games/Miniature Games 2. Board Games 3. [...]