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<blockquote data-quote="Thondor" data-source="post: 5985917" data-attributes="member: 31955"><p>Great topic, in fact I did my Masters thesis on Comic and Game stores in the Toronto Area. This invovled visiting and speaking with 52 store owners. </p><p>It include things like clustering stores into types and delineating trade areas. I would be happy to share some of the findings if you are interested.</p><p>One thing to keep in mind is that the "price" challenge isn't really a problem here in Canada. Online retailers have to charge tax, and if we are ordering from the US then shipping makes the price around par.</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>At first blush, Site 1 sounds good. Downtown, with foot traffic and public transit access is always positive. However keep in mind that Game Stores - especially ones with events - are destination locations, meaning people are willing to travel out of their way to reach one.*</p><p>In my experience, university students aren't the best customers for FLAGS. Rather middle-school and High school students for collectable card games, a bit of a mix for RPGs, and older adults for board games, wargames, and Comics.*</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>A number of successful stores mix gaming and comics in the Toronto Area. But there are also stores that only carry miniatures or CCGs.</p><p>Keep in mind that comic stores busiest day is Wednesday (new comic book day). Also consider pull lists. Pull lists allow you to order and set aside issues for regular customers to help garantee sales.</p><p>If you end up near the Books A Million location, competing on Graphic Novels (if they have a broad selection) might be difficult.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>*disclaimer I am not particularly familiar with the Fort Smith area (which I assume is where you are locating). So take the above with some salt. I would want to do more research on the area and its demographics before offering more concrete opinions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thondor, post: 5985917, member: 31955"] Great topic, in fact I did my Masters thesis on Comic and Game stores in the Toronto Area. This invovled visiting and speaking with 52 store owners. It include things like clustering stores into types and delineating trade areas. I would be happy to share some of the findings if you are interested. One thing to keep in mind is that the "price" challenge isn't really a problem here in Canada. Online retailers have to charge tax, and if we are ordering from the US then shipping makes the price around par. At first blush, Site 1 sounds good. Downtown, with foot traffic and public transit access is always positive. However keep in mind that Game Stores - especially ones with events - are destination locations, meaning people are willing to travel out of their way to reach one.* In my experience, university students aren't the best customers for FLAGS. Rather middle-school and High school students for collectable card games, a bit of a mix for RPGs, and older adults for board games, wargames, and Comics.* A number of successful stores mix gaming and comics in the Toronto Area. But there are also stores that only carry miniatures or CCGs. Keep in mind that comic stores busiest day is Wednesday (new comic book day). Also consider pull lists. Pull lists allow you to order and set aside issues for regular customers to help garantee sales. If you end up near the Books A Million location, competing on Graphic Novels (if they have a broad selection) might be difficult. *disclaimer I am not particularly familiar with the Fort Smith area (which I assume is where you are locating). So take the above with some salt. I would want to do more research on the area and its demographics before offering more concrete opinions. [/QUOTE]
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