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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7743977" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>It's 40 years since <strong>Ian Livingstone</strong> and <strong>Steve Jackson</strong> opened the first<strong> Games Workshop</strong> store in West London. Ian has been posting about it on Twitter. The company went from that one store location to the 460+ it has today.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]<p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p><span style="color: #3e3e3e">Games Workshop's 2016-2017 shareholder report gives some info on its current stores: </span>[HQ]<span style="color: #3E3E3E">"At the year end we had 462 Games Workshop stores in 23 countries. Our stores contributed 41% of the year's sales. We have 360 one man stores, small sites, each one staffed by only one store manager. We also have 102 multi-man stores, which are constantly reviewed to ensure they remain profitable."</span>[/HQ]</p><p></p><p>These are broken down as follows:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>United Kingdom</td><td>147</td></tr><tr><td>North America</td><td>111</td></tr><tr><td>Europe</td><td>145</td></tr><tr><td>Australia</td><td>47</td></tr><tr><td>Asia</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Total</strong></td><td><strong>462</strong></td></tr></table></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]111728[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #14171A">[FONT=&amp]Hard to believe that it is 40 years since Steve Jackson and I opened our first Games Workshop retail shop in April 1978 in a little side street in West London. The queue outside was inspiring!</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #14171A"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #14171A">[/FONT]</span>[ATTACH=full]111729[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">Posted by <a href="https://twitter.com/KeithY2Dickie" target="_blank">Keith Dickinson</a> on Twitter. This is the store today.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]111730[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">"<span style="color: #14171A">[FONT=&amp]Celebrating 40 years since we moved Games Workshop from a tiny office in Shepherds Bush to our first shop in Hammersmith on 1st April 1978. Here’s the announcement in White Dwarf. Six copies of D&D on offer for 50p each! Bargain. Amazing memories." - Ian Livingstone</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #14171A"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #14171A">[/FONT]</span>[ATTACH=full]111731[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #14171A">[FONT=&amp]"If you are interested in reading about the crazy first years of Games Workshop from 1975-1985, please <a href="https://unbound.com/books/games-workshop/" target="_blank">pledge here</a> [/FONT]</span><a href="https://t.co/5pjtDCr32Z" target="_blank">https</a><span style="color: #14171A">[FONT=&amp] … It all started with a little fanzine we published called Owl and Weasel in 1975." - Ian Livingstone</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #14171A"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #14171A">[/FONT]</span>[ATTACH=full]111732[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">"<span style="color: #14171A">[FONT=&amp]Celebrating 40 years since Steve Jackson and I opened our first Games Workshop retail shop in April 1978. Proud young owners standing outside!" - Ian Livingstone</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #14171A"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #14171A">[/FONT]</span>[ATTACH=full]111733[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">"<span style="color: #14171A">[FONT=&amp]Celebrating 40 years since Steve Jackson and I opened our first Games Workshop retail store in April 1978 when we had our own pet dragon!" - Ian Livingstone</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #14171A"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #14171A">[/FONT]</span>[ATTACH=full]111735[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">"<span style="color: #14171A">[FONT=&amp]Kind words in 1979 from the great Gary Gygax, co-creator and pioneer of D&D, who sadly is no longer with us." - Ian livingstone[/FONT]</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7743977, member: 1"] It's 40 years since [B]Ian Livingstone[/B] and [B]Steve Jackson[/B] opened the first[B] Games Workshop[/B] store in West London. Ian has been posting about it on Twitter. The company went from that one store location to the 460+ it has today.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK][CENTER] [/CENTER] [COLOR=#3e3e3e]Games Workshop's 2016-2017 shareholder report gives some info on its current stores: [/COLOR][HQ][COLOR=#3E3E3E]"At the year end we had 462 Games Workshop stores in 23 countries. Our stores contributed 41% of the year's sales. We have 360 one man stores, small sites, each one staffed by only one store manager. We also have 102 multi-man stores, which are constantly reviewed to ensure they remain profitable."[/COLOR][/HQ] These are broken down as follows: [CENTER] [TABLE="width: 500, align: center"] [TR] [TD]United Kingdom[/TD] [TD]147[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]North America[/TD] [TD]111[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Europe[/TD] [TD]145[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Australia[/TD] [TD]47[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Asia[/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B]Total[/B][/TD] [TD][B]462[/B][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [ATTACH=FULL]111728[/ATTACH] [COLOR=#14171A][FONT=&]Hard to believe that it is 40 years since Steve Jackson and I opened our first Games Workshop retail shop in April 1978 in a little side street in West London. The queue outside was inspiring! [/FONT][/COLOR][ATTACH=FULL]111729[/ATTACH] Posted by [URL="https://twitter.com/KeithY2Dickie"]Keith Dickinson[/URL] on Twitter. This is the store today. [ATTACH=FULL]111730[/ATTACH] "[COLOR=#14171A][FONT=&]Celebrating 40 years since we moved Games Workshop from a tiny office in Shepherds Bush to our first shop in Hammersmith on 1st April 1978. Here’s the announcement in White Dwarf. Six copies of D&D on offer for 50p each! Bargain. Amazing memories." - Ian Livingstone [/FONT][/COLOR][ATTACH=FULL]111731[/ATTACH] [COLOR=#14171A][FONT=&]"If you are interested in reading about the crazy first years of Games Workshop from 1975-1985, please [URL="https://unbound.com/books/games-workshop/"]pledge here[/URL] [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="https://t.co/5pjtDCr32Z"]https[/URL][COLOR=#14171A][FONT=&] … It all started with a little fanzine we published called Owl and Weasel in 1975." - Ian Livingstone [/FONT][/COLOR][ATTACH=FULL]111732[/ATTACH] "[COLOR=#14171A][FONT=&]Celebrating 40 years since Steve Jackson and I opened our first Games Workshop retail shop in April 1978. Proud young owners standing outside!" - Ian Livingstone [/FONT][/COLOR][ATTACH=FULL]111733[/ATTACH] "[COLOR=#14171A][FONT=&]Celebrating 40 years since Steve Jackson and I opened our first Games Workshop retail store in April 1978 when we had our own pet dragon!" - Ian Livingstone [/FONT][/COLOR][ATTACH=FULL]111735[/ATTACH] "[COLOR=#14171A][FONT=&]Kind words in 1979 from the great Gary Gygax, co-creator and pioneer of D&D, who sadly is no longer with us." - Ian livingstone[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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