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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 2392958" data-attributes="member: 9254">Addendum: if you note, all the stores have something other than RPG/CCG to fall back on and it's usually a synergy.&nbsp; RPG folks are readers so we tend to pick up fiction and reference books constantly so the used book stores get double damage.&nbsp; Comics and CCG/RPGs are also pretty closely related, as are video games.Good business sense says that if your market isn't big enough to support you through good and bad times, expand your focus.&nbsp; These stores are all FLGS but they each serve different market segments both in products and location.&nbsp; I figure the CBW is the one at the greatest risk b/c of it's focus but they have a bit more bulk-buying power than the others that makes up for it.&nbsp; Anyone looking at opening an FLGS should consider contacting the one in the next town over and forming a buying co-op to reduce the rates for everyone without fragmenting the markets.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 2392958, member: 9254"] Addendum: if you note, all the stores have something other than RPG/CCG to fall back on and it's usually a synergy. RPG folks are readers so we tend to pick up fiction and reference books constantly so the used book stores get double damage. Comics and CCG/RPGs are also pretty closely related, as are video games. Good business sense says that if your market isn't big enough to support you through good and bad times, expand your focus. These stores are all FLGS but they each serve different market segments both in products and location. I figure the CBW is the one at the greatest risk b/c of it's focus but they have a bit more bulk-buying power than the others that makes up for it. Anyone looking at opening an FLGS should consider contacting the one in the next town over and forming a buying co-op to reduce the rates for everyone without fragmenting the markets. [/QUOTE]

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