Category Retailer Q

Retailer Q | #13: Exchange Rate Dilemna

Scott VanderPloeg
November 24, 2014

The days of parity between the U.S. and Canadian dollar are over, with economists predicting a $0.85 Canadian dollar for the next three to five years. Diamond's conversion this week was 114.89%. Which leads me to this Retailer Q: how is your store pricing comics?

Retailer Q | #12: Diamond’s Halloween ComicFest 2012

Scott VanderPloeg
November 26, 2012

Halloween just wrapped up and with it Diamond's Halloween Comicfest 2012. Did you take part in this event, and if so how did it go? Is Halloween ComicFest an event that should continue, and if so how can it be improved?

Retailer Q | #11: Media Smash Follow Through

Scott VanderPloeg
June 28, 2012

From a retailer perspective what's the right way for a comic publisher to follow through a media hit and garner new readers? What are they doing wrong? How have you maximized new reader sales based on hit media properties?

Retailer Q | #10: FCBD 2012

Welcome to Retailer Q, spinning 52Q’s format at top Canadian comic retailers. Comic Book Daily asks the question and our retail friends give their perspective. Please share your FCBD success stories from this past weekend: how it went, what your store does to promote the event, that kind of thing.

Retailer Q | #9: DC’s New 52 Six Months In

Welcome to Retailer Q, spinning 52Q’s format at top Canadian comic retailers. Comic Book Daily asks the question and our retail friends give their perspective. DC's New 52 is six months old, titles have been cancelled and new titles announced; all in all a resounding success. As retailers are you seeing sales of DC's titles sinking back to pre-relaunch numbers? Are you selling more DC titles than you were before the relaunch? How does DC's future look from this point on?

Retailer Q | #8: Recommendations For New Readers

Scott VanderPloeg
February 6, 2012
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When someone comes into the store and wants to start reading comics, what do you recommend? How about for a youth? What if they ask for something Canadian?

Retailer Q | #7: Periodicals & Collected Editions

Scott VanderPloeg
December 28, 2011

As a comics retailer how would you characterize your sales of periodical comics versus collected editions, and what kind of life these have after the initial release? How would you gauge your comic sales in relation to format? Are people "waiting for the trade" actually buying?

Retailer Q | #6: Halloween FCBD

Scott VanderPloeg
November 28, 2011

Welcome to Retailer Q, spinning 52Q’s format at top Canadian comic retailers. Comic Book Daily asks the question and our retail friends give their perspective. Diamond discussed at NYCC this year the possibility of a second Free Comic Book Day event in 2012 for Halloween. Can the comic industry, and more specifically comic retailers, support and maintain a successful second FCBD-like event?

Retailer Q | #5: Non-superhero Market

Scott VanderPloeg
November 1, 2011
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Welcome to Retailer Q, spinning 52Q’s format at top Canadian comic retailers. Comic Book Daily asks the question and our retail friends give their perspective. [box type=question]Is the non-superhero market alive and well from a comic shop perspective?[/box] [box type=shadow]Calum…

Retailer Q | #4: Discounts

Scott VanderPloeg
September 30, 2011

As a retailer do you offer subscriber/frequent buyer discounts, such as a flat percentage off all purchases or buy X get one free cards? Why or why not?

Scott VanderPloeg
August 9, 2011

Is there a market for variants, and if so how long does it last? Do variants have any legs as a back issue collectible?

Scott VanderPloeg
June 28, 2011

Welcome to Retailer Q, spinning 52Q’s format at top Canadian comic retailers. Comic Book Daily asks the question and our retail friends give their perspective. [box type=question]Free Comic Book Day is now a huge event and one no retailer can…

Retailer Q | #1: DC Reboot

Welcome to Retailer Q, spinning 52Q’s format at top Canadian comic retailers. Comic Book Daily asks the question and our retail friends give their perspective. DC’s announcement of rebooting their line with 52 series debuting in September, releasing in print and digital on the same day, has taken the comic world by storm. As a comics retailer what impact do you foresee? How will this change affect you?