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These articles are reprints from RPG.net. They are often updated for current information.

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Aim Higher: Add Value To Your Thriving Retail Business With Game Production

Posted on January 16, 2025 by lloydbrown

I’m a big proponent of retailers venturing into vertical integration by producing their own product. Each side of this equation–the retail division ...

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Want to Own More Game Stores? Partner With Me for Low-Cost Growth

Posted on September 17, 2024 by lloydbrown

As I’m developing my new book, Opening a Tabletop Game Store, I’ve realized there’s a strong need for a companion piece: Buying a Tabletop Game Store. In ...

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Level Up Your Sales Game: Proven Techniques for Success in Tabletop Game Retail

Posted on February 20, 2024 by lloydbrown

We talk often about the mechanics of operating a game store—things like opening procedures, POS tips, and event management. All these things are intended to hel...

Featured Articles/Marketing & Advertising

EDDM Marketing

Posted on June 23, 2013 by lloydbrown

EDDM Marketing The EDDM (Every Door Direct Mail) program is an offer from the post office that allows you to send low-cost marketing pieces to a very specific p...

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After-Action Report: RapierCon

Posted on June 17, 2013 by lloydbrown

Introducing FLGS I’ve learned a lot about game retail since I bought my store. I’ve considered re-entering that arena several times under different ...

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Growth Strategies: Vertical Integration and Game Production for Retailers

Posted on June 10, 2013 by lloydbrown

Don’t stop at one tier of the industry. It’s important to have vision for how you want your company to develop beyond the opening stages. One goal f...

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A New Buying Offer

Posted on June 3, 2013 by lloydbrown

Buy out your competition with their money. In December I attended a trade show in another industry. The atmosphere was very positive overall. One speaker mentio...

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The 1k Company Revisited

Posted on May 27, 2013 by lloydbrown

And Updated for Technology Precedent Way back in the Neolithic Age of 1998, Sandy Antunes wrote one of the iconic article on this site, The 1k Company. Technolo...

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Stocking vs. Supporting

Posted on May 20, 2013 by lloydbrown

You can’t support everything. Which games do you support? The decision to support a game versus merely stocking a game has a huge impact on that game’s sa...

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The Shoestring Model Revisited

Posted on May 13, 2013 by lloydbrown

A Second Look at a Bad Idea In The Shoestring Game Store Model , I discussed a business model based on minimal costs and minimal inventory. I also advocated—fir...

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