Manga Expansions at Best Buy and Walmart: Good News or Unnecessary?
For the first time ever, Best Buy has begun selling select manga titles (Naruto, Assassination Classroom) by packaging them with anime. Meanwhile, Walmart has...
A Changing Retail Landscape
COVID-19 has caused tons of disruptions all around the world. Lots of movie and book releases have been pushed back, finding items may take...
Anime Partnerships Grow Stronger
Businesses are a tangled web of contracts. And in some cases, even rivals team up together to work on projects and initiatives. For instance,...
Crunchyroll Gets Some New VIZ-ness
Two media giants have announced teaming up before, but one of their
first moves is the opposite of what many of us expected.
Back in...
Get Your Game On!
In 10 days, it's the return of International Tabletop Day, a worldwide day of board gaming. Games have experienced a resurgence, and titles from...
Fans are Thrown a Curve with the New VRV
The divorce rate in the US is about 50%. Well, the statistic has just hit the anime industry: the once holy union between Crunchyroll...
A Heart-ful Valentine’s Day
It's almost Valentine's Day! That means it's time for my annual gift idea roundup. Chances are it's been a rough year since last Valentine's...
Spotlight on Best Buy
Best Buy is one of the few big-box electronics and entertainment stores still around. While it is often compared to Amazon, Best Buy is,...
The New Shipping Wars
The online retailers are going through some more changes. Who will emerge as winners, and who will come out as losers? Let's see!
Target
Target used...
Barnes & Noble and the “Terrible”, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Quarter
The good news: Barnes & Noble hasn't lost as much money compared to this point last year.
The bad news: Barnes & Noble's current CEO...