Retail Beat

Retail Beat covers retailer anniversaries, special events, promotions, media coverage and other accomplishments.

• The October 20 edition of the Arizona Daily Star profiled Tucson, AZ’s Charlie's Comic Books and the store’s owner, Charlie Harris in Joseph Barrios’ article “Comic-book shop's owner is a student of the genre” (read the article here).

• On October 19, as part of a piece on the popularity of superhero movies, Burlington, VT’s WCAX-TV News interviewed Jason Andreasson, manager of Earth Prime Comics, in Jack Thurston’s “Comic Books No Laughing Matter” (read the article here).

If you are about to celebrate a milestone anniversary, expand your store, open a new location, or orchestrate a unique promotion, or if your business has been the focus of local, regional or national media coverage, please send information, dates, pictures, Internet links and/or clippings to “Retail Beat” c/o Diamond Daily for inclusion in future columns, or contact your Diamond Customer Service Representative.