hope you had fun at kawaii kon 2010! How were sales for you? ours we're dismal. we were in the back corner near the exit (supposed to be the ENTRANCE per the MAP FROM THE KON...)which meant no money and dazed consumers by the time they got to us... *siiigh*

Oh well, some vendors in the dealers room tanked hard too. Other Realms in the Game Room even sold $2.00 manga on sunday to try to make their nut back... The Kon did pathetic marketing from what I've NOT seen this year. Aside from hype in Jason Yadao's Cel Shaded in the Star Bulletin, I saw NO ads for the Kon. The only ad LMH Ad VP Wen Hong heard was an ad on KQMQ FM for the Hawaii Video Game League on Saturday. When Scott Richardson was here they at least tried...

In a bad economy you gotta go broad & deep to keep market share and to boost per unit sales. Too high at the gate and you turn away business or worse wind up like the old Creation Con's, $$ to the gate, $ to expensive lunch or dinner in waikiki, = $0 for the dealer rooms.

Kids had no wads this year and spent it all on a few vendors in a couple of hours. then they just looked... Better marketing would have paid off and supported the dealers and Artist Alley better. NOW AA is getting cut back (Limited to 50 tables)and they're expanding other vendors(like maid cafe or photo booths) into the alley?! They can put the Maid Cafe and other stuff in the promennade outside, IT'S WEATHERPROOF FOR GAWD'S SAKE!! there's a waiting list and they're cutting AA back? makes NO sense!

What's your take on all this?

Doc m@m




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