this is vicious and the nicer a person your local comic shop owner is the longer they're going to let your shit go and the worse it's going to hurt themhttps://twitter.com/victorycomics/status/1057697763624972288 …
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this despite them being lucky to inch past a 50% margin from the industry's single distributor if they're a small operation and the resale value of any individual issue being starkly annihilated by sitting around for a month
it seems extremely odd until you understand that the distribution cartel (it's Diamond with a monopoly in most of the country) requires minimum orders from retailers to qualify for discounts and special high margin inventory (variant covers, desirable collectibles, etc.)
so many LCS just need to find a way to justify ordering a large enough order to get discounts that make their margins viable. it's assuming a lot of risk (because Diamond is scum and pushes off their risk to vulnerable LCS') but is necessary for operating margins.
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