THANK YOU to all of our “EC Family Members” for helping to keep Emerald City in business by shopping here on a regular basis! Everything we do here at EC begins with our gratitude to you for buying your comics and games and collectibles here.
Can we ask a favor? We’d LOVE your help in bringing more of your friends and family into our shop!
* You know Emerald City is well-stocked.
* You know our Team gives you top-notch service and great recommendations.
* You know EC has something engaging for readers, gamers, and collectors of all ages and interests.
The thing is, community businesses like Emerald City are becoming more rare by the day. Drive through any shopping centers and you won’t find many local businesses that actually sell stuff.
Sure, there are a ton of fast food and other eating places, there are massage parlors, nail, wax, and tattoo places, and service centers for phones and other digital devices – and there are plenty of chain stores. But there aren’t many “Mom & Pop” shops selling actual merchandise.
National statistics for the 2019 holiday shopping season show overall retail sales were up 3.4% … but online sales were up 18.8%. That means shopping in physical stores was likely flat to down.
We really hate to admit it, but sales here at EC have been down every year since 2015. With the rising costs of … well, pretty much everything! – we could be facing some difficult decisions ahead. No, we’re not going to close any time soon (it’s surely not in the plans, anyway!), and we want to be here to serve this community for many more years … but some of that just isn’t in our control.
After bringing the community some fun events over the years and maintaining one of the most deeply-stocked pop culture stores around, we’re seeing too many people coming into the shop, especially during the holiday season, and taking photos of products so they could price-hunt for them online. Every time a phone came out to take a photo of a barcode, a Retail Angel had its wings clipped. 
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The thing is, if you’re reading this, you’re probably one of our heroes – one of our true “EC Family Members” – a regular Guest who DOES spend some of your hard-earned cash here! Or maybe you’re a fan from a distance …. possibly a former local who no longer shops here but wants to stay in touch. Maybe you just just like seeing what we post here – we do make an effort to post fun and engaging content!
How can you help?
* Keep shopping here! If you visit once a month, maybe try to make it twice a month?
* Sign up for our in-store subscription service, and give us your advance reservations for comics you don’t want to miss – especially if they are from smaller publishers that may not get deep orders otherwise. Our EC Team is happy to help you get just what you want!
* If you have us holding comics for you on subscription, please come in to get them! And if you come in regularly but still have comics in your file, please clear those out too!
* If you like what we do here, please do some social sharing on Facebook, Instagram, and other social media outlets to invite your friends and family to join us here at Emerald City. Please tag “emeraldcitycomics” in your social sharing. Hopefully the more reviews and notice we get on social media, the more new faces we’ll see in the shop!
* For teachers and librarians, we invite you to contact us to get a stack of FREE comics to pass out in your classroom or at your school or library. We also look forward to helping more teachers and librarians increase the number of comics and graphic novels in your classrooms, schools, and libraries.
* Remember that every Wednesday, EC gets a new shipment of comics – and we’d love to see you here every week! We also get new games and collectibles all through the week!
* Please keep watching this space! There’s more to come, so please keep following us here and keep visiting us in the shop!
As we said up top, Emerald City is a business built on gratitude. We are extremely grateful for the support this community is still showing us after more than 30 years in business.
THANK YOU!
We always say that “your best memories are here at EC!”
And for every one of us, may the BEST be yet to come!
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