Comic Shop Spotlight: Rock Shop Music And Comics

Apr 05, 2017

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Rock Shop Music And Comics in Buford, Georgia.

OWNER: Brad Owens

MANAGER: Tyler Howard

NUMBER OF LOCATIONS: 1

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 6

YEAR OPENED: 2010

STORE SIZE (square feet): 1,880

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Favorite Recent Comic Book: Green Arrow, Reborn, Moon Knight

What has been your best promotion or event? Free Comic Book Day, by far! It rivals or surpasses Black Friday every year. We’re in a mall and Black Friday is also always amazing,..

What recent changes have you made in the store? Our Comics department still grows every month, so we keep expanding it. Since we are also a record store, we have also started selling CDs again, due to customer demand, instead of only vinyl.

What steps have you taken to expand your customer base or to reach out to individuals unfamiliar with your store or comics in general? Being in the mall, we get a lot of non-comic, or comic-curious, customers. We have a customer favorite section of trades, which are great for newbies. We also train our employees so that they are equipped to make recommendations based on the customer’s interests.

How did you choose your store name? Before the store, we were an online seller of mostly music and band apparel and merchandise. I have always collected comics and wanted to open a store mixing the two. Rock Shop Music and Comics sounded catchy. Comics were originally going to be a small part of the store, which is why we didn’t give it a comic themed name. Now it makes up the majority!

What superpower would you most like to have? The ability to multiply myself, like Jamie Madrox, as there’s always so much to do…But having the powers of Arm Fall Off Boy would be great fun at parties!