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Friday, April 07, 2023 

Specialty store in Alberta, Canada closes

CTV News reports a notable specialty store in Edmonton's closing after about a quarter century:
A long-standing comic book and collectibles store in Edmonton is shutting down.

The management of Wizard's Comics & Collectibles announced the end of a 25-year run on Monday.

"We want to take a moment to express our sincere gratitude for your unwavering support throughout the years. Your loyalty has been the backbone of our success, and we cannot thank you enough for your patronage," Dane and Megan McKay wrote on Facebook. [...]

An expert from the University of Alberta's School of Business thinks the closures are in part related to a shift toward digital media.

"Print media or print anything right now is a really difficult business to be in," Heather Thomson explained. "Anything that people can download directly to their devices or tablets is going to make having anything in that business in a brick and mortar concept really, really difficult to compete with.”
It's no surprise nobody in colleges wants to ask whether lack of artistic merit plays into these topics. But it's certainly disappointing. When merit evaporates, you can't be surprised no one in the right frame of mind would want to buy in print, and even digital isn't doing well. Sadly, merit is meaningless to these PC advocates who apparently care more about profit.

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