Do economic fluctuations have a negative impact on sales?
GDL: Our buyer keeps the inventory very well diversified so as not to have economic fluctuations affect us too much. We have a loyal customer base generally made up of creative types, who usually work in design, architecture, fashion, music, and the entertainment industries. They tend to be world travelers and are pretty much split evenly 50/50 in the gender department. They are the type of customer who probably spends more on clothing, books, magazines, DVDs, and music than on toys, so their toy budgets are usually not affected. TDM: Does the secondary market draw attention to the primary market or detract from it? GDL: We carry all the new figures from the designer toy world, be it from France, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, the UK, as well as loyal boutique toy brands that manufacture items like the Enid Hi Glamour doll that we have sold upwards of 200 pieces at $38.00 each. Some of these production runs are so small that within days of them arriving in our stores, we sell out and the
