Name: Games Workshop Retail, Inc
Trade Name: Games Workshop
Contact: Tim Goins, Head of Real Estate
Corporate Address: 6711 Baymeadow Drive,
Glen Burnie, MD 21060
Corporate Phone Number: 410-689-2308
Business Description: Games Workshop
is the world’s leading manufacturer, distributor,
and retailer of toy soldiers, model kits, and
table top strategy games. Our company’s
stores are known as Hobby Centers and they
not only sell the company’s products,
but also provide an environment where players,
collectors, and enthusiasts gather to play
our games, learn painting and modeling skills,
and receive guidance from our knowledgeable
and enthusiastic staff.
Tabletop Strategy Games: For the uninitiated,
the concept of tabletop strategy games can
be a little confusing. It is best to think
of it like playing a game with the green army
men (that you’ve now painted to look
like real soldiers) of your childhood on a
nice model train table (with little buildings,
hills, and trees) instead of in the sand box.
This concept by no means covers all of the
nuances of the Games Workshop hobby, but it’s
a good frame of reference from which to start.
Hours of Business: Vary, but typically
from 1 p.m. – 9 p.m. Tuesday – Friday,
10 a.m. – 9 p.m. on Saturday, and 12
p.m. – 6 p.m. on Sunday, and closed on
Monday, generally totaling at least 48 hours
a week for strip mall locations. Mall locations
per required hours.
Company History: Games Workshop began as
a small chain of general games shops in London,
England. In 1981, Games Workshop helped found
Citadel Miniatures Limited, a manufacturer
of metal miniatures. In short order, Games
Workshop developed a set of table-top strategy
rules for use with toy soldiers. This set
of
rules, called Warhammer, enabled players to
recreate epic scale battles in miniature scale.
In 1994, the company went public on the London
Stock Exchange and a direct sales operation
was developed in the United States. Alongside
the distribution network focused on selling
wholesale to third party retailers, Games
Workshop launched a small chain of company-owned
retail
shops dedicated exclusively to its own products.
Over the next 10 years, Games Workshop underwent
a slow and steady expansion. Today, the chain
totals 59 shops throughout the United States
and is part of a world-wide network of over
350 shops in premier locations. Now, Games
Workshop is in the midst of a robust expansion
of its US retail store chain.
Growth Plans: Games Workshop intends to
open 100 shops in the next 5 years, mainly
concentrated in the top 10 metropolitan areas
of the United States. To facilitate this
expansion plan, Games Workshop has built
and opened
a new state of the art manufacturing and
distribution facility
in Memphis, Tennessee.
Competition: There is no other retailer
that competes directly with Games Workshop.
However,
as a distributor, we are mindful of not
encroaching upon our third party retailers.
Web site: www.games-workshop.com |
