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• What's in store for the Disney Stores

  With nearly a hundred of these shops closing around the country this week, Jim Hill looks to the future of this troubled retail chain. To be specific, Disney Consumer Products' plans to make the Disney Stores seems special & unique again Read More... Posted Friday, June 27, 2008 12:00 AM | 25 Comments Filed under: Disney, Disney Consumer Products, Disney Store, Canada, Toronto, cast members, cast member, Disneyana fans, retail chain , revival , Disney Stores, Rockford IL, Naples FL, Michigan, Missouri, New York State, Pennsylvania, liquidation , restructuring, selling space , industry average , specialty retailer, relaunch, Andrew Mooney , Chairman of Disney Consumer Products, Licensing International Expo, Licensing International Expo 2008, scarcity , reignite , Buffalo, special , unique , chain, North America , DCP , "Back to the Future" , mid-1990s, DS, MAGIC Guest Service program, Maintain Your Presence, Assess Your Guest, Greet Your Guest, Individualize Service, Conclude, exceed expectations, bottom line , repeat customer, premier retailers , Nordstrom, The Gap , Macy’s, best customers , brand loyalty, customer loyalty , mall , today's marketplace , Palm Springs , Davenport, units , public perception

• Disney Consumer Products isn't getting its hopes up for "Up"

  Jim Hill takes a close look at the retail side of the Mouse House. In particular why Disney Consumer Products is now taking a much more pragmatic approach toward the licensing of Pixar's next few pictures Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 12:00 AM | 21 Comments Filed under: Disney, Pixar, toys, Disney Consumer Products, John Lasseter, Disney's California Adventure, "Cars", "Ratatouille", Brad Bird, Disney Store, Pixar Animation Studios, The Walt Disney Company, WDI, "WALL * E", DCA, 2008, 2009, Disney / Pixar, animated feature, Carsland, Pete Docter, 2006, retail chain , 2010, "Up"

• Why For springs back into action, then ends with a bang

  JHM's Q & A column returns after a long winter nap with answers to your questions about the Muppets, "Beauty and the Beast," the Disney Stores as well as revealing where a Dick Cheney joke can be found in "Ratatouille" Read More... Posted Friday, March 21, 2008 12:00 AM | 12 Comments Filed under: Disney, Muppets, "High School Musical", "Beauty & the Beast", "Ratatouille", Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Disney Store, "Hannah Montana", "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", "Sleeping Beauty", "Fantasia", Walt Disney Home Entertainment, WDSHE, Blu-Ray, DVD, LaughingPlace, Disney / Pixar, in-joke, Hi-def

• Was "Brother Bear" really put into production because Michael Eisner thought that the Disney Store would then be able to sell more plush ?

  Jim Hill shares an excerpt from Jeffery Stepakoff's "Billion-Dollar Kiss," in which this industry veteran talks about the two years that he spent at Disney Feature Animation working on "Brother Bear" and "Tarzan" Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 22, 2007 12:00 AM | 11 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, toys, traditional animation, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Rita Hsiao, Jeffrey Stepakoff, "Brother Bear", "Tarzan", "Dawson's Creek", Disney Store, "Northern Exposure", "The Wonder Years", The Animation Guild