Games Workshop 2014-2015 Annual Report

[Stuart]

Released today: http://investor.games-workshop.com/2015/...-report-2/

Direct link to PDF: http://investor.games-workshop.com/wp-co...-final.pdf

[Embolden]

Sales down after the release schedule like this...

Looks like the figures are based before AoS so we won't know how thats effected the business.

But its worrying and overall, I didn't get a sense of optimism, but desperation, stating we hope to be around "forever"... ???

[aprilmanha]

Pay freeze for retail staff is going to hurt the store managers though
They seem to have a bit of a revolving door on retail staff at the moment?

[Gareth]

AoS is a strange on to consider. Was chatting to Mark at Hobby Hut earlier when I was picking up some paints. He was surprised his AoS boxes haven't gone, I wasn't because the game without fixing is un-playable. UK Warhammer community is un-surprisingly trying to fix the game, but in its current state I give it 6-12 months, in that scene. Its not being played in stores, with reports being 40k is still the game played by their target market (I know kids are fickle but given a game with Space Marines, or a game with pseudo-Space Marines that their friends haven't got, which one was really going to win.)
With a fix AoS could save their ass, without its another nail in their coffin of dominance.

Interesting that retail sales are down, seeing as they shut up a huge amount of international stores. Hmmmm I wonder if lack of stores, hinders sales. Internet sales are up, during a period in which you could only get their items via the internet. Friday pre-orders moved to Saturday because, by the times the stores (which are not selling as much,) opened on a Saturday the entire stock had sold, and staff were having to promote a product that wouldn't be available. IN twelve months time, this could reverse, with internet sales declining and store sales increasing.

[Fitz]

AoS is a strange on to consider. Was chatting to Mark at Hobby Hut earlier when I was picking up some paints. He was surprised his AoS boxes haven't gone, I wasn't because the game without fixing is un-playable. UK Warhammer community is un-surprisingly trying to fix the game, but in its current state I give it 6-12 months, in that scene. Its not being played in stores, with reports being 40k is still the game played by their target market (I know kids are fickle but given a game with Space Marines, or a game with pseudo-Space Marines that their friends haven't got, which one was really going to win.)
With a fix AoS could save their ass, without its another nail in their coffin of dominance.

Interesting that retail sales are down, seeing as they shut up a huge amount of international stores. Hmmmm I wonder if lack of stores, hinders sales. Internet sales are up, during a period in which you could only get their items via the internet. Friday pre-orders moved to Saturday because, by the times the stores (which are not selling as much,) opened on a Saturday the entire stock had sold, and staff were having to promote a product that wouldn't be available. IN twelve months time, this could reverse, with internet sales declining and store sales increasing.

I think if they released AoS as a standalone (ala space huk) and set it before (current) events. They would've made a mint.