Retail Observations

[FireWater]

souixan said:
Brick & Atlantic City Best Buy & Circuit City, Toms River Target and Walmart and Toy R us.
Keep in mind where supply was "large" I only averaged I was Christmas shopping and thus in a bit of a rush to be counting each additional console except where visible stock was low

Bestbuy = Pleanty of PS3's about 60 mostly 40GB models but several 80GB as well at each bestbuy(they're 40 miles apart) 0 Wiis 0 DS's at best buy 15 PSP's(mostly the old "core" unit but 1 was the special star wars one) 360 = 0 core 6 elite 15 "Arcade" around 40 Premium around 80 and countless Halo eddition(I mean lot's... they had them back on the shelf with games, on display with the others 360's and a bunch up front near register.)

Target = About 8PS3's(it's all the room in the case the guy told me they had "enough" and laughed when I asked about stock 7 40GB's and 1 80 on display. 0 Wiis 1 Pink DS 2 PSP's 8 360's on Display(same case as PS3 but other side) 1 Elite 5 Premium 1 Arcade 1 Halo edition on display.

Walmart = 5 PS3's all 80 except 1 thats about the limit of their space. 0 Wii 5 DS - 2 Pink 0 White 1Red/black 2 Black 10 360's on display they had the arcade editions sitting under the 360 game rack not cased up for some reason(very un-walmart like)8 total with 1 of them being an original Core(why would they even try?) 2 Elite 5 Premium 0 Halo edition on display.

Toys R us = 7 PS3's 5 80 2 40 0 Wii 5 Ds(all pink is pink not popular?) 0 PSP on display but they had them behind the counter 5 360 All Halo edition I guess they're pushing them but I did see an elite and premium in the storage. Granted this isn't every store that sells them in my area but it's the ones I was in to grab gifts and Walmart I ended up in just because(I can't even remember why >.>) but it's a cursory glance of my area.

 Yeah I'm from the TR area, I called the Toys R Us the night before to see how many Wiis they were getting in, and they said almost 100.  Target in the area had a massive flood as well, I had to do some shopping there and I asked the guy he said they were getting a lot, but not 100.

 The Target salesman also informed me that Toms River/Brick area gets HUGE amount of stock of Wii, especially the Circuit City, Walmart and Best Buy.

 Wow this is my first post, this forum is really cool and enjoy talking sales stats despite the fact that I study social sciences.