EcommerceBytes-NewsFlash, Number 205 - November 18, 2001 - ISSN 1539-5065 3 of 3

Pokemon Center Opens in NYC

By Ina Steiner
EcommerceBytes.com
November 18, 2001

Pokemon Center is a new "entertainment and retail destination" that opened in New York's Rockefeller Center on Friday. Located at 10 Rockefeller plaza, the center features interactive gaming environments, free activities and collectible Pokemon merchandise.

Pokemon USA Inc. is a New York-based subsidiary of The Pokemon Company (TPC) in Japan. The Pokemon creators, along with Nintendo, first launched Pokemon for the world's best-selling Game Boy video game system in Japan in 1996. The franchise arrived in North America in September 1998 and has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide. For more information about Pokemon Center and its products, visit http://www.pokemoncenter.com.

About the author: Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com.

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