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Re:Amazon sells out of the NES Classic Edition in less than ... by sogen on Friday November 11, 2016 @08:57PM (#12936126)
Actually what really happens is that store managers have to decide what to stock in May, seven months before Xmas.

Source: I was manager at a large store.

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Re:Amazon sells out of the NES Classic Edition in less than ... by oneeyedpigeon on Saturday November 12, 2016 @06:06AM (#12937421)
The NES classic was announced in July, though. Would retailers have been given some advance notice under an NDA, or is this an exception?
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Re:Amazon sells out of the NES Classic Edition in less than ... by sogen on Saturday November 12, 2016 @03:03PM (#12939878)
The retailers are flown to this place and treated like kids in a candy store, so they need to interact, feel, and try all new products, because a bad investment in inventory (too low or too high) will affect the store.

My best guess is that they are shown a working prototype, but for a company this huge (and protective) I don't know.

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