It has also inspired a disturbingly robust merchandising empire: films, T-shirts, novelty slippers, even plans for Angry Birds "activity parks" featuring play equipment for kids.
They discussed new theme park deals with companies like SeaWorld; growth at their newly acquired YouTube channel, Awesomeness TV; expansion in original television programming, including the hiring of two senior Nickelodeon executives; and plans for a more robust toy and merchandise business.
Many tours have turned to paperless ticketing to combat scalpers while very few others, like Kid Rock, are dropping tickets to the bare minimum and admitting that their most robust revenues will come from merchandise or concessions.
Some have decent websites and robust twitter followings and Fleshlight merchandise deals.
Now the series has a cult following in Canada, robust international sales, an obligatory merchandise-flogging Web site and an eponymous companion book.
"Shutterfly's specialty is a very robust catalog of photo gifts and merchandise," said Alan Bullock, an analyst at InfoTrends, a market research firm.
The nation's retailers reported their strongest monthly sales growth in a decade on Thursday, with robust gains in virtually every category of merchandise and every type of store.
As the host of America's largest independent film festival (Sundance) and a number of major outdoor merchandise manufacturers, Park City enjoys a robust local economy.
Robust sales of "Hannah Montana" clothing and "High School Musical" merchandise contributed to a 38percentt rise in operating profit at the consumer products division.
But to summarize, the new system is about as Apple-fied as you can get with an UI that features flickable menus, a clean interface, but yet still robust with the ability to ring-up transactions and return merchandise.
