Editing Merchandising (section)

===Idol goods===
[[File:Rolling Stones pop shop.jpg|thumb|right|[[The Rolling Stones]] merchandise sold in [[Carnaby Street]], London]]
'''Idol goods''' or '''idol merchandise''' are various types of merchandise related to [[Celebrity|celebrities]] ("idols"). Consumption of idol goods is a significant part of the idol fandom.<ref name="GalbraithKarlin2012-216">{{cite book|editor1=Patrick W. Galbraith|editor2=Jason G. Karlin|author=Daniel Black|title=Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GJEv_rKJvHkC&pg=PA216|date=31 August 2012|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-29830-9|page=216}}</ref> Such goods create and reinforce a more physical connection between fans and celebrities.<ref name="GalbraithKarlin2012-197">{{cite book|editor1=Patrick W. Galbraith|editor2=Jason G. Karlin|author=Patrick W. Galbraith|title=Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GJEv_rKJvHkC&pg=PA197|date=31 August 2012|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-29830-9|page=197}}</ref>

Examples of common idol goods include [[stationery]] items, [[compact discs]], [[photo albums]], calendars, telephone cards, T-shirts (see also [[concert T-shirt]]), key chains, lapel pins, and various other goods.<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor = 25064662|last1 = McVeigh|first1 = Brian J.|title = Reviewed work: Islands of Eight Million Smiles: Idol Performance and Symbolic Production in Contemporary Japan, Hiroshi Aoyagi|journal = Journal of Japanese Studies|volume = 32|issue = 2|pages = 462–467|year = 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=McVeigh|first=Brian J.|date=2006|title=Reviewed Work: Islands of Eight Million Smiles: Idol Performance and Symbolic Production in Contemporary Japan by Hiroshi Aoyagi|journal=The Journal of Japanese Studies|volume=32|issue=2|pages=462–467|doi=10.1353/jjs.2006.0055 |jstor=25064662|s2cid=145544468 }}</ref> [[Virtual idol]]s can be considered an idol good themselves as they can be bought and sold.<ref name="GalbraithKarlin2012-216"/> An idol can have a tremendous effect on sales of merchandise, an example being [[David Beckham]] upon his arrival at Real Madrid in 2003, with an Adidas spokesman stating, "Put Beckham's name on any product and Real Madrid didn't stop selling".<ref>{{cite news |title=Beckham-mania in China on Real Madrid's 2003 Asia tour |url=https://www.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2019/07/17/5d2ee2d046163f6e7f8b45ba.html |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=Marca |archive-date=3 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003111927/https://www.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2019/07/17/5d2ee2d046163f6e7f8b45ba.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 1960s [[the Beatles]] were pioneers in conventional retailing in music, setting up their own retail store in London, Apple Boutique, that sold Beatles merchandise.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Rolling Stones Roll Into Rock And Retail |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenshoulberg/2020/08/23/the-rolling-stones-roll-into-rock-and-retail/ |access-date=28 September 2021 |work=Forbes |archive-date=28 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928145232/https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenshoulberg/2020/08/23/the-rolling-stones-roll-into-rock-and-retail/ |url-status=live }}</ref>