▁employee ▁present ations . ▁ ▁The ▁company ▁g arn ers ▁more ▁orders ▁at ▁the ▁show ▁($ 2 . 5 ▁million ) ▁than ▁Apple . ▁ ▁Or ders ▁come ▁from ▁Feder ated ▁Department ▁St ores ▁( M acy ’ s , ▁Blo oming dale ' s ), ▁Associ ated ▁D ry ▁Good s ▁( L ord ▁& ▁Taylor , ▁Rob ins ons , ▁Gold water ' s ), ▁Nord st rom ▁and ▁from ▁many ▁other ▁department ▁stores , ▁computer ▁stores , ▁and ▁electron ics ▁ret ail ers . ▁ ▁February ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁– ▁Video Brain , ▁presented ▁by ▁a ▁representative ▁of ▁Inter state , ▁appears ▁on ▁The ▁Today ▁Show ▁with ▁Jane ▁Paul y . ▁ ▁The ▁computer ▁is ▁introduced ▁at ▁ret ail ▁with ▁a ▁special ▁promotion ▁in ▁a ▁dedicated ▁room ▁at ▁M acy ' s ▁San ▁Francisco . ▁ ▁M acy ' s ▁later ▁reports ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁biggest ▁sales ▁day ▁in ▁the ▁electron ics ▁department ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁M acy ' s . ▁ ▁March ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁– ▁Video Brain ▁begins ▁sh ipping ▁but ▁many ▁department ▁stores ▁have ▁cancel led ▁their ▁orders ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁absence ▁of ▁ship ments ▁since ▁January . ▁ ▁June ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁– ▁Video Brain ▁appears ▁again ▁in ▁a ▁bo oth ▁at ▁the ▁C ES ▁show . ▁ ▁January ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁– ▁Video Brain ▁does ▁not ▁appear ▁on ▁the ▁floor ▁at ▁C ES . ▁ ▁Some ▁manufact urer ’ s ▁re ps ▁do ▁not ▁even