I've never been touched inappropriately by anyone, and since we both dress the same way and I don't have any real self-defense training I've got to chalk it up to a similar "don't fuck with me" attitude. I hang around in hobby and comic shops all the time, often alone, even go to Magic tournaments (always the only girl there) and maintain a nice two-foot sphere of personal space at all times.
Reanna's got it right about the body language. I recommend the book "Not an easy target" by Paxton Quigly, which will tell you everything you need to know about not getting messed with. It will also tell you a bunch of paranoid stuff that no one would really want to do, so be a filter, not a sponge--but the body language and positioning stuff is gold.
Finally, you need to seriously ask yourself WHY you just left after he did that. Someone with intact self-esteem should not have allowed this to happen and certainly should not have left without reprisal. Appropriate reactions could range from "Excuse me, that was unacceptable. Please leave now before I call security" to a slap in the face, but NO reaction is a little strange.
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