Topps will continue its MVP buyback program in 2023 and beyond. That was just one of the announcements at the company's industry conference in Phoenix Monday. A collaboration between Topps, hobby shops and major online retailers, the buyback program offers sizeable in-store credit for collectors who turned in certain cards of 2022 MVPs Aaron Judge and Paul Goldschmidt … [Read more...] about Topps Says MVP Buyback Promotion to Continue, Promises More Outreach
2022 Topps Industry Conference
Topps Battles Backlog, Announces Plans for New 2022 Products
Topps is still struggling with supply chain issues as it works to maintain its trading card releases, but also announced plans for a large group of new products in 2022. On the final day of its Industry Conference in Chandler, AZ Tuesday, Topps gave shop owners, distributors and others in attendance an overview of what to expect for the remainder of the year and took … [Read more...] about Topps Battles Backlog, Announces Plans for New 2022 Products
Fanatics Promises Hobby Shops Part of Company’s Growth Strategy
The new owner of Topps trading cards is promising that it has no plans to cut hobby shops out of the distribution chain. Fanatics Collectibles, which purchased Topps as part of a long term and long reaching plan to take over the modern card market, said Monday that shops were an integral part of that plan. Josh Luber, hired by Fanatics Chairman Michael Rubin to run the … [Read more...] about Fanatics Promises Hobby Shops Part of Company’s Growth Strategy