Panini America will continue making college-focused trading cards for the foreseeable future after reaching a contract extension with collegiate licensing company CLC. Panini called it a “long term” arrangement. Panini and CLC originally partnered in 2015. The announcement means that Panini America will maintain the exclusive rights to use collegiate imagery … [Read more...] about Panini Gets Extension of Collegiate Trading Card Licensing Deal
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Panini Lands Notre Dame for Trading Card Deal
Four years ago, Panini America announced a series of deals that essentially gave it a monopoly on the licensing of college-themed trading cards. The lone holdout among major schools was Notre Dame, which had signed a contract with Upper Deck just months before. Now you can put the Irish in Panini’s stable, too. The school has signed an exclusive multi-year trading … [Read more...] about Panini Lands Notre Dame for Trading Card Deal
Upper Deck Creates 1988 Notre Dame Championship Set via ePack
Panini America may have exclusive deals with most of the major college athletic programs during a sweeping acquisition a couple of years ago. The one school they didn’t snare was Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish remain the property of Upper Deck and now, the California company has produced a new trading card set that salutes the 1988 championship football … [Read more...] about Upper Deck Creates 1988 Notre Dame Championship Set via ePack
Upper Deck Company Lays Off Five
The loss of its major trading card licenses has forced Upper Deck through several rounds of layoffs over the last three years. A few more workers were let go last month including public relations manager Terry Melia. "On Friday, July 22, I was laid off from the Upper Deck Company," Melia wrote in an email. "After 14 years of dedicated service, my number finally came up. I … [Read more...] about Upper Deck Company Lays Off Five
Upper Deck Evolution in Action: Local TV Sneak Peek
Both Panini and Upper Deck will release their video trading card products in the coming months. While the collector jury is still out on the product since they have yet to enter the marketplace, the idea is at least generating a little media buzz for one of them. Upper Deck's Evolution product will hit the market next month. They've gotten a little tech blog attention and … [Read more...] about Upper Deck Evolution in Action: Local TV Sneak Peek