Panini America is shelving its annual Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions for 2020 as the company deals with the fallout from COVID-19. A fixture in the hobby for several years, the promotions were popular with card shops and online breakers, with free packs of Black Friday-branded cards available to customers for several days during the holiday shopping season. … [Read more...] about Panini Drops Black Friday, Cyber Monday Promotions for 2020
Panini Black Friday
What’s Hot: Panini Black Friday is Back
Some collectors will be doing their Black Friday sports card shopping online but for collectors lucky enough to have a card shop nearby, it's a weekend to mark on your calendar. 2019 Panini Black Friday is here and live (unless your city got 14" of snow from Monday night until Tuesday and you're still waiting for your packs to arrive like one certain card shop owner and … [Read more...] about What’s Hot: Panini Black Friday is Back
What’s Hot: Black Friday Buzz and the Latest Top 5
'Twas the Monday before Panini Black Friday and I'm sitting here wishing I could fast forward through Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, most of Thanksgiving, minus the football and my mother's special turkey legs and jello mold to 10PM Thursday night when I pop my doors and kick off the holiday season in earnest with Panini Black Friday. My shop has seen success with … [Read more...] about What’s Hot: Black Friday Buzz and the Latest Top 5
Panini Black Friday Promotion Returns to Hobby Shops Nov. 24
Panini's annual Black Friday hobby shop promotion is back for another year. Participating stores will hand out free two-card packs of shop-exclusive cards to customers on Friday, November 24. Panini has created two kinds of sets for Black Friday, one centered around the NFL and the other on the NBA, baseball, soccer and racing. The NFL side will offer a 75-card base … [Read more...] about Panini Black Friday Promotion Returns to Hobby Shops Nov. 24
What’s Hot in the Shop: Panini Ups Ante on Black Friday
When you own a sports card store, there are two words that bring an unparalleled level of excitement like none other. No they are not Exquisite NBA Returns (although it could be), those three words are not Kris Bryant Rookies and they are not Free Black Boxes (but that is rather close). Since 2011, the phrase that pays big time has been Panini Black Friday. Plain and … [Read more...] about What’s Hot in the Shop: Panini Ups Ante on Black Friday
What’s Hot in the Shop: The 2014 Mikey Awards
Hello fellow card maniacs, It’s time for the second annual Mikey Awards. This is easily my most favorite piece to share each year and yes, I do put more than 20 minutes into this article. I still write it after midnight just like my other reports just to make it as cool and culturally relevant as possible.Since I’m writing this on Christmas morning, I hope that you were … [Read more...] about What’s Hot in the Shop: The 2014 Mikey Awards
Black Friday Hits, Packs Land on eBay
No doubt some of the cards landed in personal collections, where they’ll stay for awhile. However, a lot of buyers quickly became sellers, hoping to flip their unwanted Black Friday cards for a profit on eBay. A LeBron James Cracked Ice relic card sold for more than $400 over the weekend. Unopened pack lots were popular with groups of 50 selling for $300-350, while touting … [Read more...] about Black Friday Hits, Packs Land on eBay
What’s Hot in the Shop? TGIBF: Thank Goodness It’s Black Friday
I would like to start out by wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving. It is a very special time of the year and I hope you all are able to spend it with those that you love and care about. On this Thanksgiving I will start off my day watching parades with my kids, around noon head over to my wife’s family for my first dose of turkey and follow that up close to five with a … [Read more...] about What’s Hot in the Shop? TGIBF: Thank Goodness It’s Black Friday