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Panini Signs Football Card Deal; Releases First Product

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Panini America and the NFL and NFL Players Association have officially come to terms on a multi-year trading card licensing agreement. The deal covers the manufacture of football cards and stickers.   In the coming weeks, Panini also expects to announce several agreements with NFL players who will serve as the face of its products on packaging and in promotions. The 2010 NFL … [Read more...] about Panini Signs Football Card Deal; Releases First Product

Upper Deck Laying Off 119 Workers

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Upper Deck jettisoned 33 workers in January.  It turns out that was just the beginning. The Carlsbad, California trading card and memorabilia maker has filed notice with the state of California that it is laying off 119 workers. Upper Deck has gone through a series of issues lately, including the loss of its partnership with Major League Baseball that launched the company … [Read more...] about Upper Deck Laying Off 119 Workers

PSA Announces Custom Card Encapsulation Service

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Since 1991, PSA has helped authenticate, grade and preserve millions of trading cards and other collectibles. Now, your own cards or photos can get the PSA treatment. Through a new service, PSA allows you to place your specially designed trading cards or photos in its trademarked protective holder with a special label of your choosing. If a personally designed trading … [Read more...] about PSA Announces Custom Card Encapsulation Service

Shaffer: Marketing to Kids an Industry Must

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Victor Shaffer, who ran the company that began changing the sports trading card in the mid-1990s, has plenty of advice for card companies, dealers and others trying to earn the business of youngsters. Shaffer, EVP at Cartamundi USA and the one-time founder/CEO of the Press Pass trading card company, presented a 60-minute keynote address April 14 at The Industry Summit in Las … [Read more...] about Shaffer: Marketing to Kids an Industry Must

In the Game Soldiers On Without NHL Blessing

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Upper Deck maintains its NHL trading card license, although the company will now have to share the right to make hockey cards with fast-rising Panini America. The NHL's decision to open its trading card business to more than one company after this season is what In the Game was hoping for, but the end result is keeping them on the bench again. In the Game isn't well-known … [Read more...] about In the Game Soldiers On Without NHL Blessing

Topps Tricks Have Collectors Culling Commons

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Thanks to the introduction of some new products, you find historical figures on sports trading cards without looking very hard. Topps Allen & Ginter, Upper Deck Champ's and Donruss Americana are just three releases that have put a new spin on things. Over the last three years, though, Topps has gone one step further with its iconic flagship brand.  In 2007, Mickey … [Read more...] about Topps Tricks Have Collectors Culling Commons

Topps Invades India

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The Indian Premier League and the Topps Company have announced a long term partnership to launch a range of new collectable products and trading cards for the cricket organization in 2011. As part of this association, Topps will introduce a range of IPL collectables that will include stickers, albums and trading cards, which will be sold both at retail and digitally. Topps … [Read more...] about Topps Invades India