Panini America Addresses Current Retail Marketplace Situation
It's certainly no secret that the unprecedented explosion of the sports collectibles industry has dramatically impacted seemingly every conceivable part of the business, including manufacturing, distribution, fulfillment, protective supplies, grading services and, perhaps most strikingly, the mass retail marketplace. Simply, current market conditions have created never-before-seen scenes that include release-day lines wrapped around stores, wild, seemingly uncontrollable crowding in trading…
Panini America’s New 2020 Chronicles Draft Picks Football Finds Exclusive Retail Home at Target Stores
Panini America's captivating and catchall Chronicles brand will offer a compelling take on the top players from the 2020 NFL Draft in the coming days when the en-route debut of 2020 Chronicles Draft Picks Football arrives on store shelves. The hobby version of the product is slated to release July 10. But retail versions of the product -- available exclusively…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2015-16 Excalibur Basketball (Gallery)
Following a successful season in 2014-15 as a Target-exclusive, Panini America's popular Excalibur Basketball brand will return in limited form to the hobby later this season equipped with fabled chase favorites like the captivating Kaboom! and the multi-colored Optichrome Crusade insert. 2015-16 Excalibur Basketball Premium boxes will be hobby-exclusive; Blaster Boxes and Gravity Feed packs will remain Target exclusives. Set to…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015-16 Threads Basketball (100+ Pics)
Any day now, Panini America's 2015-16 Threads Basketball will arrive on Target store shelves across North America, the second time in as many years that the popular NBA release will appear exclusively in Target stores. Picking up right where last year's stacked release left off, 2015-16 Threads Basketball returns with its trademark -- and SKU-specific -- Wood, Leather and Micro-Etched…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at Target-Only 2014-15 Excalibur Basketball
If you've spent any time at all in the trading card section of your neighborhood Target store in recent weeks, you've probably noticed a star-studded poster promoting the impending arrival of 2014-15 Excalibur Basketball, Panini America's third and final Target-only NBA product of the 2014-15 collecting season that begins shipping to stores on Monday. To help retail-minded collectors properly prepare…