Panini America Set to Deliver ‘Welcome Back’ Kits, Bonus Packs to More than 600 North American Hobby Shops
For more than 600 hobby shops across North America, a little help is on the way. Panini America officials late this week began shipping comprehensive Safe Social Distancing kits to stores in the U.S. and Canada that feature, among other elements, hand sanitizer, masks, floor decals, posters and bonus packs from Panini America's 2019 Panini Day program. These "Welcome Back…
Panini America’s Popular NBA Player of the Day Hobby Shop Promo Returns to a Record 450+ Stores
While NBA teams prepare for long playoff runs with visions of NBA Finals trips in their collective heads, NBA trading card collectors will be playing for more than 100,000 prizes at hobby shops across the U.S. as Panini America's fifth annual NBA Player of the Day Hobby Shop Promotion tips off in the coming days (if it hasn't already in…
Panini America Unveils Checklists for 2019 Black Friday Promotion Sets
Here we are, just a few days from the biggest shopping day of the year and signs of Black Friday are all around us — on television commercials, website banner ads, radio spots, print ads and seemingly everywhere else that might attract a set of eyeballs, a set of ears or a flurry of mouse-button clicks. But nowhere are the signs of…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2019 Black Friday Promotion (Gallery)
It’s been called the most successful hobby shop promotion of all time by longtime industry experts. It’s made hobby shops across North America bona fide post-Thanksgiving retail destinations. It’s delivered some of the most unique and sought after trading cards in recent years. And next week it’s making its triumphant return. News flash: Panini America’s 2019 Black Friday promotion is coming. For…
Sixers Rookie Matisse Thybulle Impresses During 2019 NBA Player of the Day Grand Prize Event
Furlong, Pa. -- Both literally and figuratively, Philadelphia 76ers rookie Matisse Thybulle seemed larger than life last week to 11-year-old Quinn Slack and his buddies. After all, it's not every day that you have a 6-5, 200-pound NBA player in your living room . . . on your driveway basketball hoop . . . sitting next to you opening a…
Panini America’s NFL Player of the Day Hobby Shop Promotion Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Connecting Football Collectors with NFL Players
There are few things you can be sure of in life. But this is one: For the past 20 years, when you've walked into a hobby shop and purchased a pack of NFL trading cards, there was a chance that it could result in you spending a day with an NFL player. That’s because, for the last two decades, more than…
Father-Son Duo to Spend the Day with 76ers Rookie Matisse Thybulle as Grand Prize Winner in the Panini NBA Player of the Day Hobby Shop Promotion
Almost 100,000 card collectors at more than 400 hobby shops nationwide participated in the most recent Panini NBA Player of the Day hobby shop promotion this season and although thousands of prizes were awarded to collectors, only Chris and Quinn Slack of Furlong, Pa., parlayed their lucky pack of Panini NBA trading cards into the chance to spend a day with…
Signs of Father’s Day: Panini America Peeks Autograph Lineup for 2019 Father’s Day Set
You’ve seen the base parallels and inserts. You’ve seen the memorabilia. In fact, when it comes to Panini America’s upcoming 2019 Father’s Day hobby shop promotion set, you’ve seen just about everything by now — except the autograph cards. We’ve saved those for today. As you’ll see in the must-see gallery that follows, the autograph checklist for this year’s set is vast and diverse and impressive…
Panini America Explores the Memorabilia Card Lineup in 2019 Father’s Day Set (Gallery)
Father’s Day week has arrived and you can expect the anticipation and excitement for this weekend’s annual Panini America Father’s Day hobby shop promotion to intensify more with each passing day. We spent some time last week starting our preview coverage of this year's set and will intensify that coverage this week. Today, we’re exploring some of the 2019 Father’s Day set’s unique…
iCollectPanini.com Begins Online Portion of Panini America 2018 Black Friday Promo
Just as we do every year, we’ve had many collectors ask how they can get involved in the Panini America Black Friday phenomenon if there are no participating brick-and-mortar hobby shops in their area. Well, just like we do every year, we’ve got you covered. Starting today and until supplies last, collectors who purchase selected products on iCollectPanini.com will receive the equivalent number of 2018 Black…