BACKPANINI WINS TOP SELLING TOY BY SUPER CATEGORY FOR NFL 2024 PRIZM FOOTBALL IN CIRCANA’S GLOBAL TOY PERFORMANCE AWARDS
Marks The First Time A Sports Trading Card Product Has Won
Irving, TX – February 17, 2026 – Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, has been honored with two 2025 Circana Global Toy Performance Awards at Toy Fair New York.
Panini took home two awards in the 2025 Circana Global Toy Performance Awards. Panini’s 2024 NFL Prizm Football Blaster Box was awarded Top Selling Toy By Super Category (U.S.) – Explorative & Other Toys, marking the first time a sports trading card product has won the award. Panini also won Top Selling Toy By Class – Non-Strategic Trading Cards/Collectible Stickers for NFL 2024 Prizm Football Blaster Box.
For fifteen years, Circana’s Global Toy Performance Awards have recognized the best-selling and top gaining toys, properties, and manufacturers based on 2025 sales globally and in the U.S., Europe, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico, according to Circana’s Retail Tracking Service.
“We are very proud to have earned these Toy Performance Awards, especially since we are the first sports trading card company to be honored,” said Mark Warsop, CEO of Panini America. “These awards are a testament to our compelling and high-quality products that continue to resonate with fans and collectors around the world.”
About Panini America
Panini America is a subsidiary of The Panini Group, established over 60 years ago in Modena, Italy with subsidiaries throughout Europe, Latin America and the United States. Panini is the world leader in officially licensed collectibles and is the most significant publisher of collectibles in the U.S., with official licenses for NFL, NFLPA, WNBA, WNBPA, NASCAR, FIFA, LIV Golf, the Professional Fighters League, College, Disney, and other key properties from many other licensors. Panini is also the exclusive trading card and sticker partner of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Elite 11 and Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc.
Panini has distribution channels in more than 150 countries and employs a staff of over 1,200. For more information visit us at www.paniniamerica.net, www.paninigroup.com or
http://blog.paniniamerica.net/. You can also follow Panini America on social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.
About Circana
Circana is a leader in providing technology, AI, and data to fast-moving consumer packaged goods companies, durables manufacturers, and retailers seeking to optimize their businesses. Circana’s predictive analytics and technology empower clients to measure their market share, understand the underlying consumer behavior driving it, and accelerate their growth. Circana’s Liquid Data® technology platform is powered by an expansive, high-quality data set, and intelligent algorithms trained on six decades of domain expertise. With Circana, clients can take immediate action to future-proof and evolve their growth strategies amid an increasingly complex, fast-paced, and ever-changing economy. Learn more at circana.com.
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