Popular Panini NFL Player of the Day Hobby Shop Promo Returns for 17th Straight Year
You'll have to forgive hobby shop owners across North America if they're a little more giddy than normal this week. It is, after all, that time of year. Panini America's popular NFL Player of the Day promotional kits began arriving this week, officially launching the 17th annual edition of the hobby's longest-running -- and arguably most successful -- in-store promotion.…
Panini America, Top Rookies Join Forces for New TV Spot to Kickoff 2016 NFL Season
By any assessment, Panini America officials made the most of the time they spent with top NFL rookies during May's 2016 NFLPA Rookie Premiere by capturing critical content -- photography, autographs, memorabilia and more -- that will help drive sales of the company's officially licensed NFL and NFLPA trading cards throughout the upcoming 2016 season and beyond. Also part of…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016 Origins Football (105 Must-See Pics)
As far as new football-card products go, you'd have to venture far to find one that has stirred up as much pre-release discussion as Panini America's upcoming 2016 Origins Football. From the time the product was initially teased during the 2016 NFLPA Rookie Premiere Presented By Panini, Origins has been a topic of conversation. But no matter what's been said…
Panini America, NFLPA Unveil Trading Card Index Rankings for Second Quarter of 2016
Panini America, the exclusive trading card manufacturer of the NFL and NFL Players Association (NFLPA), in conjunction with NFL Players Inc., the licensing and marketing arm of the NFLPA, today unveiled the second edition of the NFLPA Trading Card Index, a quarterly report ranking the top-performing football players in the licensed trading card industry. Once a quarter, the NFLPA Panini…
Panini America Named Licensee of the Year for Hardlines by NFL Players Association
Panini America, EA SPORTS and 500 Level were named winners of the second annual NFL Players Association (NFLPA) Licensee of the Year Awards during the recent Licensing Expo 2016. Panini America won for Hardlines Licensee of the Year, EA SPORTS won for Digital Licensee of the Year and 500 Level for Apparel Licensee of the year. The NFLPA, via its licensing and marketing…
Panini America Reviews Action-Packed First Days of the 2016 NFLPA Rookie Premiere
LOS ANGELES — In a whirlwind first three days at the 2016 NFLPA Rookie Premiere Presented By Panini America, one of the most important events on the collecting calendar every year has more than lived up to its sterling reputation, delivering a year’s worth of highlights — and seemingly an entire season’s worth of autograph cards — for Panini America.…
Panini NFL Player of the Day Winner Enjoys ‘Unbelievable’ Time with Jeremy Langford
WAUCONDA, Ill. -- The weather might have felt more like a football Sunday in November than a Saturday in April, but it didn't bother Panini NFL Player of the Day winner Rick Brodsky one bit. While the wind blew and rain fell outside, Brodsky of Wauconda, Ill., sat in his living room watching the 2016 NFL Draft with up-and-coming Chicago…
Panini NFL POD Winner Preparing to Spend the Day with Bears RB Jeremy Langford
When Illinois collector Rick Brodsky bought a pack of officially licensed Panini America NFL trading cards at Chicagoland Sports Cards in Buffalo Grove, Ill., last fall, he was hoping to get a card of one of his favorite players, a memorabilia card or possibly even an autograph. Little did he know that his $2 card pack would lead to spending…
Redskins TE & NFLPA Extern Ray Hamilton Chronicles Final Week at Panini America
Editor’s Note: As part of the NFLPA Externship program, Washington Redskins tight end Ray Hamilton is spending three weeks at Panini America working in the Product Development, Acquisitions and Marketing departments. Each week during his externship, Hamilton will document his time inside Panini America HQ. This is his third and final dispatch. I could honestly write a lengthy dissertation on…
Redskins TE & NFLPA Extern Ray Hamilton Chronicles First Week at Panini America
Editor's Note: As part of the NFLPA Externship program, Washington Redskins tight end Ray Hamilton is spending three weeks at Panini America working in the Product Development, Acquisitions and Marketing departments. Each Friday during his externship, Hamilton will document his time inside Panini America HQ. This is his first dispatch. I really had no clue what to expect coming into…