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 Explores Retail Exclusives in 2018-19 Prizm Basketball (Detailed Gallery)

Depending on where you live in this great country of ours, the retail-exclusive versions of Panini America's popular 2018-19 Prizm Basketball have either already landed on store shelves or will any day now. To help prepare retail-minded collectors for the rainbow array of exclusive Prizm parallels found only in retail SKUs, we're providing a comprehensive gallery of the possibilities. But…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2017 Playoff Football (100+ Sweet Pics)

Panini America's upcoming 2017 Playoff Football is an every-collector type of release in the best possible way. It's colorful. It's content-rich. It's loaded with inserts. It's a Walmart-exclusive on the retail side with a small portion of the product releasing on the hobby side as well. It's a product filled with legacy inserts from the brand's proud past (such as…

Retail-Exclusive Prizms Add Chase, Value to 2013-14 Prizm Hockey (Must-See Gallery)

It's been six days since 2013-14 Prizm Hockey hit hobby shops -- and the tireless pursuit of that product's hobby-only Holofoil, Orange Die-Cut, Gold and Finite Black Prizm parallels has kept the social media universe, hobby shops, online auction sites and message boards buzzing with big finds. In just the last few days, that phenomenon began playing out in retail…

NFL, Panini America, Walmart Team Up for Five-Week NFL Tailgating Road Trip

Beginning tomorrow in the fabled football haven known as Green Bay, Wis., the NFL, Panini America and Walmart will embark on a five-week, seven-city NFL road trip filled with tailgating fun, free autographs from beloved stars of the past and Panini America's 2013 NFL trading cards and stickers. In a massive celebration of a new season, the NFL, Panini America and…

Extra! Extra! Your Official Panini America NBA Sticker Album is Absolutely Free

[caption id="attachment_5721" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Panini NBA Sticker Album"][/caption] When alarm clocks started ringing early Sunday morning, NBA fans around the globe started turning to the sports section of their local papers to read the box scores from their favorite teams' first-round playoff games. The NBA entertained us by scheduling four games to begin the 2010-11 playoffs.   But NBA fans in Dallas and Miami were treated to something…