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Hello All,
I was in my local Meijer store (OH,KY,IN,Ill & MI regional chain - UFCW represented stores) and browsed the trading cards section. Picked up a box of 2014 A&G (opened and nothing to write about inside). Plus they had lot's of discounted older UD, Topps and Panini boxes that were once $20 and now $11.99. Some were 2013 Topps Ser I & II.
Anyway, I was wondering, how much influence does say Target or wal-m:-xrt have on the trading card business? Do they just say to Topps-Panini-Leaf-UD, 'gimme what you got' or do they have a buyer that has done actual research in the collectible card market? I know they track sales and if something sells good, Im sure they tell the mfg's give us more to sell. I know retail sports cards are really fickle and to the hobbyist, they avoid retail. For every collector that says they avoid retail, there is someone out there buying the heck out of it or I'm sure the big box stores wouldnt be letting them have shelf space. They seem to devote a lot more space to the junk Japanese cartoon cards than sports cards. Also, one other thing I've noticed, every box of NASCAR cards were marked down 60%-80% off regular price and they still cant sell.
What says you?
Fordman
I was in my local Meijer store (OH,KY,IN,Ill & MI regional chain - UFCW represented stores) and browsed the trading cards section. Picked up a box of 2014 A&G (opened and nothing to write about inside). Plus they had lot's of discounted older UD, Topps and Panini boxes that were once $20 and now $11.99. Some were 2013 Topps Ser I & II.
Anyway, I was wondering, how much influence does say Target or wal-m:-xrt have on the trading card business? Do they just say to Topps-Panini-Leaf-UD, 'gimme what you got' or do they have a buyer that has done actual research in the collectible card market? I know they track sales and if something sells good, Im sure they tell the mfg's give us more to sell. I know retail sports cards are really fickle and to the hobbyist, they avoid retail. For every collector that says they avoid retail, there is someone out there buying the heck out of it or I'm sure the big box stores wouldnt be letting them have shelf space. They seem to devote a lot more space to the junk Japanese cartoon cards than sports cards. Also, one other thing I've noticed, every box of NASCAR cards were marked down 60%-80% off regular price and they still cant sell.
What says you?
Fordman