Douglas Cox
How to Open a Trading Card Shop with Grosnor Distribution
As part of our continuing series on how to open a trading card shop, we spent some time with Dave Yeates from Grosnor Distribution in Canada. Take a listen as he provides some tips to be successful in this industry as a shop owner and some insight into creating a business plan. Dave was also […]
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How to Open a Trading Card Shop from a Shop Owner’s Perspective – Part 2
As part of our continuing series of “How to Open a Trading Card Shop,” we hear from two other shop owners who have experienced some success and longevity in the business. Wayne Wagner has owned and operated Wayne’s Sportscards in Edmonton, AB for 22 years now. Listen to some of the tips he provides to […]
READ MOREUpper Deck Entertainment Uses Comic Artists to Create New Facebook Timeline Profile
Brands across America are preparing for a change from Facebook that will force companies to move to the Timeline profile by March 30. Some big brands have got on board and rolled out their new Timeline page already. Upper Deck Entertainment did so this week as well with a new profile picture that was created […]
READ MOREHow to Open a Trading Card Shop from a Shop Owner’s Perspective – Part 1
Recently we shared our first post on how to open up a trading card shop with some great tips from our friends at Southern Hobby Supply. I found some of the responses to the post interesting where fans shared they didn’t think opening a shop was a viable business opportunity. In the past it can […]
READ MOREPractically Everything You Want to Know About 2011-12 NHL Upper Deck Series Two
If there is one set that hockey fans love putting together every year, it is the base Upper Deck set. It is the flagship brand that draws in young and old collectors alike and the Young Guns rookie cards are always in high demand. Once we shared information about Young Guns and other rookie sets […]
READ MORE2011 Upper Deck World of Sport Autograph Short Prints Posted
Fans seem to really be enjoying the new 2011 World of Sport set from Upper Deck. In particular we have been pleased to see how well the Shadowbox insert cards from the set have been selling. We believe it is important to come up with innovative new inserts that are limited and fans want instead […]
READ MOREThe More LeBron James Scores; the More You Save!
In the sports collectibles world, fans are not jumping all over LeBron James still, but they are elsewhere. In the world of gambling, the smart money is on LeBron James. At the time of the NBA All-Star break LeBron had become the clear-cut favorite to be named the league’s most valuable player at the end […]
READ MOREHow to Open a Trading Card Shop with Southern Hobby
Upper Deck changed the company’s direct sales program in March of 2011 in an effort to clean up distribution and offer more support to brick and mortar retailers with the Certified Diamond Dealer program. Certified Diamond Dealers have expressed an appreciation for how Upper Deck is supporting them by having an enforcement aspect to the […]
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