Hockey
A Memorable Event: The 2011 Las Vegas Industry Summit
One of my favorite events every year is the Las Vegas Industry Summit. It’s an amazing opportunity for manufacturers like Upper Deck to spend time with the retailers who are on the front lines of the hobby talking with our customers every day. The information and insight we glean from spending time with these shop […]
READ MORE
Ask UD: Error Cards, Factory Damaged Cards, Insert Ratios and Redemption Updates
As Upper Deck’s Customer Care Manager, it is my goal to help educate our collectors and fans so they can have a better experience with our collectible products. I’ll routinely post updates about what we hear on the phones and through e-mails from customers in segments called Ask UD. I hope you find this information […]
READ MOREFeatured Retailers: Maple Leaf Sports
Each month Upper Deck spotlights one of its hobby retailing partners and shares a few reasons why you need to visit their store. If you haven’t been to a card store lately and are in the Alberta, Canada, area, please make sure to visit our Retailer of the Month. I was really excited to visit […]
READ MOREBrag Photo: Wayne Gretzky Returns to the Los Angeles Kings
We believe that if you are going to handle marketing for a sport, you should make it a point to get to a few games. So we reached out to our good friends at the Los Angeles Kings to pay a visit to a recent game and they took very good care of us. All […]
READ MORETeam Canada Surprises Waiting for Collectors in 2010-11 NHL SP Authentic
Upper Deck is the exclusive provider of Team Canada content for trading cards and the company has plans to use that in a new way with 2010-11 NHL SP Authentic. There are two autograph cards in set that are definitely different and will have collectors talking, especially those who are lucky enough to pull them. […]
READ MORECollector of the Month – Jeffrey Griffith
Each month Upper Deck spotlights one of its valued collectors to showcase their collection. The great thing about sports collectors is that they are all very different in what they collect, how they collect their items, and what they do once they have them. If you do anything around hockey trading cards, you likely know […]
READ MOREShort Prints Revealed in 2011 Upper Deck World of Sports
By now you’ve heard about some of the big pulls in Upper Deck’s 2011 World of Sports series. You’ve probably also heard about the amazing giveaway we are doing with the product as well. You’ve probably even tried some packs of it. If you pulled an autograph however, you may be in the dark about […]
READ MOREBrag Photo: Paula’s Sports Cards in Hawaii Loves World of Sports
One of my favorite people in this industry is Paula Nakata of Paula’s Sports Cards Etc in Honolulu, Hawaii. She just always has a positive vibe to her and customers in Hawaii all love making their way to her shop. She has really created a great community in her shop and many collectors make it […]
READ MORE