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The Topps Company, Inc. |
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PROFILE |
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Trading cards and bubble gum have been a Topps combination for 50 years. The Topps Company makes the famous Bazooka bubble gum and trading cards featuring pictures of sports stars from professional baseball, hockey, soccer, basketball, and football teams. Topps also makes trading cards based on movies, television shows, and other entertainment properties including "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace, X-Men," and "Pokémon," the latter of which has sent Topps' earnings through the roof. Other products include novelty candies (Ring Pops, Push Pops), stickers, and comic books. Its products are sold worldwide with international sales (outside the US) accounting for almost 30%.
COMPETITION |
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DEALS |
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Deal: Topps to Invest in ThePit.com
Date Announced: 04.23.01
Value of transaction (US $Mil): 1.6
Description: Trading-card maker agrees to invest in online card-trading site.
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STOCK ANALYSIS |
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FURTHER ANALYSIS
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: February
2001 Sales (mil.): 439.30
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 17.4%
Employees: 420
Revenue per employee: $1,045,952.38
KEY PEOPLE |
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Arthur T. Shorin
CEO
Catherine K. Jessup
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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1 Whitehall St.
New York, NY 10004
US
Phone: 212-376-0300
Fax: 212-376-0573
Online: Web Site
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