| Business Summary | | The
Topps
Company,
Inc.
is
a
marketer
of
premium-branded
confectionery
products
including
lollipops
such
as
Ring
Pop,
Push
Pop
and
Baby
Bottle
Pop,
Bazooka
brand
bubble
gum
and
certain
novelty
candy
products.
The
Topps
Company
also
markets
collectible
sports
and
entertainment
picture
products
featuring
professional
athletes
and
popular
television,
movie
and
other
entertainment
characters.
These
collectible
picture
products
include,
among
other
things,
trading
cards
and
sticker
album
collections. | More
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | TOPP
is
marketer
of
collectible
picture
products.
TOPP
also
distributes
Bazooka
brand
bubble
gum,
novelty
candy
products,
branded
lollipops,
collectible
toys,
comic
books,
and
sticker
and
album
collections.
For
the
13
weeks
ended
6/2/01,
net
sales
fell
39%
to
$87.5
million.
Net
income
fell
60%
to
$11.6
million.
Revenues
reflect
decreased
sales
of
Pokemon
confectionery
and
entertainment
products.
Earnings
also
reflect
a
decrease
in
gross
and
operating
margins. | More
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Developments |
| | | | FY2000
Compensation | | Pay | Exer | |
| Arthur Shorin, 64 Chairman,
Pres, CEO | $1.3M | -- | Scott Silverstein, 38 Exec.
VP | -- | -- | John Perillo, 43 VP
- Operations | 364K | $166K | Catherine Jessup, 44 VP,
CFO | -- | -- | Ronald Boyum, 48 VP
of Sales and Marketing and Gen. Mang., Confectionery | 422K | -- | Dollar amounts are as of 26-Feb-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year. |
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from
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List, Bios,
Compensation,
Options
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