Topps
Headquarters:
One Whitehall St.
New York, NY 10004
Employees: 487
CEO: Arthur Shorin
Stock Symbol: TOPP
Website:
http://www.topps.com
Career Site
Topps is a leading creator and marketer
of sports and related cards, entertainment products, gum and
lollipops. Topps entertainment products include Major League
Baseball, NFL, NBA and other trading cards, sticker album collections,
and collectible games. The Company's confectionery brands include
"Bazooka" bubble gum, "Ring Pop," "Push
Pop," "Baby Bottle Pop" and "Juicy Drop Pop"
lollipops.
Headquartered in New York City, the company
has worldwide distribution, annual net sales in Fiscal 2007 were
$326.7 million with net income of $11.3 million.
The company employs over 487 people worldwide.
History
The Topps Company was founded in 1938 as
Topps Chewing Gum, and in its early years produced a popular
penny "Topps Gum" from a factory in Brooklyn, N.Y.
After World War II, the company developed Bazooka Bubble Gum,
and in 1950, added trading cards to its product line. Baseball
cards appeared in 1951 and quickly became a vital part of pop
culture, a tradition that continues to this day, and includes
football (both American and European) and basketball, in addition
to entertainment cards and stickers and albums. In July 2003,
Topps acquired WizKids, LLC a designer and marketer of collectible
strategy games. Topps maintains offices in Canada, the United
Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, and Argentina, in addition to the U.S.
Updated June 27, 2007
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