Opinion on this article..

Rooftop · 10-20-2025, 02:57 PM

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/18/targ...ay-season.html

hermanotarjeta · 10-20-2025, 03:00 PM

Pokemon > sports cards.

theshowandme · 10-20-2025, 03:07 PM

May 2021

Rooftop · 10-21-2025, 01:35 PM

Should see a big influx of product hit the shelves in the next few weeks..

hermanotarjeta · 10-21-2025, 01:50 PM

Friends and family who don’t collect tend not to buy cards for hobby diehards.

Scottish Punk · 10-21-2025, 02:26 PM

Target is going to do 1 billion in collectible card revenue. That surprised me. This has to be a great profit center for each store.

jjcan · 10-21-2025, 02:29 PM

There will be tons of Black Friday specials for the TCG card market for Target, Walmart and looks like NBA Topps also will have a special set.

So I can see that kind of special set stuff made for "Gifting". But retail back in the day for me was fun to get as presents from people who knew I collected but had no clue what to get.

SaveMeTheGum · 10-21-2025, 02:49 PM

Pokemon is having it's 1989-1991 era.

JWBlue · 10-21-2025, 04:39 PM

Wild...

BlowoutBuzz · 10-21-2025, 05:02 PM

Frankly they'd be doing even better if there weren't barren shelves at many physical stores or shelves with only low-end carrying premium SRPs when the inclusions have been lessened compared to a decade ago.

asujbl · 10-21-2025, 05:06 PM

If you buy your cards at Target you’re already a dork

fabiani12333 · 10-22-2025, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Despite strong growth, analysts caution that trading card sales may not see a major holiday spike since many purchases are for personal enjoyment rather than gifting.

Don't they mean for reselling? Kind of hard to ignore the Pokemon resellers at this point.

fulltritty · 10-22-2025, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asujbl

If you buy your cards at Target you’re already a dork

Do you have a guy for that?

10-20-2025, 02:57 PM	#1
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10-21-2025, 05:02 PM	#10
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asujbl Temporarily Suspended Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 63,010 ohiosundevils	If you buy your cards at Target you’re already a dork __________________ https://ohiosundevils.smugmug.com/ Browns/Cavs/Tribe/Buckeyes/Jackets/Devils TheFrenzy - “Blowout ain't a place for normies”

10-20-2025, 03:00 PM	#2
hermanotarjeta Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 21,696	Pokemon > sports cards.

10-20-2025, 03:07 PM	#3
theshowandme Member Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 5,063 theshowandme nova_cards	May 2021

10-21-2025, 01:35 PM	#4
Rooftop Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 3,506	Should see a big influx of product hit the shelves in the next few weeks..

10-21-2025, 01:50 PM	#5
hermanotarjeta Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 21,696	Friends and family who don’t collect tend not to buy cards for hobby diehards.

10-21-2025, 02:26 PM	#6
Scottish Punk Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 9,742 scottishpunk	Target is going to do 1 billion in collectible card revenue. That surprised me. This has to be a great profit center for each store.

10-21-2025, 02:29 PM	#7
jjcan Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,327	There will be tons of Black Friday specials for the TCG card market for Target, Walmart and looks like NBA Topps also will have a special set. So I can see that kind of special set stuff made for "Gifting". But retail back in the day for me was fun to get as presents from people who knew I collected but had no clue what to get.