We are in the mid-1980s, a time when American cultural influence in Italy, which had been expanding over the previous decades, was becoming increasingly pervasive. From TV to cinema, from sports to music, and more generally in daily life: the spread of new technologies was making the crossing of the Atlantic much faster for various products and cus...
READ MOREIowa women's basketball standout guard Caitlin Clark inked an exclusive multi-year partnership with Panini America, the company announced Wednesday. This deal marks the company's first exclusive contract with a female athlete, covering trading cards and autographed memorabilia. Clark's groundbreaking achievements on the court, including becoming t...
READ MOREThe World Cup kicked off in Qatar, and while you'll hear all manner of "Oles" and "Allezs" over the next four weeks, this might be the event's ultimate soundtrack: got, got, need. It's not the scalpers hawking tickets, it's the refrain of fans sifting through packs of World Cup stickers. Think soccer's answer to baseball cards. Before the 1970 Worl...
READ MOREEvery Italian born after 1961 has, for sure, some childhood memories tied to figurinePanini and their beautiful albums. We’d buy them – or better, beg our parents and grandparents to buy them for us –exchange them with one another to complete our collections and, when only a handful was missing to reach the goal, we’d order them directly from Panin...
READ MOREThe Italian company making the stickers posted a record one billion euro turnover last year. Many people around the world have fond memories of collecting the iconic panini football stickers when younger – and some avid collectors never stopped. Founded in 1961 by four brothers in Modena, northern Italy, the company making the stickers is still goi...
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