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Topps: History, Products & Companies

The Topps Company, Inc. is an American company that manufactures trading cards and other collectables. Formerly based in New York City, Topps is best known as a producer of baseball and other sports- and non-sports-themed trading cards. Topps also produces cards under the brand names Allen & Ginter and Bowman.

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Topps topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Products and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around Topps.

Related topics
216
Source areas
10
Connected nodes
229
Extracted relationships
445
Concept neighborhoods
49
Bridge connections
229

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Non-sports products · 62 topics
Topps baseball cards · 45 topics
Company history · 37 topics
Card design · 21 topics
Trading cards for other sports · 21 topics
Overview · 9 topics
Topps American football cards · 9 topics
Topps Europe Ltd. · 6 topics
Awards · 3 topics
Controversy · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1938; 88 years ago (1938) in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Industry
Collectibles
Headquarters
New York City, U.S.
Brands
Allen & Ginter (2006–present) Bowman (1956–present) Bazooka (1947–2022) Baby Bottle Pop (1998–2022) Juicy Drop Pop (2003–2022) Push Pop (1986–2022) Ring Pop (1977–2022) · Allen & Ginter (2006–present) · Bowman (1956–present) · Bazooka (1947–2022) · Baby Bottle Pop (1998–2022)
Key people
Michael Eisner (Chairman) · Mike Mahan (CEO)
Net income
$101 Million (fiscal 2017)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Company history

Topps Europe Ltd.

Topps baseball cards

Card design

Topps American football cards

Trading cards for other sports

Non-sports products

Controversy

Awards

Bibliography

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Topps connects Entity context

The extracted context around Topps shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Topps → Aaron, Alan, Baseball's Lifelong Fascination, Ben, Boston, Bowman Gum, Boyd, Brendan, Brown, Bubble Gum Book, Caple, Card Flipping, Chicago Reader, Cir, CNN/Money, Company, Culture Jamming, ESPN, Fleer Corp, Frank Another extracted example is Topps → Art Spiegelman, As, Beatles, Beginning, Bhob Stewart, Bill Griffith, Bob Powell, Brown, Comics Code Authority, Dinosaurs Attack, For, Future, Gary Gerani, Gelman, In, Jack Davis, Jay Lynch, John, Kennedy, Kim Deitch. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Topps

Top relations

related to Bibliography · 60
Topps → Aaron, Alan, Baseball's Lifelong Fascination, Ben, Boston, Bowman Gum, Boyd, Brendan, Brown, Bubble Gum Book, Caple, Card Flipping, Chicago Reader, Cir, CNN/Money, Company, Culture Jamming, ESPN, Fleer Corp, Frank
related to Non-sports trading cards · 38
Topps → Art Spiegelman, As, Beatles, Beginning, Bhob Stewart, Bill Griffith, Bob Powell, Brown, Comics Code Authority, Dinosaurs Attack, For, Future, Gary Gerani, Gelman, In, Jack Davis, Jay Lynch, John, Kennedy, Kim Deitch
related to Incorporation · 26
Topps → After, Brooklyn, Bush Terminal, Co, Company, Corporate, Delaware General Corporation Law, Duryea, Forstmann, Gowanus Expressway, In, Inc, It, Little, Management, Manhattan, New York, One Whitehall Street, Pennsylvania, Shorin
related to Comic books · 22
Topps → Aside, Drawing, Fox TV, Its, Jack Kirby, Jim Salicrup, Kirbyverse, Known, Lady Rawhide, Lone Ranger, Mars Attacks, Marvel Comics, The X-Files, These, Timothy Truman, Tonto, Topps Comics, TV, Warrior Princess, With
related to Topps in the modern baseball card industry · 22
Topps → Also, As, Bowman, Following Topps, For, In, Increasingly, Jr, Major Leagues, Mark McGwire, MLBPA, Olympic, Since, Stadium Club, The, They, This, Topps Traded Cal Ripken, Traded, Update
related to Trading cards for other sports · 21
Topps → Amalgamated, Australia, Boston Bruins, British Confectionery, Canada, Canadian, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, In, Its, London, National Hockey League, New York Rangers, NHL, North American, O-Pee-Chee, O-Pee-Chee Company, Ontario, Scanlen's, Similarly
related to The monopoly and its end · 20
Topps → August, Clarence Charles Newcomer, Corn Flakes, Dick Perez, Donruss, Fleer, Hank Aaron, In, Kellogg's, Mickey Mantle, Other, Perez Steele, Raisin Bran, That, The, The Kellogg's, The Topps, Traded, Warren Spahn, When
related to Purchase of Merlin · 19
Topps → Australia, Europe, European, Far East, France, From, Germany, In, Italy, Merlin, Merlin Publishing, Milton Keynes, Norway, Premier League, South Africa, Spain, The, This, UK
related to Topps Digital · 18
Topps → After, Along, April, August, Bunt, Disney, Following, Huddle, In, In March, Kick, Marvel, May, November, Skate, Star Wars Card Trader, Topps Bunt, Walking Dead
related to Beginnings and consolidation · 17
Topps → Abram, American Leaf, At, Bazooka, Boyd, Hopalong Cassidy, Hoppy, Ira, Joseph, Joseph Shorin, Philip, Starting, The, To, Western, When Topps, William Boyd

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

cards baseball card company players also gum set trading league series first fleer new football sets products one year bowman

Topps relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 445 structured relationships around Topps. Examples in this analysis include Topps → Brands → Allen & Ginter (2006–present) Bowman (1956–present) Bazooka (1947–2022) Baby Bottle Pop (1998–2022) Juicy Drop Pop (2003–2022) Push Pop (1986–2022) Ring Pop (1977–2022) and Topps → Brands → Allen & Ginter (2006–present). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ToppsBrandsAllen & Ginter (2006–present) Bowman (1956–present) Bazooka (1947–2022) Baby Bottle Pop (1998–2022) Juicy Drop Pop (2003–2022) Push Pop (1986–2022) Ring Pop (1977–2022)1.00infobox
ToppsBrandsAllen & Ginter (2006–present)1.00infobox
ToppsBrandsBowman (1956–present)1.00infobox
ToppsBrandsBazooka (1947–2022)1.00infobox
ToppsBrandsBaby Bottle Pop (1998–2022)1.00infobox
ToppsBrandsJuicy Drop Pop (2003–2022)1.00infobox
ToppsBrandsPush Pop (1986–2022)1.00infobox
ToppsBrandsRing Pop (1977–2022)1.00infobox
ToppsFounded1938; 88 years ago (1938) in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.1.00infobox
ToppsHeadquartersNew York City, U.S.1.00infobox
ToppsIndustryCollectibles1.00infobox
ToppsKey peopleMichael Eisner (Chairman)1.00infobox
ToppsKey peopleMike Mahan (CEO)1.00infobox
ToppsNet income$101 Million (fiscal 2017)1.00infobox
ToppsNumber of employees4221.00infobox
ToppsParentForstmann Little & Co. (1984–2007)1.00infobox
ToppsParentThe Tornante Company & Madison Dearborn Partners (2007–22)1.00infobox
ToppsParentFanatics, Inc. (2022–present)1.00infobox
ToppsProductsTrading cards (1938–present)1.00infobox
ToppsProductsChewing gum and candy (1938–2012)1.00infobox
ToppsRevenue$91.6 Million (fiscal 2006)1.00infobox
ToppsTypePrivate (1938–1984) Subsidiary (1984–)1.00infobox
ToppsWebsitetopps.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Topps bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Cards, Baseball and Card. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Topps
    • Cards
    • Baseball
    • Card
    • Players
    • Also
    • Gum
    • Trading
    • First
    • Football
    • Set
    • Year
    • Sets
  • topps
    • Cards
    • Baseball
    • Card
    • Players
    • Also
    • Gum
    • Trading
    • First
    • Football
    • Set
    • Year
    • Sets
  • trading cards
    • Topps
    • Baseball
    • Trading
    • Card
    • Players
    • Also
    • Set
    • Football
    • Gum
    • Season
    • Series
    • Market
  • baseball
    • Cards
    • Card
    • Topps
    • Gum
    • Would
    • Bubble
    • Year
    • First
    • League
    • Product
    • Major
    • Began
  • major league baseball
    • League
    • Major
    • Cards
    • Card
    • Topps
    • Would
    • Players
    • License
    • Gum
    • Trading
    • Bubble
    • Player
  • chewing gum
    • Bubble
    • Product
    • Inc
    • Fleer
    • Topps
    • Sold
    • Products
    • Began
    • Rights
    • Time
    • Year
    • Trading
  • bubble gum
    • Bubble
    • Gum
    • Product
    • Inc
    • Sold
    • Fleer
    • Topps
    • Products
    • Began
    • Contracts
    • Year
    • Rights
  • forstmann, little & company
    • Inc
    • Products
    • Topps
    • Gum
    • New
    • Trading
    • Cards
    • Card
    • First
    • Bowman
    • Would
    • Market

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Topps, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Topps with Non-sports products. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
ToppsNon-sports products · splits 167 ⟂ 63
ToppsTopps baseball cards · splits 184 ⟂ 46
ToppsCompany history · splits 192 ⟂ 38
ToppsCard design · splits 208 ⟂ 22
ToppsTrading cards for other sports · splits 208 ⟂ 22
ToppsOverview · splits 220 ⟂ 10
ToppsTopps American football cards · splits 220 ⟂ 10
ToppsTopps Europe Ltd. · splits 223 ⟂ 7
ToppsControversy · splits 226 ⟂ 4
ToppsAwards · splits 226 ⟂ 4
ToppsBibliography · splits 227 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Topps

Nodes230
Edges229
Triples445
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008696
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Topps to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Products & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Topps · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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