Universal trends
The company Universal Trends was in Würselen -based distributor and manufacturer of toys.
history
Universal Trends was founded in 1989 as a retailer and wholesaler of postage stamps and related collectors' supplies. The company emerged from the Marken Belo retail company founded in 1945. After the company's product range initially expanded to include coins and telephone cards , trading cards , figurines and merchandising were also added.
After the business had grown steadily, the name was changed in 1989 and the old name Marken Belo was given up in 1994 and the name Universal Cards was used. The company acts as a distributor for Switzerland , Austria and Germany .
From 1997 Universal Trends existed as a GmbH. On July 1, 2010, Universal Cards was renamed Universal Trends. In 2010 the company had around 60 employees.
In 2015 the company had to file for bankruptcy and was taken over by RPM Licensing Enterprises GmbH on November 1, 2015.
Product range
In addition to the best-known product Magic: The Gathering , which has been distributed by Universal Trends since September 2006, other Wizards of the Coast products for the German-speaking area were also distributed through Universal Trends. Universal Trends also sold the game Confrontation from the French company Rackham , Würfel from Chessex Games and products from Upper Deck , Ultra Pro , Tomy , Plastoy and Fantasy Productions .
Web links
- Official website of Universal Trends GmbH (archive from 2015)
- Universal trends in the Luding games database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Company homepage. Retrieved on August 27, 2012 ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ RPM takes over Universal Trends. Retrieved on October 21, 2019 (German).
