Called figuritas, the stickers are the size of trading cards and depict teams and players competing in the World Cup. They are a quadrennial craze in Latin America and the rest of the soccer-mad world.
, Ernesto Acuña hoped the stickers would give business at his Buenos Aires newsstand a much-needed boost., which depict teams and players competing in the World Cup, are a quadrennial craze in Argentina, Latin America and the rest of the soccer-mad world. Their manufacturer, the Italian publisher Panini, produces an album with spaces for each; collectors of all ages buy the stickers in packs and trade with friends in an effort to complete the 700-piece set.
Many sold out their supplies within hours. The problem, Acuña and others say: Most of the packs were scooped up by resellers, who are offering them online at inflated prices.“We faced this with anger, with outrage,” said Acuña, the second vice president of the Kiosk Union of the Argentine Republic. “We waited four years for this to happen and now you see them only in underground channels.
Now the government has stepped in. In September, the Ministry of Commerce called a meeting between the kiosk operators and Panini’s Argentine operation. According to Acuña, Panini agreed to boost output by up to 20 percent and impose stricter control over distribution so kiosks can get their share.
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