Wisconsin-based sports card company sees uptick in business

Wisconsin-based sports card company sees uptick in business

DODGE COUNTY ISSEEING A RUSH OFNEW CUSTOMERS...SPORTS DIRECTORBRANDON KINNARDJOINS US LIVE WITHTHAT STORY.SPORTS FANS AREIN A BIT OF AQUANDARY RIGHTNOW...MANY ARE AT HOME,WITH NO LIVE SPORTSTO WATCH ON T-V...SO WHERE DO YOUTURN?SOME ARE LOOKINGTO SPORTSMEMORABILIA...AND ONEWISCONSIN SPORTSCARDS BUSINESS - ISREAPING THEBENEFITS...NATTOM KULCIEWSKICO-FOUNDED "REALBREAKS" IN 2016... THECOMPANY HAS HADSUCCESS OVER THEPAST FOUR YEARS...BUT NOW - HISBUSINESS ISBOOMING..."Two weeks ago we had ahuge uptick.

We couldn'teven meet our demand.Couldn't even come closeto meeting our demand.Everyone is staying home.There's no sports towatch.

So now in the lastweek we've had 70 cases,we've almost doubled ouroutput."KULCIEWSKI RUNSTHE BUSINESS OUTOF HIS HOME INBROWNSVILLE...HE SAYS IT'S NOTJUST THE SALES THATHAVE SOARED... "REALBREAKS'" EXPOSUREIS ON THE RISE ASWELL..."We used to maybe get200 viewers for a videoafter a week time.

Andnow we're getting 2 to 3thousand.

We're gettingthousands of views on ourvideos.

It's crazy, it'sabsolutely crazy.""REAL BREAKS"SERVES NOT ONLY ASA SHOPPING SOURCEFOR CARDCOLLECTORS... BUTALSO AS A FORM OFENTERTAINMENT...CUSTOMERS BUY INTO WHAT'S CALLED A"BREAK." THEYWATCH OVERFACEBOOK LIVE ORYOUTUBE ASKULCIEWSKI DRAWSTHEIR CARDS..."We take cases of cardsand sell individual teamsand then we open themlive online and you get theteam that you buy.

So ifyou're a Brewers collectorinstead of spending 100dollars on a box, maybeyou spent 30 dollars andthen you get all theBrewers from that case."SOME DAYS, LUCKWORKS IN YOURFAVOR...EXCITED NAT POPOTHER DAYS MIGHTNOT BE AS EXCITING...SAD NAT POPBUT NO MATTERWHAT... YOU'LL BEADDING A FEW MORECARDS TO YOURCOLLECTION..."If 'you wanna enjoysports It's a great thing towatch.

And you don't haveto buy in to have fun andenjoy it."KULCZEWSKI SAYSTHAT THE INCREASEIN BUSINESS ISN'TONLY BECAUSEPEOPLE ARE LOOKINGFOR A "SPORTS FIX..."HE SAYS IT'S ALSOBECAUSE MANYLOCAL CARD SHOPSHAVE NOW BEENFORCED TO CLOSE...HE SAYS HE OFTENDIRECTS NEWCOLLECTORS BACKTO THEIR REGULARCARD SHOP TO SEE IFTHEY ARE SELLINGONLINE... TRYING TOKEEP THOSE LOCALBUSINESSES ALIVE...IF NOT, THEN HEGLADLY WELCOMESTHEIR BUSINESS...JON...Tonight will be dry with alow in the upper-20s.Tuesday will be cooler for