Rovio (Angry Birds) Sells 1M T-Shirts And 1M Toys Per Month (opens in new tab)

(techcrunch.com)

15 pointstylerrooney14y ago7 comments

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tylerrooneyOP14y ago· 1 in thread

And it's worth pointing out that their site is Shopify : http://shop.angrybirds.com

smackfu14y ago

I know the toys are in retail too.

n9com14y ago· 1 in thread

Holt shit, this may actually be more profitable than their appstore business!

tvon14y ago

It would explain the many free updates they've provided.

rokhayakebe14y ago· 1 in thread

I guess the $1B+ valuation doesn't look so crazy anymore.

Maakuth14y ago

Actually just today one Finnish paper speculated (http://www.kauppalehti.fi/5/i/yritykset/yritysuutiset/?oid=2...) that they might soon take over Nokia with their market cap! Sounds pretty far-fetched though.

notahacker14y ago

I wonder if their official merchandise outsells the cheap t-shirts that are popular in Asia, where you'll see entire stalls full of Angry Birds t-shirts alongside Facebook and YouTube flip-flops

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