Rovio (Angry Birds) Sells 1M T-Shirts And 1M Toys Per Month (techcrunch.com) 15 points by tylerrooney 14y ago ↗ HN
[–] tylerrooney 14y ago ↗ And it's worth pointing out that their site is Shopify : http://shop.angrybirds.com [–] smackfu 14y ago ↗ I know the toys are in retail too.
[–] n9com 14y ago ↗ Holt shit, this may actually be more profitable than their appstore business! [–] tvon 14y ago ↗ It would explain the many free updates they've provided.
[–] rokhayakebe 14y ago ↗ I guess the $1B+ valuation doesn't look so crazy anymore. [–] Maakuth 14y 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.
[–] Maakuth 14y 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.
[–] notahacker 14y 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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