For the first time in Mattel's 56 year history, Barbie is adopting super powers in response to 'girls' demand for more female superheroes.' For the first time in history, Barbie is donning a cape to make her superhero debut in celebration ...
Tags: female superheroes, superpowers, Toys
Boasting 15 years in the industry, Mark Sharp joins the team having held positions with Ty Europe, John Adams and Schleich UK. Educational toy specialist, Brainstorm has welcomed a new sales agent, covering South Wales and the South East. ...
Tags: sales agent, Toys
Former Coles boss, Ian McLeod has resigned from his position with Coles’ parent company Wesfarmers, accepting an offer to become President and Chief Executive Officer of Bi-Lo Holdings, one of the largest supermarket operators in the ...
Tags: retail market, Agriculture
Keith Thompson joins firm as area sales manager for Scotland and North of England. Galt Toys has welcomed Keith Thompson as its new area sales manager for Scotland and the North of England. Thompson (pictured) boasts over 33 years ...
Tags: toy industry, toy
After 10 years at the helm of Amcor, Ken MacKenzie has decided to retire from the position of managing director and chief executive officer, Amcor chairman, Graeme Liebelt announced on 22 January. “I believe after 10 years in the ...
The number of Americans who favor football over baseball narrowed in 2014, according to research released by The Harris Poll. Pro football is the top pick among 32 percent of sports fans, while baseball only garners "favorite" status ...
Tags: basketball, football, Sporting Goods
rue21, a leading specialty apparel retailer, has chosen EmpowerWFM from Empower Software Solutions, a provider of innovative HR and workforce solutions, as the workforce management technology to be deployed in over 1100 retail locations ...
From February 1st, Ian Edmunds will become the new managing director of Toymaster, while Yogi Parmar takes on the role of operations director. Edmunds (pictured) has been with Toymaster for almost 16 years serving the group for the last ...
New Era Cap announced that Pete Augustine, President New Era Cap, Inc. has decided to leave the company. After nearly 25 years of service with the privately held headwear company, Augustine is leaving the company by mutual agreement as ...
UK sales team expanded as firm looks to continue growth in 2015. The UK sales teams at MGA Entertainment and Zapf Creation have been expanded with two new hires. Bringing over 25 years of retail and field sales management experience, ...
Tags: retail knowledge, retail business, Toys
Mayfair Games - the team behind Settlers of Catan - is looking for $300,000 to create a colossal version for Gen Con 2015. Now for something for the Parks and Recreation fans among you, a Kickstarter campaign to bring Ben Wyatt’s ...
CNX Distribution, a specialty chemical supplier of additives, resins, pigments and equipment with headquarters in Hurst, TX has appointed Derek Herald as Business Development Manager. Based in Atlanta, GA, Herald will be responsible for ...
The new appointments join the firm as the British toy specialist adds new brands and toys to its 2015 portfolio, with new launches lined up for the year ahead. Trends UK has bolstered its sales and marketing teams with a triple hiring. ...
Tags: Triple Hiring, Toys
Peking Opera is an exciting and satisfying form of theater. As an art, it is well integrated, with story, singing, acting, gesture, costume, stagecraft, gymnastics and makeup all being very important. You couldn't get a job as a Peking ...
The Valspar Corporation has appointed Les H. Ireland as the company's new executive vice president and president of its global Consumer Paint businesses. He will be based in Chicago and report to Valspar chairman and CEO Gary Hendrickson. ...
Tags: sales, marketing, service operations roles, Construction