NPD's annual Toy Fair address reveals Furby Boom, LeapPad Explorer and Innotab as top sellers. The overall size of the market last year was £2.9bn, down one per cent compared to 2012 - however NPD Group has highlighted a number of ...
The boy band secured the position in a list of top sellers including the likes of Peppa Pig, Moshi Monsters and Monster High It may not be the download chart, but One Direction has still taken the Christmas number one spot by topping the ...
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John Adams will also produce an arts and crafts kits after signing popular licence. A Moshi Monsters version of John Adams' 2012 best-seller Waggle Tagz will hit toy retail this year. Moshi Monsters Waggle Tagz 3D Studio allows kids to ...
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Real life Barbie Dreamhouse gallery comes out on top for the week ending May 24th. Not had time to catch up with the hottest news of the week? Well, read on, because ToyNews has put together the top ten most read stories on the site for ...
Michael Acton Smith is the founder of top licensed toy property Moshi Monsters, but he’s not content with just one brand. In this exclusive interview, he explains to Dominic Sacco about choosing tablets over toys, eclipsing Star Wars ...
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Mr Moshi on choosing tablets over toys, eclipsing Star Wars and the unstoppable growth of Mind Candy. How many CEOs would willingly cover their face in make-up, drive in a Moshi Monsters-branded car and spend time meeting children and ...
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Toy distributor The In Thing has a host of special offers running at Toymaster 2013 show in Harrogate this week. The company has several exclusive show offers - many giving a 50 per cent margin to retailers - only available at the show. ...
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Mind Candy has renewed its partnership with Toys R Us for a second year. The deal will see Moshi Monsters merchandise featuring in a 12' wall display at the front of all Toys R Us UK stores. "Toys R Us are very excited about the ...
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It took just two weeks for this year's Toymaster show to sell out – beating the record which had been set in 2012, when all space had been filled by the end of January. This time round, however, the organisers revealed in ...
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This trick or treat season, Rubie’s is expanding its Halloween kids collection with gruesome new editions to its fancy dress range. The new Zomboy and Zombet costumes are designed to deliver a fright with their scary prints and ...
How important are toys to Argos? What are your ambitions in this sector? Argos is the UK's number one toy retailer (by value) and toys is an incredibly important category to our business. Many people will remember flicking through the ...
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The limited edition Goshi Moshi toy tin has raised £104,730 for the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (GOSH), smashing its £100,000 target. The Goshi Moshi initiative was launched last November by toy supplier ...
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Distributor The In Thing's fresh prehistoric collectable range Predasaurs will be included in Box of Awesome. Predasaurs has already enjoyed a swathe of marketing activity of late, with 200,000 cover mount samples on boys magazines, TV ...
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Mind Candy is seeking a commercially minded Consumer Products Development Manager. The successful candidate will create "amazing products" for the Moshi Monsters brand owner, which is currently creating innovative new IP. The role will ...
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The winner of the Golden Iggy promotion has got his hands on a solid gold Moshi Monster. Kieran Rees from Pontypool received the exclusive solid gold Iggy Moshling as first prize – plus his weight in Moshi goodies. Four runners ...
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