The toy firm will refresh the core range and drive new themes for the brand, such as the new Holiday theme. Character Options has extended it master toy license with Entertainment One to deliver new Peppa Pig ranges through to December ...
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Sales of traditional toys in the industry's five largest European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) were flat in 2013, according to information from the NPD Group. While sales grew in France (+0.7%), Germany (+1.5%) and ...
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With 12 different models to collect, fans can mould the show's popular characters, including Peppa, George and Candy in 3D. Giromax is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the kids' show, Peppa Pig with a new range of Mini Clay Buddies ...
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 ...
Tags: Christmas Toys, Toys, Trumps
As a first time mum, toys are a daunting prospect. While contending with a shrieking, nipple-destroying turd-ninja your attention isn't on stacking cups and xylophones... you're more focused on managing mascara on both eyes and finding a ...
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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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Character Group PLC saw its international sales rise 25 per cent in the six months ending February 28th, 2013. It said Peppa Pig, Fireman Sam, Doctor Who, Scooby Doo, Let's Cook and Construct-a-Bugz were the most popular brands. ...
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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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Character Options is celebrating its most successful UK toy Twitter party to date. Launched to honour its new Peppa Pig Theme Park toy collection, the social media event took place on March 26th and delivered nearly eight million tweets ...
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Character Options is teaming up with Entertainment One for a special nationwide Peppa Pig Twitter party. The event will take place on March 26th, and will be hosted live from UKMums.tv, with a second party hub on-site at Peppa Pig World ...
While some areas continued to struggle this year, there are signs of improvement. Samantha Loveday asks some key licensing execs for their views on the year gone by, the challenges and what 2013 might hold. "For spring/summer 2012 the ...
Tags: toy licensing, toy sales, toy
Music for Kids, maker of the musical toy Jingle Puzzles, has released its first ever app: The Wheels on the Bus. Developed by kids app specialist P2 Games, publisher of the top-selling Peppa Pig iOS titles, The Wheels on the Bus is on ...
Tags: Music for Kids, musical toy, Jingle Puzzles, The Wheels on the Bus
Mattel 01628 500 000 Mattel had two of the top five family games last year, according to NPD December 2011 data, and Uno was the number one card game. This season it has a number of fresh products, including Chameleon Crunch, which ...
Tags: Sector Guide, Puzzles, Games