Picks up the Australian Toy Association's Games Toy of the Year 2014 Award. Zed the Zombie Unrest in Pieces has won the Australian Toy Association's Games Toy of the Year 2014 Award. Created by Fotorama and distributed throughout the UK ...
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Characters and books 'teach shapes and morals' A NEW Zealand-based toy inventor and children’s book author is looking for ‘that special someone’ to help bring her range of Shape Kids toys and books to the UK. ...
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Wooden game has a rich history in Western Africa and Banyan believes UK retailers should get on board. Banyan, a company specialising in African and Caribbean heritage products and services, is bringing wooden game Banyan Wari to the UK ...
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Move follows NPD's decision to include tablet sales into its UK sales data Following NPD's decision last year to include tablet sales into its UK toy data, the Kurio 7S has made it into the top ten toys list for December 2013. The Kurio ...
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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 ...
Sad news for the whole industry, says official statement from buying group. Conways Toymaster has given notice of its intent to appoint a proposed administrator. The administrator will review the company's stock and trading position to ...
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61st annual event features an increased floor space to 22,000 square metres to accommodate more than 280 exhibitors Toy Fair 2014 has sold out. The annual event, now in its 61st year has seen a rise in demand for space, having increased ...
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Toys R Us is looking to work closely with the Let Toys Be Toys consumer campaign group, agreeing to become more inclusive in its marketing of toys to girls and boys. The news follows a meeting last week between TRU's UK board members and ...
Plush and plastic products based on hit app game due. Character Options has been named UK toy partner for Plants vs Zombies. The company will distribute Jazwares' range of licensed plush and plastic toys in the UK, which is "already ...
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Chemical Risk Management Profile from Toy Industry Forum launches. A new set of documents allows toy retailers to check the safety of their stock. The Chemical Risk Management Profile allows retailers to "assess the readiness" of their ...
Cartamundi will supply UK toy retail with official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles card games. The company will launch the licensed range in the coming months. Cartamundi UK published the following statement on its Twitter page today: ...
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Playmobil is the fastest growing toy firm out of the top 25 UK toy companies. It has risen to 16th in the UK toy market chart, up eight positions year-on-year since the end of Q1 2012 (according NPD Q1 2013 figures). Changes have also ...
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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Sales of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys are continuing to soar. It's been named the number one new toy property in the UK in NPD's March retail sales data, in terms of value sales. Flair's action figures are also the third-placed ...
Jakks Pacific is to launch the EZPro DJ – A DJ mixing desk – into the UK toy market, backed by a heavyweight marketing campaign. The firm says that anyone, from eight to 80, can mix and play their favourite music with the ...
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