LEGO House, Hot Wheels Homer cars and guest stars figure range heading to retail to mark the milestone. Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products has detailed a range of toy and collectibles partnerships to celebrate The Simpsons' 25th ...
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Rainbow Loom from Choon's Design grabs Toy of the Year title and three category awards. Hundreds of toy executives and industry guests from around the world gathered in New York on Saturday night (February 15th) for the 14th Annual Toy of ...
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Grammy winner cuts the ribbon; over 30,000 visitors expected across four days. Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys officially opened the 111th American International Toy Fair on Sunday, February 16th. More than 30,000 play professionals ...
Never mind girls and boys—adults who refuse to grow up are being increasingly targeted by a toy industry promoting adolescence as a lifestyle choice, say industry watchers. Among the "Smart-Tech" toys at this week's Hong Kong Toys & ...
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An updated European Union safety regulation on toys will place pressure on Chinese toy makers and affect the nation's exports to an already weakening European market, but could also provide an opportunity to upgrade the domestic toy ...
Reporters learned from the Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, known as 'the most serious,' the EU toy new regulations - Toy Safety Directive will be fully implemented on December 20, which accounted for 60% of toy exports of ...
We celebrate the enduring popularity of Barbie and also take a look at how to secure funding for your business. The June 2013 edition of ToyNews is now available to read online and on your iPad. The issue features a celebration of ...
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 ...
Simba Smoby has appointed Alex Kovacevic as Marketing and Licensing Manager. Kovacevic has previously worked at toy suppliers such as Goldfish & Bison, Re:creation and Hy-Pro. A statement read: "Simba Smoby has been one of the fastest ...
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Canadian toy companies TCG and Ganz have partnered to focus on the development of new toy and game products. TCG is a licence-driven toy company renowned for its range of children's and adult's puzzles, games and activities. Ganz is in ...
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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 ...
More than 5,000 brands, characters and images will be available for UK visitors to Licensing Expo to check out in June, with organiser Advanstar saying it will be well worth the trip for toy companies. Almost 350 exhibitors have signed up ...
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The organisers of the Lollibop kids' festival are urging "leading children's characters and toy companies" to get involved again this year. Lollibop will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London in 2013. The family event ...
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Firstly, could you give me a quick recap of how 2012 was for Flair? Was the year better or worse than expected? 2012 was a challenging year in the UK, with the market being at best flat and trading being so late, but it was good for us. ...
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‘Toy industry terrified of tablets’ has been a much-talked about subject of late, but our cover story this month explains why traditional toy companies shouldn’t be scared of embracing new technology. To be fair, the toy ...
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