Colour screen pet available exclusively in the Toy Kingdom for a limited time only. Tamagotchi has made a return to UK toy shelves in the form of Tamagotchi ID – a colour screened version of the classic interactive pocket pet. ...
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The UK managing director of Toys R Us has told Retail Week that he wants the chain to be the biggest toy retailer in the UK. Roger McLaughlan unveiled a series of plans to the trade publication including improvement of its product ...
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This month could set a new toy sales record in the UK, thanks to two extra shopping days compared to 2011. However, retail sales tracker NPD also says that despite sales potentially topping £400 million in the last three weeks of ...
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The "top four players" will take 54.7 per cent share of the market, say analysts. Toy retail is set to face some of its toughest tests over the next few years, starting this Christmas. According to IBISWorld, toy retailers will continue ...
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In these tough economic times one popular product category has halted a decline in the UK toy market – the blind bag. These low value lines – such as LEGO Minifigures – are top sellers. The blind bag category is ...
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Magasins de jouets sans frontières? Do you remember the TV game show It’s A Knockout or the Peter Gabriel song Jeux Sans Frontières? Now it’s toy shops’ turn to expand beyond traditional frontiers. ...
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It’s been an incredible year for Skylanders. Why do you think it’s been so continually successful? Well, apart from the obvious fact it's a superb concept it's down to 1. Marketing spend, 2. Marketing spend and 3. Marketing ...
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Wow Stuff’s Attacknids have been touring UK toy shops since October and have now made their final stop at Hamleys’ Regent Street store. The R/C robots and their 2x2 metre battle enclosure will remain in the toy shop up until ...
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