Companies wanting to enter the ToyTesters.tv Awards 2014 have until September 5th. ToyTesters.tv is calling last orders on its 2014 awards entries. The organisation will be closing to awards entries on September 5th as it prepares for ...
Tags: ToyTesters.Tv, Awards, Toys
This September Scotland will vote on whether to leave the UK or not. But how might the outcome affect the country's retailers? By the end of this summer, a question will be asked of Scotland with the potential to change the UK as it is ...
Tags: Toy Industry, Independence
Categories such as arts and crafts are enjoying revival thanks to the latest crazes sweeping the playgrounds. Loom Bands, LEGO Minifigures and Panini cards are helping to boost traditional play, according to the latest results from NPD. ...
Tags: LEGO, Panini Cards, Toys
Gaby Budai-Corfield joins as Lorna Bennett leaves to pursue a career in ceramics. Golden Bear has appointed Gaby Budai-Corfield as its new international sales manager. Budai-Corfield will now be responsible for all areas of the firm's ...
Tags: Golden Bear, Sales Manager, Toys
Creator of the Big Yellow Teapot and founder of Bluebird Toys joins September's event. Sir Torquil Norman, the inventor of the Big Yellow Teapot and founder of Bluebird Toys, has been confirmed as a speaker at the Toy & Game Inventors ...
Tags: Sir Torquil Norman, Toy&Game, Toys
Jobs of the week arrive courtesy of Bladez Toyz and Gameplan Europe. Bladez Toyz is on the hunt for a new account manager to manage national account including Argos, Toys R Us and Tesco etc. Suitable candidates must have significant ...
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This month, we take an in-depth look at how Minecraft is making a splash in the toy space. The August issue of ToyNews is now available to read online, and on your iPad, here. This month, we take an in-depth look at how Minecraft is ...
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Alleghany Capital Corporation to help firm prepare for next stage of growth. Jazwares is preparing for its next stage of growth after Alleghany Capital Corporation acquired an interest in the firm. Jazwares' portfolio currently includes ...
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HS: 9503, Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dais carriages5 dolls; Other toys; reduced-size ("scale") models and similar recreational models working or not; puzzles of all kinds, hereinafter referred to as "toy". ...
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2009-2011 Global Toy Industry Export Situation 2011 Global Major Toy Import Situation(Sorted by 2011 Import Value) Product Name Import Value in 2011(thousand U.S. dollars) Year-On-Year ...
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Event will help people in the industry understand how they can use consumer research to test and improve their products. Kids Brand Insight is launching The Toy Consumer Research Bootcamp, an event to help people in the industry ...
A study of 500 marketing and packaging professionals found that 49 per cent of those polled believed the industry relied heavily on gender targeting packaging. The toy industry is one of the largest sectors to rely on gender specific ...
Tags: Toys, toy packaging
The ToyNews Retail Advisory Board gives its views on the first major holiday of this year "Easter is the second biggest selling time behind Christmas," according to some of the UK's leading toy retailers. Traditionally a gifting period ...
Tags: Toys, Easter Toys
Messe Frankfurt Ltd and the Guangdong Toy Association to organise show in 2015. Trade show organiser Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd and the Guangdong Toy Association have signed a letter of intent to launch the next Guangzhou International Toy ...
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With the rapid development of toy safety standards worldwide, it is important to have efficient and coherent audit systems in place for factories to ensure uniformity of audits. Intertek has established a network of international auditing ...
Tags: ICTI, certification, ICTI Certification