Dr Amanda Gummer from the Good Toy Guide has joined Karisma Kidz as a shareholder. The toy expert, owner of FUNdamentals and Good Toy Guide, has invested money and expertise in the growing doll brand that will soon launch online ...
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After two months of decline, China toy exports began to rise in March, with total exports of US$1.04 billion, up 7.77% month over month. Among the toys exported, traditional toys (include dolls, educational toys, puzzles, electric ...
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Nothing can be more relaxing than a bed after a long hard day. A cozily made up room with soothing wall colors is an ideal place for escape after a long hard day. A canopy bed can just be a perfect addition to the room for putting your ...
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It might be a challenging year for the toy trade, but Harrods’ Toy Kingdom is confident it is about to have one of its strongest 12 months yet. Sales have risen since the London store’s toy area underwent a multi-million pound ...
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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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A Fair Trade doll operation is launching a host of new products in the UK. Pebble, which employs some 6,000 women in Bangladesh across 62 rural production areas, is preparing to bring a small collection of fresh handmade dolls to retail ...
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When eBay launched in 1995, the premise was simple: allow consumers to sell their unwanted goods to others via online auctions. Today, the multi-billion dollar business has localised sites in over 30 countries. Over 190,000 businesses ...
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This trick or treat season, Rubie’s is expanding its Halloween kids collection with gruesome new editions to its fancy dress range. The new Zomboy and Zombet costumes are designed to deliver a fright with their scary prints and ...
Vivid is launching a torrent of Twitter-driven PR campaigns to support its new toy ranges. The company revealed its latest social media plans after reaching 3,700 followers on the social website, and following its latest Little Mix dolls ...
Tags: Twitter, webgame, Toys, Cut The Rope
A line of collector dolls and figures based on the hit TV show Downton Abbey will launch in the US. Knockout Licensing signed Bradford Exchange as a licensee for the show in North America. It will manufacture and market the dolls which ...
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In some places, the failure to visit room 108 could mean you don't have any office furniture left. Yikes. What would your business do if, after failing to pay your taxes, Uncle Sam walked into your office and seized all the furniture? ...
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Head ten minutes south of LAX on the 405, exit at El Segundo and you'll blunder upon a 200,000-square-foot concrete bunker lurking among the strip malls in this seedy bit of Los Angeles County. The low-slung structure, surrounded by a black ...
Jakks is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Cabbage Patch Kids range this year, as the characters return with a 'Memory Lane' marketing and PR campaign. The campaign is designed to reintroduce the collectable range of toys to a new ...
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Character Options has become the UK distributor for Moose Enterprises' girls collectable, The Zelfs. The brand - which is one of the most important launches in recent years for Character - will make its debut in July, backed by a high ...
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Karisma Kidz, a range of esteem-building interactive dolls, will launch in the UK later this year. The concept for the new range was first unveiled at this year's UK Toy Fair in response to statistics from the Mental Health Foundation, ...
Tags: Karizma Kidz, Building Dolls