BBC Worldwide will provide geography classes with specially-created packs to help teachers plan lessons around a selection of Go Jetters-themed activities. BBC Worldwide has announced plans for a new school initiative based on characters ...
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Campaign will show off Bugs in the Kitchen, Disney Eye Found It!, Labyrinth and Scotland Yard as well as the 3D Puzzle Buildings. Ravensburger will be advertising six key lines in the run up to Christmas, each with an expansive TV and ...
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The company's Teletubbies My First Floor Puzzle, Big Ben with Clock 3D Puzzle and Thomas and Friends My First Memory secured the awards. Ravensburger has scooped three accolades at this year’s Practical Pre-School and Parent Teacher ...
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Winners included the likes of Character Options, Ravensburger, Trends UK and Golden Bear. The winners of this year’s Practical Pre-school and Primary Teacher Update Awards have been revealed today. Taking place at a ceremony in ...
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Having just celebrated its fourth birthday, Captain Neil Waite from Captain Neil´s Toy Chest tells Jade Burke how Shopkins has been a success for his business and why he chose a pirate theme for his store. Tell me a bit about your ...
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36 toys pick up honours across 12 categories. The winners of the Toy Fair Best New Toy Awards have been announced for the seventh year at Toy Fair, predicting some of the top new toys for 2015. Winners range from household names such as ...
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Firm to roll out range of pre-school puzzles and games for new series. Coolabi has inked a deal with Ravensburger as it continues to grow the licensing programme ahead of the debut of the new series of The Clangers. Ravensburger will ...
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"Purchase is consistent with Ravensburger's strategy of increasing growth abroad" says chairman. Ravensburger has acquired Swedish toy company Brio. The group picked up the firm from Swedish investor Proventus, which has been the main ...
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Creative Steps magazine has revealed the winners and highly commended entries across all 21 categories, including Toys and Games and Role Play. The results of the 2014 Creative Awards are in. After months of testing, Creative Steps ...
Dracco will be firing from all cylinders with its latest collection of global brands, with international campaigns surrounding Zombie Zity, Predasaurs and Filly. An in-bound and out-bound licensing powerhouse, the firm currently boasts ...
Over 200 events held across UK and Ireland boosted the success of the global board game festival. Geek and Sundry is celebrating the successful return of International TableTop Day this year, fuelled by a positive global response and the ...
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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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Tatty Teddy has already taken to the toy aisles - now it's making its own. Brand owner Carte Blanche Group is opening its first retail store this June in The Marlands Shopping Centre, Southampton. The store will showcase Carte ...
When Clinton Cards entered administration, did that influence your move into toys? Stephen: No, it had nothing to do with it. We'd actually started a strategic review of our business a long time before Clintons entered administration and ...
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Ravensburger will supply a line of licensed Bubble Guppies puzzles in the UK. The company joins Fisher-Price, which is the master toy licensee for Viacom's pre-school brand. The news comes as Channel 5 secures the rights to broadcast ...