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Link Piazzo Passed Away Nov. 14 in His Hometown
Dec 3, 2014Link Piazzo, a member of the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame who served as Chairman of the NSGA Board of Directors in 1962, passed away Nov. 14 in his hometown, Reno, Nev. He was 95. Piazzo, the son of Italian immigrants, was ...
Tags: golf, baseball, hunting, Sporting Goods
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Fewer Americans Planned to Shop Online on Cyber Monday
Dec 3, 2014The National Retail Federation’s Cyber Monday Expectations Survey shows fewer Americans planned to shop online on Cyber Monday, likely because they know online retailers are offering bargains much earlier in November than in the past. ...
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The Brighton-Based Store Has Been Handed This Month's Accolade to Children's Development
Dec 3, 2014The Brighton-based store has been handed this month’s accolade for its ‘innovative and exciting’ range of toys as well as its dedication to children’s development. Independent toy retailer, WigWam Toys has been ...
Tags: toy retailer, Toys
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Creative Steps Magazine Revealed Highly Commended Entries Across All 21 Categories
Dec 3, 2014Creative 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 ...
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Furniture Link International Rebranded Its Business to VIDA Living
Dec 3, 2014Major furniture supplier Furniture Link International, owner of the UK brand Wilkinsons Furniture, has rebranded its business to VIDA Living. Group MD Niall Wogan says: “As we were able to more clearly define our business and its ...
Tags: Wilkinsons Furniture, VIDA Living, Furniture
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John Lewis Delivered Sales of 179.1m,up 21.8% on Last Year and up 56.8% Week on Week
Dec 3, 2014In a week which saw trade fuelled by Black Friday and price matching of competitor events, John Lewis delivered sales of £179.1m, up 21.8% on last year and up 56.8% week on week to deliver the biggest ever week for sales in its 150 ...
Tags: John Lewis, Record Sales, Furniture
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Robert Shotton Is Confirmed to Be Final Judge for The 2015 Edition of The Furniture Awards
Dec 3, 2014Robert Shotton, owner of retailer Cousins Furniture Stores, has been confirmed as the final judge for the 2015 edition of The Furniture Awards, a new programme created by Furniture News magazine in partnership with the January Furniture ...
Tags: Furniture Awards, Furniture
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Vipal Rubber Presented a Plaque to Acknowledge 10 Years of Partnership in South Africa
Dec 3, 2014Vipal Rubber presented a plaque to TRS officials acknowledging 10 years of partnership in South Africa. From left to right are Morne Goosen and Gavin Wilke from TRS,Dijan Rigo, commercial coordinator for Vipal,Reginald Pelser of TRS and ...
Tags: Rubber, Distributor, Auto
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Each Wagner OE21 Low-Copper Friction Formulation Offers More Stopping Power
Dec 3, 2014Each Wagner OE21 low-copper friction formulation offers more stopping power, is quieter and provides greater fade resistance than previous Wagner ceramic formulations. Federal-Mogul Motorparts, a division of Federal-Mogul Holdings ...
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Classic Eighties Action Film Commando Has Been Given The Hot Toys Treatment
Dec 3, 2014Somewhere, somehow, someone's going to pay. If you like your action figures armed to the teeth, covered in war paint and boasting a thick Austrian accent, you're in luck. Classic Eighties action film Commando has been given the Hot Toys ...
Tags: action figures, Toys
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Schleich Has Decreased Its Level of Spend for Carriage Paid Orders Prior to Christmas
Dec 3, 2014The level of carriage paid orders is being reduced to £150 until December 16th 2014. Schleich has decreased its level of spend for carriage paid orders prior to Christmas. The company aims to ease the way for retailers to restock ...
Tags: Carriage, paid orders, Toys
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Turbospoke's Christmas TV Campaign Has Been Launched to Support Smyths Toys and Halfords
Dec 3, 2014The campaign will run across Sky One, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. Turbospoke, the bicycle exhaust system, has launched its Christmas TV campaign in support of Smyths Toys and Halfords. The campaign, set to run across a two week ...
Tags: Christmas, TV Campaign, Toys
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Nilphotonics Competence Center Has Been Established
Dec 3, 2014EV Group (EVG) of St Florian, Austria (a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor applications) has established the NILPhotonics Competence Center, which is designed to assist customers ...
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The Total Number of Lte Connected Devices Shipped Worldwide Will Exceed 1.89 Billion Units
Dec 3, 2014Shipments of 4G LTE handsets will grow from 204 million units in 2014 to 676 million in 2015, forecasts market analyst firm ABI Research in its report ‘4G Subscribers, Devices, and Networks Market Data’ (part of the firm’s ...
Tags: LTE handsets, Electrical
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The Ninth Annual DOE Solid-State Lighting Market Development Workshop Held in Detroit
Dec 3, 2014More than 175 attendees gathered at the ninth annual DOE Solid-State Lighting Market Development Workshop, held November 12–13 in Detroit, to learn the latest on today's toughest LED lighting issues and to find out what's next on the ...
Tags: Solid-State Lighting, LED lighting, Lights
