More than 100 exhibitors took to the Independent Toy and Gift Show last week, in what the organisers said was 'the best show to date'. The event, held at Cranmore Park, Solihull, ran from Tuesday, April 16th until Wednesday, April 17th. ...
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Several big High Street toy stockists have agreed to change their boy/girl toy signs, claims Let Toys Be Toys. The parent-led campaign was set up to see 'girls' and 'boys' signs removed from toy shops and websites. Last week, the ...
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The Entertainer has launched an online service that allows customers to order toys online and get them delivered within 90 minutes. The service has launched in conjunction with delivery experts Shutl and a new software extension developed ...
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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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Jumbo Games MD Gray Richmond raised £2,000 at the London Marathon. He undertook the challenge on Sunday, April 21st to raise money and awareness for the MS Trust. Richmond said: "It was definitely gruelling, but the incredible ...
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A small Taiwanese-owned toy firm based in Thailand hopes to launch its products in the UK. Kiddy Kiddo specialises in manufacturing educational board games and books, with several products aimed at pre-schoolers. It has been operating ...
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The smash Beyblade property is spinning back to toy retail. The collector's edition of Nintendo 3DS video game Beyblade: Evolution will include an exclusive, six-piece Wing Pegasus 90WF toy previously unavailable outside of Japan. ...
The UK Games Expo is now the main event that hobby game publishers think of when reaching their audience, say organisers. The seventh annual show runs from May 24th to 26th at the Hilton Metropole, NEC Birmingham, and trade space has ...
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The first parentally-controlled savings account and payment card for children has caught the eye of toy retail. PktMny, the company behind the service, has been inundated with calls from keen toy retailers and suppliers after ToyNews ...
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Nostalgia: It ain't what it used to be. Or is it? In the same way that songs can conjure up vivid memories, toys have that same time travel quality, sending you scuttling back to a bygone era in a blaze of Technicolor. The likes of David ...
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The online retail competition looks set to heat up this summer as the brand new online marketplace OnBuy launches in June. The new marketplace hopes to rival the global success of companies such as Amazon and eBay. The concept has been ...
Jakks Pacific is to launch the EZPro DJ – A DJ mixing desk – into the UK toy market, backed by a heavyweight marketing campaign. The firm says that anyone, from eight to 80, can mix and play their favourite music with the ...
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The limited edition Goshi Moshi toy tin has raised £104,730 for the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (GOSH), smashing its £100,000 target. The Goshi Moshi initiative was launched last November by toy supplier ...
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The Slow Toy team has now revealed the entry opening date for this year's Awards. They will officially be open for entries on Friday, May 3rd and participants will have just under six weeks to post their entries before the official close ...
The Toy Trust is calling on the industry to help it decide which charity should benefit from its fundraising in 2014. The Trust has given single donations of £80,000 and £135,000 over the past two years to a brace of unique ...