A new payment card aims to help children save and spend their pocket money on toys. Providing children with a contactless pre-paid VISA debit card, PKTMNY allows parents to add pocket money to the account, then set controls on where ...
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Starting Out Right From the time we start preparing a room for a new baby, we are making choices about the child's environment. Many people get ready for a new child by painting, papering, and carpeting a baby's room with conventional ...
Kids' bunk beds are a smart furniture investment. Parents love the versatility of bunk beds and kids think they're loads of fun. And the best part is that kids' bunk beds are available in many convenient and stylish designs. Construction ...
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Toy companies are being called on to produce more goods for children with special educational needs. The Good Toy Guide, the review website for parents, retailers and suppliers, wants to review more toys that can be used by all kids, ...
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Disney is looking for a senior product development manager to work out of its London office. The Disney Consumer Products role will be focused on boys toys and stationery across Europe. The role will involve working with iconic ...
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Dr Amanda Gummer discusses niche markets and how to make the most of them. With margins on mass market products being cut to the bone due to tough competition, it’s worth looking at some of the niche markets which aren’t quite ...
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The toy industry should not underestimate the value of mummy bloggers, says Playmobil. The company was talking to ToyNews as part of a feature on the rise of mummy bloggers, along with other suppliers' marketing execs and bloggers ...
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Loubilou opens doors in April, selling toys, gifts, accessories and clothing. A new website offering parents a global emporium featuring individual sellers of children's toys, gifts, accessories and clothing is hitting the UK in April. ...
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Flair will launch Australian Toy of the Year this summer with heavyweight marketing campaign. The 2013 Australian Toy of the Year, Glitzi Globes, will launch in the UK this summer. Created by Australian toy giant Moose Enterprises, the ...
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There's nothing better than receiving a toy endorsement from a real mum or dad. But what are the challenges of managing blogs and what do parents really want from you? We ask mums and marketing execs. Forget the pain (and pleasure) of ...
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Mega Brands has reported strong sales for its toy lines in both the fourth quarter and 2012 full year. For Q4, overall consolidated net sales increased 18 per cent to $127.5 million (compared to $108.5 million in the corresponding 2011 ...
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) needs to stop buying the "shiny newest technology" in order to make IT savings in the next few years, an expert panel has claimed. Last week, the London Assembly's Budget and Performance Committee ...
The UK’s biggest independent toy chain's owner Gary Grant (middle) and his directors – and sons – Stuart (right) and Duncan (left), explain how the retailer is offering the traditional toy shop ideal on a national scale. ...
Asobi is distributing a new Seedling Pocket Money range to UK toy retail. The firm first introduced Seedling to the UK and Ireland last year. Products in the new Pocket Money offering range from 69p to £8.50. They include spitting ...
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The flip side to China's large population is its vast labor supply. China's emergence as the manufacturing hub of the world over the past three decades has created significant downward pressure on pricing of many of the world's goods. ...
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