Market statistics released today at Toy Fair by NPD show that the UK toy industry stood firm in 2012 - in the face of poor retail performance overall and in comparison with like for like industry sectors. NPD figures show that UK toy ...
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Despite only being released on December 1st NPD data shows that sales of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys were impressive during the festive period. In December the Turtles were fifth in the Action Figure category for December ...
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Sony has expanded its portfolio of Android-based products with the Tablet Z, which is thinner and lighter than competing products from Apple and Google. This year tablet shipments are expected to total more than 240 million units ...
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Microsoft on Friday announced Windows 8 upgrade price increases of as much as 400% that will take effect Feb. 1, when a three-month promotional discount ends. The current $39.99 deal for a Windows 8 Pro upgrade expires in less than two ...
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Sony on Monday expanded its portfolio of Android-based products with the Tablet Z, which is thinner and lighter than competing products from Apple and Google. This year, tablet shipments are expected to total more than 240 million units ...
Tags: Sony, Xperia Tablet Z, Tablet
Microsoft on Friday announced that Windows 8 will be as much as 400% more expensive to buy after February 1, when a three-month promotional discount ends. The current $39.99 deal for a Windows 8 Pro upgrade expires in less than two weeks, ...
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Amazon says its 22-million-song music catalogue is now "optimised" for users of Apple devices, making it easier for iPhone owners to circumvent the iTunes store. The move is part of a new push by the internet retail giant challenging ...
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The majority of retailers are positive 2013 will be a prosperous year for the toy industry. 76.5 per cent told ToyNews they’re confident about the health of their business for the year ahead, despite sales tracker NPD’s ...
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Bolthouse Farms, a manufacturer and processor of salad dressing and carrots, has opened a new US innovation centre. The US$5m facility will accelerate NPD across the group's portfolio and will "integrate marketing and research" to create ...
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Flair is to repeat a successful school sampling campaign for Trash Pack. This year pupils will be challenged to design a Trash Pack Recycling Superhero with a ‘great, high value’ prize up for grabs. The new campaign will ...
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The US market research firm NPD DisplaySearch (NPD) announced the tablet PC market forecast on January 7, local time. The report expected that in 2013 global supply of tablet PCs will reach 240 million units, while the notebook is 207 ...
The fact that certain kids’ tablets don’t contribute to toy industry sales is “complete lunacy”, says the firm behind Kurio. Retail sales tracker NPD currently classifies the VTech InnoTab and LeapFrog LeapPad ...
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Shortages of touch-enabled Windows notebooks led to a steeper-than-expected decline in PC sales last quarter, an analyst said. According to IDC, global PC shipments in 2012's fourth quarter fell 6.4% compared to the same period in 2011, a ...
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Head of licensing Darran Garnham (left) and senior consumer products manager Sam Ferguson (right) reveal how they're growing the Moshi Monsters brand even further with Poppet. Why licence out the Poppet Moshi Monster in particular and ...
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Defending Windows 8 against reports that sales have been sluggish, one of Microsoft's top executives said it will take time for customers to digest the new operating system and for device makers to ramp up production of the hardware users ...