'It's a great start to the awards season and the fact that all votes are from consumers is brilliant,' says Golden Bear's Katherine Pierce. Golden Bear scooped the gold award in the Best Doll or Soft Toy category at this year’s ...
The firm is looking to raise £25,000 in order to take its project – a collection of press pout and play cardboard play-sets – to market this Christmas. A London-based team of toy designers is chasing Kickstarter ...
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Rubbabu produces hand made toys, including tactile balls, games and educational toys. Bigjigs Toys is boosting its distribution portfolio in the form of Rubbabu, a brand new to the UK market. Rubbabu produces hand made, award-winning ...
Tags: UK Market, tactile balls, educational toys
“With 25 years of experience in the gift industry and a passion for art and craft products, Cuckoo is the most natural and perfect fit for Skinny Sketcher,” said founder and director Gillian Logan. Skinny Sketcher has ...
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The sticker collection launch will be backed by a heavy-weight marketing campaign, including covermount sampling with the My Little Pony Magazine. Collectables company Panini has teamed with global toy maker Hasbro for the launch of a new ...
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The system of toy blocks encourages kids to make connections in order to control other toys, such as make a robot draw lines on paper, through the basics of coding. Google has joined the latest swathe of firms making headway in the fight ...
"Crowdfunding has helped to democratise the toy industry, meaning toy designers can now get their innovations to market despite limited contacts and knowledge." Heather Delaney, one of the world’s most influential crowdfunding PR ...
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Entertainment and character licensing remains the largest category, accounting for $113.2 billion, or 45 per cent of the total global licensing market. Retail sales of licensed products have jumped a significant 4.2 per cent on the ...
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The consumer facing MadeForMums Toy Awards 2016 will 'celebrate the best children's toys at every age and stage from newborn to pre-teens'. Parenting website MadeForMums has launched its own set of toy awards. The consumer facing ...
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Working with Asda's Wonky Veg project to raise funds for FareShare, Hasbro has launched an auction to buy the Wonky Mr Potato Head on eBay. Hasbro has created a Wonky Mr Potato Head to help raise awareness of food waste and raise money ...
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The line of books based on the construction toy will hit shelves next year. GoldieBlox has teamed with Random House Children’s Books to launch a line books based on the construction toy property. The series, which will debut in ...
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The firm will deliver a line of vehicles and play-sets to coincide with the release of Fast & Furious 8 in 2017. Mattel has been named the master toy partner for the Hollywood movie franchise, Fast & Furious. The move comes as ...
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This year's event will be held at Kidtropolis during the October half term. The third annual ToyTesters.tv Awards is open for entries and will be held at Kidtropolis this year. The Awards is shifting location to Kidtropolis in a bid to ...
Tags: ToyTesters.tv Awards, Kidtropolis, Fun Toy
"We are pleased to have reached an agreement to refinance our debt. This represents a significant step in our efforts to create a strong financial foundation and pursue long-term growth." Toys R Us has reached an agreement with ...
The consumer show will nearly double in size next year when it takes to Halls 1A and 1B of New York's Javits Center. The second annual Play Fair will leave its slot at February's US Toy Fair next year, moving to November instead. The ...
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