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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Hardware manufacturers met in Silicon Valley last week to continue drafting new open standards for data centres and servers with components that can be put together like Lego. The Facebook-sponsored Open Compute Project summit in Santa ...
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Nintendo will be offering a Wii U GamePad Accessory Set to help owners protect their screens while ensuring that Wii U users get the most out of their GamePad controller. The set will be available in stores on February 4 for a suggested ...
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Of the world’s three largest toy companies, only two have women on their Board of Directors and one has none. In the US, Hasbro has Lisa Gersh and Tracy Leinbach while Mattel has Frances Ferguson, Andrea Rich and Kathy White Lloyd, ...
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Stardoll, the site for fashion conscious young women, recently hit a 200 million user milestone. We find out how it’s boosting toy brands with high-impact campaigns, while taking its IPs into the physical world. "Media consumption ...
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LEGO is further bolstering its best selling Friends range with the introduction of a new product series, focusing on after-school activities and hobbies. From this month, 14 new products will join the existing LEGO Friends range of 23 ...
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Retail opinion was divided over what the most important or stand out moment was for the toy industry last year. Hasbro’s new Furby was named by just under ten per cent of the retailers we questioned, while seven per cent said the ...
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McNaney came up with the Filabot as a cheap alternative to the spools of filament used by 3D printers. Filabot can take scrap plastic, including plastic from 3D objects, and grinds, melts, and re-extrudes it back into printable feedstock. ...
New online retailer WAE+ enjoyed a record December thanks to strong sales of toys. It completed 35,000 orders in 2012, 11,000 of which were processed in December. The Company also generated £1.2 million sales, which it says is ...
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Hot Butter Studio has created an infographic about the iconic LEGO Minifigure. It charts the history of the toy from the release of the first Minifigure pre-cursors (the Maxifig in 1974 and the arm-less minifig of 1975) through to the ...
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It's clear that millions of gamers across the US will be spending some quality time with PlayStation during the holidays following sales results for the week of Black Friday. PlayStation®3 (PS3®) Black Friday bundle sales increased ...
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Leading shopping site PriceGrabber.com® today revealed the latest online shopping behavior and trends over the busiest shopping period of the year. The findings indicated that Black Friday has turned into "Black Week," with sales ...
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There's already a plethora 'LEGO-style' iPhone accessories available but the real thing has so far eluded smartphone-owning LEGO fans. But soon lovers of the construction brand will be able to get their hands on an officially licensed ...
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Business software provider SAP has announced that its ERP suite can now run on its real-time in-memory database HANA. Further reading Analysis:SAP stares down its licensing critics SAP users frustrated over complex licensing and'licence ...
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Business software provider SAP has announced that its ERP suite can now run on its real-time in-memory database HANA. Further reading Analysis:SAP stares down its licensing critics SAP users frustrated over complex licensing and'licence ...
Tags: SAP, Oracle, ERP Real-Time, business software provider, HANA