Employees of Maroon Group assembled holiday care packages of needed items to send to troops overseas including toothpaste, snacks, games, videos, and shampoo. Included in the boxes were nearly 100 handwritten letters and pictures from ...
Tags: toothpaste, snacks, games, videos, shampoo, Construction
Mobile chargers are ten-a-penny on crowdfunding sites, but lately we've seen a couple that do things a little differently. The SmartWallet was also a wallet, and now the iPac-Man doubles as a Bluetooth games controller. On the charger ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, iPac
The firm is on track to hit 36.8 billion yen this year, thanks to the launch of the interactive figurines. Nintendo is experiencing a surprise comeback this year, as its profit triples thanks to its new interactive figures, Amiibo. The ...
Tags: interactive figurines, Toys
Retailers see boosts in sales as consumers show signs of favouring indie shops over big name stores. Christmas 2014 is looking to be the year of High Street resurgence, according to the UK’s independent toy retailers. Festive ...
City of Zombies has been sweeping schools, testing children's mental arithmetic stealthily. Zombies have entered schools across the UK and mathematics is fast becoming the new rock n’ roll of the younger generation. But fear not, ...
This week, ToyNews' Rob Hutchins reports from a Christmas themed Board Game Club, an emerging hot bed of inventor relations. Never let it be said that the game inventor community is a dull one. If you aren’t busy cooking up games ...
NSGA announced that baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr., will be the featured speaker on Monday, May 4 at the 51st Annual Management Conference & 17th Annual Team Dealer Summit in Austin, TX. Ripken became a national icon with his ...
Tags: baseball Hall, Sporting Goods
Summit is a day of conference sessions, networking and brand ambassador opportunities for bloggers of all abilities. The first ever FunFest Blogger Summit will take place at Whittlebury Hall Hotel & Spa, Northampton on Saturday, April ...
Tags: upcoming toys, media experts, Toys
Activities spanned delivering toys and games to children and providing meals for the homeless to renovating playrooms and hosting special Hasbro Game Day events. Last Thursday, Hasbro employees around the world became holiday ...
Mondelez is an enthusiastic early uptaker of new technology. It launched its mobile technology initiative, Mobile Futures, in October 2012 internationally to help it drive more impulse purchases and better in-store marketing, with an open ...
Tags: Calendar, mobile technology, Packaging
Paternoster will embark on her new role from January 1st, 2015. Vivid has promoted Kerry Paternoster to the role of marketing manager across the firm’s Toy and Drumond Park division. She will embark on her new position from ...
Tags: Kerry Paternoster, Drumond Park, Toys
Universal Sports Network and Lagarde Unlimited announced plans for Beyond the Medals - The Business of Sport, a new, original sports program that provides viewers with an inside look at the world of Olympic sports. Hosted by sports ...
Tags: Rio Olympics, TV Show, Sporting Goods
Politicians from the three main political parties had a spirited debate last night on the future of intellectual property policy after the General Election. Panellists from the political parties were Mike Weatherley MP (Conservative), Iain ...
Tags: Political Parties, IP Question, Furniture
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has revealed that DFS is the Official Team GB Homeware Partner for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. DFS, and its 3400-strong UK workforce, has pledged its support for Team GB athletes who will compete for ...
Link Piazzo, a member of the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame who served as Chairman of the NSGA Board of Directors in 1962, passed away Nov. 14 in his hometown, Reno, Nev. He was 95. Piazzo, the son of Italian immigrants, was ...
Tags: golf, baseball, hunting, Sporting Goods