US general retailer Walmart has increased its share of the toy market. According to The NPD Group data for the three-month period ending December 31st, 2012, Walmart "improved market share in toys and the Walmart entertainment ...
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A new Barbie DVD has reached the number slot in the children’s charts for pre-orders on Amazon. Yesterday's UK premiere of the Barbie in the Pink Shoes movie - which arrives on DVD on March 18th - also marked the start of a ...
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A host of toy companies will have a presence at this year's Mums Show Live, including InspirationWorks and its Kurio kids' tablet. Other companies include Micro Scooters, Scoot UK and A Girl For All Time. The full exhibitor list can be ...
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GP Flair has joined forces with parenting website UKMums.tv to host a number of Tree Fu Tom Twitter Parties. Top bloggers from across the country will host their own social media parties on Tuesday February 19th. They will showcase new ...
Toys R Us' Jerry Storch will step down as CEO after seven years at the helm, but will remain Chairman of the Board. He will also remain CEO while the retailer looks for his successor. Storch, 56, joined the company in February 2006 ...
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Members of the GMB union are staging a number of demonstrations across nine Amazon UK depots today (Wednesday, February 13th). The dispute concerns staff wages, which are £6.20 an hour - one penny above the UK minimum wage, ...
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Aurora World is producing a new Garfield plush range. The Garfield cartoon was first introduced in 1978 and is now featured in over 2,100 newspapers across the globe, holding the Guinness World Record for the most syndicated cartoon ...
LeapFrog is the fastest-growing top ten toy manufacturer in the UK, according to full-year 2012 NPD data. The company says it grew by 26 per cent last year, when it became the eighth biggest toy manufacturer in the UK. The LeapPad kids' ...
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Fresh Kimmidoll Junior doll ranges have been revealed in the US. The half-inch plush beanbag dolls ($12 each) are targeting children aged 0+, while the standard Kimmidoll Junior dolls ($13 each) are aimed at those aged over three years ...
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Welford Road Stadium is home to the famous Leicester Tigers rugby club. Since the development of its new multi-million pound Caterpillar Stand, the stadium boasts the largest conferencing and hospitality suite of its kind in the East ...
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Tactic Games has expanded its sales team, with the appointment of Sabrina Green as sales administration manager. Green (pictured) previously managed the web fulfulment team at Links of London. "Sabrina will strengthen the sales team and ...
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The UK's first Skylanders Giants window display will appear at Hamleys today. More to follow. Want to receive up to the minute toy industry news straight to your inbox? Click here to sign up for the free ToyNews Daily Digest and ...
The new Moshi Monsters Light Buddies will launch exclusively in The Entertainer first. The 99p RRP products will roll out to Toys R Us and other High Street retailers soon after. Zappar has teamed up with Milkshake and Mind Candy to ...
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Microsoft has launched a campaign in the U.S. that targets Google's alleged practice of going through the contents of all Gmail messages to sell and target advertisements, raising again an old issue the software giant has with the free ...
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Google is rolling out some enhancements to Google Now, a mobile app that gives Android users personalized information on the fly. The changes could help make the tool a bigger part of people's daily lives. The updates put the app front ...
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