There once was a time when a holiday in early August was far removed from the realms of possibility. Only once the new Argos book had been studied could I consider taking a week off. However, no longer are there the nasty surprises in the ...
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Little Nut Tree Toys Billed as an ‘independent traditional online toy shop’, Little Nut Tree Toys is an inviting, perky website with an appealing colour pallete that befits a toy shop. The landing page features a ...
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Mattel 01628 500 000 Mattel had two of the top five family games last year, according to NPD December 2011 data, and Uno was the number one card game. This season it has a number of fresh products, including Chameleon Crunch, which ...
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Winner Casino is giving EUR30 free to new players! With Christmas less than a month away, the popular online casino is hoping to share the holiday spirit with slot spinners and card game players around the world. Winner Casino is giving ...
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Mattel Apptivity launched in August – it’s a new concept for kids where ‘toy meets tablet’, enabling them to play with their favourite toy on iPad. While opening the door to new brand engagement, Apptivity creates ...
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The Toshiba Qosmio X870-11Q is a 17.3in high-spec desktop replacement laptop, boasting a third-generation Intel Ivy Bridge processor, dedicated nVidia graphics and active-shutter 3D display technology. Read reviews of high-end laptops. ...
Trick-or-treating, costume parties and apple bobbing… Halloween conjures up plenty of fun childhood memories. The annual holiday is well-known with children across the world, with thousands dressing up in scary costumes on October ...
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It’s been an incredible year for Skylanders. Why do you think it’s been so continually successful? Well, apart from the obvious fact it's a superb concept it's down to 1. Marketing spend, 2. Marketing spend and 3. Marketing ...
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How has Wooky performed over the past 12 months? Over the last 12 months Wooky has increased sales revenue dramatically. We’re lucky to have an established and strong team in the UK based in our Liverpool offices who have experience ...
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Disney has hundreds of licensing partnerships in place across Europe and toy sales for its big IPs are climbing. With huge films like Planes and Monsters University on the way, the opportunities for toy firms are bountiful. Anna ...
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Wow Stuff’s Attacknids have been touring UK toy shops since October and have now made their final stop at Hamleys’ Regent Street store. The R/C robots and their 2x2 metre battle enclosure will remain in the toy shop up until ...
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VTech has signed a deal with Disney that will see new content arrive on the InnoTab 2 and Storio 2. This will include e-books and videos of popular episodes of Disney Junior’s Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Little Einsteins, Doc ...
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Paddy Power has said the LeapPad 2 is the “clear favourite” to become the UK’s top selling toy this Christmas. The popular Irish bookmaker has placed the kids iPad-style device as odds-on favourite at 1/4. For punters ...
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The sharemarket fell slightly in quiet trading yesterday as global equity markets awaited the outcome of negotiations to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff that threatens to slow the US economy next year unless politicians reach agreement on ...
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The AWEX Regional Indicators finished 1.1% lower, on average, at the last sales before the Christmas break in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week. The US exchange rate rose by 0.8% to move above 105¢ for the first time since the ...