Underground Toys is to continue making its Star Wars Talking Plush toys (previously a ‘Best Toy’ at the Licensing Awards) after resigning with Lucas Licensing. Also showcasing on the Undergound stand will be the new four-inch ...
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Sanrio is continuing to add new toy partners to the Mr. Men & Little Miss UK licensing programme - with RMS and MAAD Toys being the latest partners to come on board after striking deals with Fluid World. MAAD will be producing a ...
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Halilit has hired two new experienced sales agents in time for Toy Fair. Matt Martin (left) will cover London and the South East, whilst Doug Wares (right) will be responsible for all of Scotland. Both agents will be selling all the ...
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Disney Interactive today unveiled its most ambitious gaming initiative ever, Disney Infinity. This all new game platform unlocks the freedom to create stories and play experiences starring beloved characters from The Walt Disney Company and ...
Fast food chain McDonald's is ditching licensed toys in its Happy Meals for books – for five weeks. The Happy Readers campaign will run from January 9th to February 12th, during which Happy Meal customers will be able to enjoy a ...
The Dad's Choice Awards are being launched this year - giving dads the chance to show the kind of toys and games they like to play with their children. Set up by entrepreneur David Ross, he has recruited a team of dad testers who, with ...
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The new Syncroz puzzle game is now available in The Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon & Barnes & Noble App stores! Funky Squid Games today announced that their companies first game "Syncroz - Puzzle Connect", is now available in the ...
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Corel® annnounces release of its new app for Windows 8, Roxio® MediaBook™, now available through the Windows Store. MediaBook enables consumers to easily combine their photos and videos with audio and text to create dynamic ...
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A new line of National Railway Museum puzzles have arrived at retail. Ravensburger has signed a deal with Science Museum Group Enterprises to produce the range. The first three 1,000-piece jigsaws for 2012 and 2013 are based on ...
Space Enterprises and Ravensburger have put pen to paper on a licence which will see a series of The Hive jigsaw puzzles released in the UK. The deal includes an option to for Ravensburger to extend the licence globally. ”We ...
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Music for Kids, maker of the musical toy Jingle Puzzles, has released its first ever app: The Wheels on the Bus. Developed by kids app specialist P2 Games, publisher of the top-selling Peppa Pig iOS titles, The Wheels on the Bus is on ...
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Ravensburger has made a strategic investment in fast growing US games maker Wonder Forge. Details are scarce, but the investment 'will help to fuel future growth for the award-winning game maker'. Washington-based Wonder Forge was ...
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Company strikes two-year deal with Fisher-Price for pre-school brand. Jumbo Games will launch a range of Little People games and puzzles in spring/summer 2013. The firm struck a two-year licensing partnership with Mattel's Fisher-Price ...
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1. What's "guanxi"? Guanxi is regarded as the central idea in Chinese society with long historical and cultural roots. It is understood and utilized by virtually every Chinese person in greater or lesser measure. Understanding how the ...
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At 13 months old, Julian Lazcano was too young to speak or even really understand the firefighters and volunteers who visited his room and formed a small circle around him Friday morning at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. But ...
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