With Skylanders facing a big rival product for the first time this year in Disney Infinity, how will the products compete with one another and what does this mean for toy industry? "It will be interesting to see how this year pans out for ...
Tags: Skylanders, Disney Infinity, Toys
Independent toy retailers will be able to stock the new Skylanders figures from The In Thing this year. The Swap Force figures, which connect to the video game, will arrive in the autumn. It’s expected national retailers will be ...
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Can you give us an overview of how you’ve performed over the past 12 months? Did you experience growth, and if so, how much over 2011? Marbel Toys continues to go from strength to strength, we ended 2012 with 35 per cent growth over ...
The Puppet Company will launch two brand new collections of Marionettes this year. Two years in the making, the new range of Character Marionettes have already been met with good response. With the incorporation of an anti tangle device ...
Just as we were getting used to the yearly cycle of Skylanders announcements, previews and releases Disney Infinity comes along and muddies the waters. It will be interesting to see how this year pans out for both products, and whether ...
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Sensing a need among its customers for faster software development, IBM has acquired UrbanCode, a provider of tools suited for the emerging practice of rapid software development called devops. UrbanCode's application release automation ...
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Head ten minutes south of LAX on the 405, exit at El Segundo and you'll blunder upon a 200,000-square-foot concrete bunker lurking among the strip malls in this seedy bit of Los Angeles County. The low-slung structure, surrounded by a black ...
The International Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association (LIMA) and Advanstar Licensing will bring together four of the foremost experts from across the licensing business for a keynote panel to kick-off Licensing Expo 2013. Brad ...
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With names like Minnie's Polka Dots, Eeyore's Rain Cloud and Belle of the Ball, Walmart has introduced a line of Disney-themed paints. Sold in colors that match Disney bedding products, the retailer hopes to appeal to parents who ...
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Firstly, could you give me a quick recap of how 2012 was for Flair? Was the year better or worse than expected? 2012 was a challenging year in the UK, with the market being at best flat and trading being so late, but it was good for us. ...
Tags: Toys, toy packaging
What happens when the singing and dancing seniors of East High graduate? For the diva-licious Sharpay Evans, the answer is one word: Broadway. In the High School Musical spin-off Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure, the ambitious blonde ...
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LEGO Muppets play-sets could become a reality. A 39-year-old teacher from Kearns, US, has created a selection of Minifigures and play-sets based on the popular Disney property. He has pitched his idea using the LEGO Cuusoo website, ...
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Xamarin today announced the lineup of mobile development experts scheduled to speak at the company's first-ever developer conference, Xamarin Evolve 2013. Xamarin co-founders Nat Friedman and Miguel de Icaza will keynote and discuss ...
Tags: mobile, mobile computing, Mobile App
A China-based water company has signed an agreement with Blue I Water Technologies, a provider of advanced controllers and analyzers for the water treatment, to install 75 water analyzing and control units - HydroGuard HG 702 - to provide ...
Tags: Chinese Water Company, Blue I Water Analyzing Units, Agriculture
APPLE'S ring-shaped, gleaming "Spaceship Headquarters" will include a world class auditorium and an orchard for engineers to wander. Google's new Bay View campus will feature walkways angled to force accidental encounters. Facebook, while ...