A host of physical Tetris games are in the works - including Jenga Tetris and Bop It Tetris. Hasbro and The Tetris Company have struck a licensing deal which allows the former to produce face-to-face games based on the classic video ...
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Hasbro plans to cut back in order to save $100 million per year by 2015. The toy giant made the announcement as part of its preliminary full-year financial results for 2012, following weaker than anticipated consumer demand for toys ...
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The 2012 Toy Industry Awards winners have been revealed. The awards ceremony took place at London Olympia's West Hall last night, organised by the British Toy & Hobby Association and the Toy Retailers Association. TOY RETAILER OF THE ...
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The BTHA tips 34 toys for success in the fifth annual Best New Toy Awards. The BTHA has released its fifth annual Best New Toys list at the 60th London Toy Fair. In 12 categories 34 toys were named by the show's oganisers. Winners ...
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The annual show season can leave some of us longing for the relative comfort of the office. Based on his own experience – but also the invluable advice of others – Lewis Tyler gives some tips on how to survive the show with ...
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Of the world’s three largest toy companies, only two have women on their Board of Directors and one has none. In the US, Hasbro has Lisa Gersh and Tracy Leinbach while Mattel has Frances Ferguson, Andrea Rich and Kathy White Lloyd, ...
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Stardoll, the site for fashion conscious young women, recently hit a 200 million user milestone. We find out how it’s boosting toy brands with high-impact campaigns, while taking its IPs into the physical world. "Media consumption ...
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Retail opinion was divided over what the most important or stand out moment was for the toy industry last year. Hasbro’s new Furby was named by just under ten per cent of the retailers we questioned, while seven per cent said the ...
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Games marketeers need to have more fun. Whether they are launching a new product or are custodians of a traditional treasure, they should remember it is the promise of fun that attracts the consumer – inside and outside the box. ...
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ToyNews speaks to Hasbro's designers to find out how Furby was made fit for the modern age. The original Furby was an instant phenomenon when it hit shelves in 1998. The furry, Furbish-speaking animatronic pet from Tiger Electronics went ...
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Leading shopping site PriceGrabber.com® today revealed the latest online shopping behavior and trends over the busiest shopping period of the year. The findings indicated that Black Friday has turned into "Black Week," with sales ...
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My three-year-old niece has an iPad. Ok, so it’s the family iPad, but she uses it frequently. As do her parents and her 12-year-old brother. Although they like the idea of kids’ tablets, for whatever reason her parents ...
The fate of the eight classic Monopoly tokens such as the Scottie dog, race car and top hat is in the hands of consumers, after Hasbro launched a worldwide vote to determine which one will be eliminated from the game. To make sure ...
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Smithers Pira, in association with Packaging Digest and Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, is pleased to announce that The United Nations, IDEO, the World Wildlife Fund and International Paper will provide the keynote addresses at ...
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1.Continue To Innovate In tough times,it's hard to deliver innovative new products due to all the negative forces,but the continuing innovation from toy companies has been a very large part of the relatively stable global toy market ...
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