Golden Bear decides to ramp up development following strong consumer demand. The official Woolly and Tig toys will hit shelves two months earlier than usual. Since becoming master toy licensee for the hit pre-school TV show, Golden Bear ...
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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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Retail and supplier seasonal marketing spends are up year-on-year. Two thirds of toy firms surveyed by ToyNews say they’re spending more on marketing their products for Christmas. Some 66 per cent of firms have a higher ...
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Parent advice From our panel of staff contributors Use the halfway house strategy. Put them in the attic or a box in a corner of a closet, and see if their absence is noted. After a suitable time period, you can then transition them ...
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For the fourth Christmas Eve since her son's murder, Julia Hudson, along with her sister, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, tried to create something positive out of her family's tragedy. The Hudson sisters and volunteers gave Christmas ...
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Nothing can sour a new pet-owner relationship like a shredded shoe or a chewed-up remote control. A dog's appetite for inedible objects can be exasperating and dangerous. Animal behavior consultant Arden Moore, author of "What Dogs Want: ...
Broadband is no toy for early adopters.More citizens in the UK have access to the internet than ever before and those in the industry have had to move at a rate of knots to keep up with demand for better coverage,faster speeds and necessary ...
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Just in time for Christmas, Intertops Casino has just launched The Elf Wars, an all new Santa vs. Reindeer slots game. The epic battle for the North Pole continues in this latest installment of the popular series that include Rudolph's ...
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Over a third of UK adults will leave Christmas shopping until Christmas Eve this year. Nearly 17.2 million - 36 per cent of UK adults - will leave their shopping to the last minute, according to a survey from ICM commissioned by ...
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An Evanston Township High School student has been charged with disorderly conduct after he brought a toy gun to school this week, authorities said. Adel Mohammed Sobhi, 19, of the 800 block of Mulford Street, was charged Wednesday with ...
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When the doors of Bethel New Life opened last Saturday, Darlene Williams darted inside and headed straight for a table piled high with dolls, princess costumes and fairy tale castles. Toys had begun to spill out of her giant tote bag when ...
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For the 10th annual Kandy Kane Ball on Dec. 8, a semitrailer was parked outside Joe's Bar waiting to be filled with toys from the party, described by event organizers as the largest private toy drive in the city. More than 1,000 patrons, ...
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Every year David Letterman picks his favourite toys to appear on his famous talk show. This year, Wow Stuff's Attacknids have appeared on the legendary US talk show. The wily host first takes control of a single Attacknid, and then ...
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1) Toys R Us bags exclusive Skylanders Giant figures 2) VTech introduces InnoTab 2 Baby 3) Now Golden Bear adds Woolly and Tig 4) LEGO Star Wars prices rocket on eBay 5) Toy retail is under pressure 6) Are the days of a single hot ...
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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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