Attacknids has picked up The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval. It's another award for Wow Stuff's Combat Creatures brand. "It's great to see Attacknids getting such an amazing response," commented Chris Hood, Marketing ...
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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 ...
This trick or treat season, Rubie’s is expanding its Halloween kids collection with gruesome new editions to its fancy dress range. The new Zomboy and Zombet costumes are designed to deliver a fright with their scary prints and ...
How important are toys to Argos? What are your ambitions in this sector? Argos is the UK's number one toy retailer (by value) and toys is an incredibly important category to our business. Many people will remember flicking through the ...
Tags: Toys
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
Karisma Kidz, a range of esteem-building interactive dolls, will launch in the UK later this year. The concept for the new range was first unveiled at this year's UK Toy Fair in response to statistics from the Mental Health Foundation, ...
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Simon Pilling, Toy Fair's Head of Operations and Sales, is up for a presitigious award on Thursday evening (April 10th). He has been shortlisted for Best Event Director at the Exhibition News Awards 2013, which is held at The Lancaster ...
What does the Woolly and Tig toy range consist of? And what are the RRPs? The range of Woolly and Tig toys includes Woolly Soft Toy, Poseable Talking Woolly (pictured), Mix & Match Pairs Game, Scampering Woolly Pull Back and Jumbo Bedtime ...
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Following a successful 2012, what's next for VTech? We ask Gilles Sautier about the new InnoTab, new products and the popular kids' tablet sector. How have you performed in the UK and Europe over the past 12 months? Last year was a ...
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Love it or hate it, technology in toys is here to stay – January's Toy Fair was testament to that. There's a growing market for app toys but it's a tricky path to navigate. We're still a few years off parents giving their ...
At last - the toy shows are all over and we can all get back to doing our normal day jobs. So how did the shows go this year? Well, the general consensus seems to suggest they were steady but nothing exciting emerged. I'm not sure I ...
The new Horrible Histories toy range heads in to battle with a TV advertising campaign from Saturday, March 23rd. For the first time ever, the popular history book series for children launches its new toy range, already voted 'Best New ...
Tobar has landed an exclusive deal with Zuru to become the sole distributor of Robo Fish in the UK and Ireland. Robo Fish launched in Australia in July 2012, and so far over three million have been sold worldwide across markets including ...
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Lindam Munchkin, which produces a host of baby and nursery goods, is hoping to increase its toy offering. The company already supplies bath toys – now it wants to use its specialism in this sector to help it branch out into other ...
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The toy industry should not underestimate the value of mummy bloggers, says Playmobil. The company was talking to ToyNews as part of a feature on the rise of mummy bloggers, along with other suppliers' marketing execs and bloggers ...
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