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 ...
Construction brand Mega Bloks is introducing new products to its First Builder pre-school range this year. Fresh toys with lights, music and sound will arrive this autumn/winter, as will one of Mega's biggest play-sets to date. Mega ...
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Jakks is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Cabbage Patch Kids range this year, as the characters return with a 'Memory Lane' marketing and PR campaign. The campaign is designed to reintroduce the collectable range of toys to a new ...
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A set of toys based on Alien is finally hitting shelves some 34 years after the movie's release. Super7 is launching the line in the US, after acquiring the action figure rights from toy maker Kenner. It also approached 20th Century Fox ...
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Sears Holdings has launched Fulfilled By Sears – a turnkey fulfillment service that offers pay-as-you-go pricing for businesses seeking a simple, cost-effective solution to manage storage, picking, packing and shipping of customer ...
Coiledspring has grown its headcount after sales of its Schmidt puzzle range doubled. The firm started supplying the line to UK retail in 2011. The Ligretto and adult jigsaws got off to a strong start, as did the John Deere products, and ...
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Around one fifth of UK parents (17 per cent) say they seek British-made toys and clothes for children. The research by retail site www.loubilou.com also found that 43 per cent of parents who prefer to buy British say they do so because of ...
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Retail searches made by customers using tablet devices in Q1 have risen 198% year-on-year. Search volumes on smartphone devices rose 66 per cent. Total retail search volumes grew 16 per cent compared to the same period last year. ...
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Over 10,000 visitors headed to Toys & Kids Russia last month, an increase of 11.6 per cent over 2012. The show - which ran from March 13th to 15th at the Crocus Expo International Exhibition Centre in Moscow - attracted 10,090 trade ...
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MinoMonsters has its sights firmly set on the toy market, following rapid growth in apps. The app game now has 2.5 million downloads, having added one million players since the end of September, with revenue "in the millions". ...
The Cut The Rope toy range is on course to exceed retail expectations and reach £10m. Vivid states that within weeks of the launch, special gold collectable figures are achieving 400 per cent of their notional selling price among ...
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Once upon a time, the Star Trek holodeck was the future of play. A blank room with a large console from which the room could be transformed into whatever scenario, situation, environment or world the user wanted. Within this fantastical ...
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Earth day is 4-22! Do something green for your kitty! Skip the toys in the store and try are some great cat toys from recycled items around your home. 1) Balled up Paper Bills - A great toy for your cat but also satisfying to watch your ...
Some 2.12 million counterfeit toys were seized in Europe in 2011 - a whopping 15 per cent of which were confiscated in Romania. In fact, over half of all counterfeit toys seized in Europe (57.11 per cent) were detained in five countries ...
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A new swimming aid that doubles up as a toy for pre-school children has launched. Part fin and part wing, the Fings product from Splash About supports the child in a natural swimming position. Its side 'wings' wrap around the child's ...
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