The company hopes to draw kids to the new site with a series of secret codes detailed on packaging or product manuals. Brainstorm has launched its new website, now featuring a library of educational content for children, fans and ...
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UK sales director honoured at successful inaugural event at BAFTA. Gerbie Quilter has been named as the first ever ToyNews Woman of the Year. Vivid Imaginations' sales director picked up the accolade at a special event held at BAFTA ...
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Wants to work with major, and independent, toy stores. Duo UK, a packaging manufacturer and supplier, is looking to work with more retailers in the toy space. The firm, which offers bespoke gift packaging, has worked with the likes of ...
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Surya recently was honored with a Global Goodness Award for its charitable outreach and promotion of sustainable practices. Sponsored by Las Vegas Market, the semi-annual awards program was launched in 2013 to recognize furniture, gift and ...
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YouTube music video registered over 6,000 views in the first weekend alone. Last weekend saw the release of the first single from Simba Smoby's Steffi Love. This year has seen the doll brand make the move into music as Steffi Love ...
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This year’s Manchester Furniture Show has reported an attendance of 120 exhibitors and almost 4850 visitors, a small increase on last year’s visitor attendance. Exhibitors recorded good results from the show, and for many ...
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Recently disclosed government documents show Mars wrote to the Department of Health (DOH) in 2012, expressing concern about plain packaging being introduced to other sectors including food and drink suppliers, insisting intellectual ...
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Before the measure was introduced in December 2012, daily smoking prevalence stood at 15.1% and has now fallen to 12.8%, the 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Survey reveals. Standardised packaging is the only new policy intervention ...
Costing just a few pence, and coming with a guarantee of a free replacement, many shoppers don’t take up the offer and simply discard the used bag as soon as it shows signs of wear, the UK waste management company has found. ...
UK department store John Lewis has become the official partner for the Slow Toy Awards 2014. To celebrate the latest development, the Slow Toy Team has extended the entry deadline by a further five days, until Friday, August 22nd. The ...
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In the wake of deadly gas pipeline explosions that rocked Kaohsiung in the last week of July, the Taiwanese Government is mulling a proposal to set up a special zone for petrochemical companies in Greater Kaohsiung. Premier Jiang Yi-huah ...
The new agreement will see Kern offering the Italian firm’s complete range of film packaging machines, and shrink tunnels. Preferred Packaging manufactures a wide range of machinery including L-sealers, side sealers, sleeve ...
As cooler-than-normal temperatures continue to keep crop stress at bay in the absence of measurable widespread rainfall in the Corn Belt over the last two weeks, Mother Nature's expected to add to the weather-based bearish pressure on the ...
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Brazil's plan to auction 3.5GW of PV capacity through 2018 comes as welcome news for the global solar industry as the ambitious plan is expected to catalyze solar growth in Latin America, according to IHS. The Brazilian Electricity ...
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A subsidiary of Taiwan-based Neo Solar Power (NSP) has unveiled a 30kW PV solar system at a farm in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung, according to a local report. The subsidiary, General Energy Solutions (GES), has been actively ...
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