Spring Fair International, organised by i2i Events, opened on February 3rd 2013 at the NEC and welcomed over 68,116 visitor’s, including more than 5,000 international buyers looking to export British goods abroad - with overall ...
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A giant Power Ranger invaded Jonathan Ross' new comedy show 'Oh What a Week'. Ross is a panellist on the ITV programme along with comedian Jo Brand. The six-foot Power Ranger, originally found at Bandai's London Toy Fair 2013 stand to ...
The UK's first Skylanders Giants window display will appear at Hamleys today. More to follow. Want to receive up to the minute toy industry news straight to your inbox? Click here to sign up for the free ToyNews Daily Digest and ...
Hamleys is hosting a number of Wreck-It Ralph workshops in stores. Kids can use sweets such as marshmallows, jelly beans, liquorice all sorts, pink wafers and more to create their own 'mini' Sugar Rush racing car just like Vanellope von ...
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Amazon is set to stock the new SoccerStarz Club 4 Packs from Creative Toys. The packs feature four SoccerStarz blisters from the same team in one box with club-specific packaging. These include official Manchester United, Chelsea FC, ...
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Soccerstarz has released its new blind bags, which offer up to 100 new figures, including some of the biggest players and teams in the sport. Launching throughout February, the bags include key names from UK sides such as Manchester ...
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Surprise acquisitions,top level exec changes,retail casualties and the London 2012 effect,the continued dominance of LEGO and Moshi Monsters in-store–not to mention some eye-watering charity challenges…the toy business has ...
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A new parent-led campaign is calling on the UK's top toy retailers to stop promoting toys as only for boys or only for girls. Let Toys Be Toys arose from a thread on Mumsnet where parents shared experiences of shopping for toys for ...
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The hotly anticipated new LEGO brand - Legends of Chima - has taken over the windows at Hamleys, with the monster-size display running until February 8th. The window display will showcase the Legends of Chima universe including two tall ...
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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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It seems that not a day goes without an email popping in to my inbox from a supermarket or national chain advertising a toy sale. Of course, toys aren’t a grocer’s core market, and driving footfall via any temporary deal or ...
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Magasins de jouets sans frontières? Do you remember the TV game show It’s A Knockout or the Peter Gabriel song Jeux Sans Frontières? Now it’s toy shops’ turn to expand beyond traditional frontiers. ...
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Wow Stuff’s Attacknids have been touring UK toy shops since October and have now made their final stop at Hamleys’ Regent Street store. The R/C robots and their 2x2 metre battle enclosure will remain in the toy shop up until ...
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Outdoor toy specialist Mookie has appointed David Fogel to the team as business director. Fogel has extensive experience in the toy trade, having been involved with Hamleys and Toy Stack. "It's great to have someone on board with ...
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During the 1H FY13 Reliance Retail witnessed strong growth through new store launches and same store sales growth.Turnover grew by over 48%to'4,910 crore($928 million)as compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.Unique ...
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