Samuels and his team hopes to raise £250,000 for Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital by taking on a 600km cycle around France in just six days. In a bid to raise £250,000 for Liverpool’s Alder Hey Hospital, Sambro’s ...
Tags: Sambro, Nikki Samuels, Charity Cycle Challenge, Alder hey hospital
The company also won the Craft and Activity Toy of the Year and the Australian Development Award for Qixels, and Girls Licensed Property of the Year with Shopkins. Moose Toys bagged the top honour at the annual Australian Toy Industry ...
Tags: Moose Toys, Awards, Shopkins, Qixels, Australian Toy Of The Year Award
The event will take place at London's ExCeL in the October half term. A new consumer event that lets kids and families engage with toy and children’s entertainment brands is heading to the UK’s capital. Pioneered by the ...
Tags: Simon Pilling, Toytesters.tv, Gemma gallagher, Toytopia, Kidtropolis
With more than 37 years of experience in the industry, Schaden joins the company as its new executive VP of sales. Alex Brands has revealed that toy industry veteran Chris Schaden will be joining the company as its new executive VP of ...
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This week, Billy Langsworthy looks at why the toy space should be excited at some of the new VR tech being showcased at this year's Game Developers Conference. Oh, and there's a bit about a vagina speaker. You've been warned. This week, ...
Tags: Inventors, Virtual reality
Radio One presenter Matt Edmondson was on hand to showcase his latest gaming title, still currently in development among a crowd of game inventors and toy industry bods. Yoga, Cookies and cake topped the bill of last week’s Board ...
Tags: Coiledspring, Board Game Club, Yoga Spinner
"Their commercial success, coupled with their commitment both individually and collectively to extensive charitable work, makes Richard King, Joe Kissane, Jon Diver and Kiran Shah very deserving recipients of the BTHA Lifetime Achievement ...
Tags: Character Options, BHTA, Toy industry day
Steve Reece shines a spotlight on how more and more social media campaigns are forcing toy firms take an initiative when it comes to issues driving and supporting social change. At last our industry is seizing the social media initiative ...
Tags: Steve Reece, Barbie, LEGO
Ruling has divided opinion among experts and presents a case that ‘will have long-lasting implications for the application of design rights´for UK creatives. Magmatic, the firm behind the popular Trunki case, has lost its ...
Tags: Trunki, Magimatic, PMS International, Kiddee
The NPD Group has revealed that Star Wars led the US toy market to a 6.7 per cent growth following the launch of the franchise's toys on Force Friday. Star Wars stormed to the top of the toy charts last year, having generated more than ...
Tags: Star Wars Toy, toy market
Rayola is a fantastic brand with massive potential and one of those rare brands that can truly have relevance in all markets. Vivid has announced the promotion of Leon Jarmolowicz, who will now take on the role as EMEA commercial director ...
The catalogue features images of boys playing with dolls and irons while girls ride toy motorcycles and wield lightsabers. A Spanish retail chain has drawn its line in the sand when it comes to gender stereotypes by showing boys playing ...
Tags: toy motorcycles, dolls
China Toys Main Exported Products from Jan. to Dec. 2014 Product Name Unit Volume Value Compared with the Same Period of Last Year Volume ...
Tags: Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars
The wooden toy firm is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year by detailing plans to take on the South American, Indian and Chinese markets, as well as continue the success of Petilou next year and beyond. Pre-school specialist Le Toy ...
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The TIA has opened its doors to nominations for next year's Toy of the Year Awards. The North American 2016 Toy of the Year Awards are now open for entry. The toy Industry Association is now accepting toy, game and property submissions ...
Tags: toy, toy award, International Toy Fair