Mark Kingston, VP at Nickelodeon & MTV Consumer Products UK and Australia, has built a new team and put more attention on retail. Samantha Loveday reports…
The firm's toy, games and gift category manager tells us about his top picks.
With the school holidays in full swing, Disney-Pixar’s Cars was the strongest film licence in the market in August, accounting for four per cent of total sales.
Specialist youth research agency Dubit asks kids what they want for Christmas.
Bandai's award winning, fashion driven creative range, Harumika, is going from strength to strength and a full marketing campaign is underway to capitalise on the countdown to Christmas.
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Most of us have heard about Flair executive, Andrew Brown’s fundraising row across the Atlantic. We found out the details of how he will cross the ocean and how you can support him…
With the Dream Dozen revealed, Lewis Tyler took a look at the Christmas lists published by the big name retailers over the past few months and asked independent toy shops what they thought their top sellers will be this year...
In our second focus on the pre-school sector in 2011, manufacturers are now looking ahead to big new launches and extensions of existing ranges for next year. ToyNews highlights what’s on offer…
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It was the second year of the three-day format, and Olympia was in the middle of a facelift. So did Brand Licensing Europe hit the spot? We asked licensors and licensees for their verdict...
What the industry's been tweeting this past month.
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Bike use in the UK is growing, and toy retailers have the unique opportunity to encourage children to start cycling in the first place. We catch up with Carlton Reid, editor of BikeHub.co.uk, to find out how, before highlighting just some of the new wheeled toy products available
Senior Brand Manager Girls at Mattel UK tells us about her favourite things...
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Having recently launched an iPad-based toy range in conjunction with Disney, Spin Master is staying at the top of its game. Katie Roberts met with MD, Kevin Jones and Marketing Director, Phil Hooper to see what’s happening…
BLE is over for 2011, and now the toy industry turns its attention to 'show season' at the beginning of 2012. Katie Roberts found out what's in store for visitors to Spielwarenmesse International Toy Fair in Nuremberg...
