http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion Latest opinion articles from ToyNews en-uk Copyright 2010, Intent Media http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/90/My-favourite-things-March This month, Rob Trup lets us in on a few of his top picks... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:29:00 +0000 http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/90/My-favourite-things-March http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/86/The-west-win You can prove anything with statistics. And in these days of school league tables, massaged unemployment numbers and expenditure figures as long as you've got the right data it seems you can convince people of anything. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:47:00 +0000 http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/86/The-west-win http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/85/Observations-from-a-toy-veteran In his new regular column, Jon Salisbury looks back over 25 years in the toy industry... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:23:00 +0000 http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/85/Observations-from-a-toy-veteran http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/84/Dispatches-from-the-retail-front-line-March The time had come to go into the dark depths of the warehouse to bring out those long lost treasures called sledges... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:01:00 +0000 http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/84/Dispatches-from-the-retail-front-line-March http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/82/Good-vibrations The start of a new decade for us all and the start of a new century for ToyNews, this being issue number 101. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:16:00 +0000 http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/82/Good-vibrations http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/80/Dispatches-from-the-retail-front-line-November The recent 'effort' of a film based on a toy had me thinking... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:56:00 +0000 http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/80/Dispatches-from-the-retail-front-line-November http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/79/National-coverage-needs-local-effort Particularly since Woolworths closed, there's now a huge number of opportunities for retailers to increase sales, and Dream Toys is one such opportunity. But the question is, are retailers ready to make the most of the opportunities for increased publicity and awareness Dream Toys generates, and turn them into sales? Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:54:00 +0100 http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/79/National-coverage-needs-local-effort http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/78/Dispatches-from-the-retail-front-line-September Recently I was staggered to look in a newsagent and see a Spider-man comic, with a free giveaway of a toy plastic gun attached. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:42:00 +0100 http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/78/Dispatches-from-the-retail-front-line-September http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/74/Should-suppliers-sell-to-consumers-online A growing number of manufacturers have operational B2C transactional websites. This raises a number of issues in the area of price and stock allocation. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:09:00 +0100 http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/74/Should-suppliers-sell-to-consumers-online http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/73/The-online-toy-market It has often bemused me why no-one has taken on the online market in the toy sector and made it their own. In the same way that Amazon owns the book market. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:17:00 +0100 http://www.toynews-online.biz/opinion/73/The-online-toy-market