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My favourite things

My favourite things

Mar 05, 2010 at 11:29 am

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This month, Rob Trup lets us in on a few of his top picks...

The west win

The west win

Mar 03, 2010 at 11:47 am

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.

Observations from a toy veteran

Observations from a toy veteran

Mar 02, 2010 at 11:23 am

In his new regular column, Jon Salisbury looks back over 25 years in the toy industry...

Dispatches from the retail front line (March)

Dispatches from the retail front line (March)

Feb 26, 2010 at 11:01 am

The time had come to go into the dark depths of the warehouse to bring out those long lost treasures called sledges...

Good vibrations

Good vibrations

Jan 13, 2010 at 2:16 pm

The start of a new decade for us all and the start of a new century for ToyNews, this being issue number 101.

Dispatches from the retail front line (November)

Dispatches from the retail front line (November)

Nov 12, 2009 at 11:56 am

The recent 'effort' of a film based on a toy had me thinking...

National coverage needs local effort

National coverage needs local effort

Sep 17, 2009 at 11:54 am

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?

Dispatches from the retail front line (September)

Dispatches from the retail front line (September)

Sep 17, 2009 at 11:42 am

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.

Should suppliers sell to consumers online

Should suppliers sell to consumers online

Aug 27, 2009 at 11:09 am

A growing number of manufacturers have operational B2C transactional websites. This raises a number of issues in the area of price and stock allocation.

The online toy market

The online toy market

Aug 24, 2009 at 11:17 am

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.

My number ones (August)

My number ones (August)

Aug 21, 2009 at 11:33 am

This month, Turner's Andrew Mallendine let us in on a few of his favourite things...

Talking shop: Which side are you on?

Talking shop: Which side are you on?

Aug 21, 2009 at 11:21 am

Suppliers selling directly to consumers via their own websites was the issue on retailer's lips this month. We found out what effect this has on business, prices, margins, stock availability and more...

Dispatches from the retail front line (August)

Dispatches from the retail front line (August)

Aug 21, 2009 at 11:13 am

I guess I'm getting old and that it's too much to ask that people's manners be the same as those I grew up with, but the attitude of people is definitely getting worse.

Risky Business

Risky Business

Jul 06, 2009 at 4:24 pm

I’d like to talk about shared risk this month. Retail margins are both low and being squeezed and I think this is a very important issue.

Dispatches from the retail front line (July)

Dispatches from the retail front line (July)

Jul 03, 2009 at 4:18 pm

The past month has seen a debate about having the opportunity to get margins up. As this is dodgy ground I don’t bring it up, but salesmen do when trying to sell high margin, no volume ranges.

Dispatches from the retail front line (June)...

Dispatches from the retail front line (June)...

Jun 26, 2009 at 11:16 am

Like most retailers, I always look at other areas I could move into. Some manufacturers have tried the same , with Hasbro and Character being the most active and some have worked, others not...