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ToyNews and its sister title Licensing Biz have been acquired by Alakat Publishing, the publisher of Toy World (https://toyworldmag.co.uk) The agreement will see both titles being taken over by Toy World following a brief handover period, after which ToyNews will no longer be published in print or online. However, Licensing.biz will continue as …

This weekend, the UK Games Expo, the UK’s largest board game convention, returns to the NEC, Birmingham. Ahead of the event, we caught up with Co-Director Richard Denning, to talk about his career journey from NHS medic to board game inventor and event organiser, and the many ups and (lock)downs along …

IMC Toys has appointed Carolina Perez-Amaya to the UK team as National Account Manager. Carolina joins IMC Toys from Tesco, where for the last four years she was the Lead Buyer for boys’ toys. In a 16-year stint at Tesco, Carolina worked her way up through Trainee Buyer to Assistant …

Toymaster has welcomed its newest member, family-owned toy shop Totally Toys of Castlebar, into the Toymaster family.  The County Mayo store aims to bring value and variety to the toy market in the region with its 5500 sq. ft retail area stocking a huge range of toys, from favourites such …

ToyNews and its sister title Licensing Biz have been acquired by Alakat Publishing, the publisher of Toy World (https://toyworldmag.co.uk) The agreement will see both titles being taken over by Toy World following a brief handover period, after which ToyNews will no longer be published in print or online. However, Licensing.biz will continue as …

There was an upsurge in the number of shoppers hitting high streets and retail centres over the Jubilee Bank Holiday, according the British Retail Consortium’s BRC-Sensormatic IQ data, as consumers took advantage of the long weekend and reasonable weather to get out and about.  Total UK footfall increased by 6.9% …

Following a modest rise in footfall last week, retail experts Springboard predict the Platinum Jubilee and school half-term holiday will cause footfall in retail destinations to surge by as much as 8% over the bank holiday weekend. Springboard anticipates an uplift of as much as 10% in high streets, 7% in …

Toymaster has announced another new member: McGreevy’s Toys Direct of Westport, County Mayo. McGreevy’s started out over 115 years ago as a small corner grocery shop, adding toys as a permanent fixture in the 1970s. Since then, the first floor of the shop has become a large toy store, home …