Law & Politics

The company has refused several requests to specify the number and explicitly confirm that this means redundancy for any number of employees but has said that it was not required to file a federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification.

The administration previously threatened that it would immediately pursue tariffs on approximately $267 billion of additional imports should China retaliate. Toys are likely to be on the potential list of additional tariffs.

The organisation is a multi-industry coalition aimed at opposing tariffs and highlighting the benefits of international trade to the US economy.

Overnight, Donald Trump moved to whack a 10 per cent tariff on around $200bn worth of Chinese imports beginning next week, with threats to increase the rate to 25 per cent next year if no deal was reached.

The topic of knock-offs has become a cause of major concern within toy industry, with estimates that between 10 to 12 per cent of toys in the industry are counterfeits. Robert Hutchins takes a look at the issue and asks, on who's shoulders does responsibility rest?

The toy company and name behind the hit Slime Baff and Gelli Baff brands has made moves to reduce the number of fake products sold online, the majority of which, it states, emerge from the Alibaba trading platform.

Frank Slevin had been chairman of the toy shop chain since it was bought by a Chinese company affiliated to House of Fraser’s former owners three years ago. His position has been terminated, according to a filing at Companies House.

It has been highlighted as a warning to the “chaotic market, and the first ruling on production copyright infringement, by the ruling judge Ye Shengnan, who heard the case in the eastern city of Hangzhou.

The toy shop, part of the Toymaster buying group, has fallen victim to the two acts of theft over the past seven days, the first of which saw a local - known and wanted by the police - make away with £400 worth of LEGO.

The retail destination for collectables, trading cards, Funko figures, stylised plush as well as consoles and video games is rolling out LED lighting to GameStop stores across its global fleet throughout the year.