Retail

“Lottie has become a firm favourite in our toy box and now we have a fantastic opportunity to work with Ian and the team to continue the growth of the brand across our broad network of retail partners in 2019 and beyond.”

The show is still open for registration for independent brick and mortar toy retailers and Toymaster members.

The Asmodee card game - in which players race to spot the only matching symbol between two cards - has grown in popularity every year since its arrival on the scene in 2011.

However, the company's CEO maintains that Build a Bear is a strong brand at retail

"We have had a shiningly good year. We believe in the High Street and the High Street is nowhere near dead."

Other games in the portfolio include the likes of Dobble, Bananagrams, Cobra Paw, Rory’s Story Cubes and Who Did It?

The announcement was made during an interview with Jo Hall, Toys R Us Asia’s chief commercial officer for Greater China and Southeast Asia during the second annual toy fair in Hong Kong.

It follows new that a child in the US was hospitalised after swallowing magnets from a toy incorrectly identified as a Magformers product

The leaders of the UK’s five leading employers’ groups including The British Chambers if Commerce and Federation of Small Businesses have said the country was nowhere near ready for March 29th.

The UK retailer has acquired all 57 of Poly's toy shops in Spain, saving more than 350 jobs.