The new agreement is expected to significantly step up Addo Play’s global trading footprint, now making Toys“R”Us Canada a pivotal part of the UK start-up’s growth plans.
Read More »Online toy retailer BargainMax is growing its digital strategy with key new appointment
The former Ribbles Cycles head of acquisitions Daniel McKay has taken up the role with the digital retail platform where he will ‘utilise his experience to fast-track the brand and increase its presence in the UK toy market.’
Read More »NPD reveal Gibsons as UK’s number one puzzle firm every month of 2018
This has been based on the velocity sales (rate of sale), which includes sales from November 2018.
Read More »Is Amazon moving into private label toys under the AmazonBasics brand?
First spotted by This Just In, reports have emerged that a new range of play items for toddlers and kids under Amazon’s private label brand AmazonBasics is primed for launch in the coming days or weeks.
Read More »Hamleys closes in on 15 year lease in New York
The British toy store would lease about 30,000 square feet at SL Green's 2 Herald Square, according to the Commercial Observer.
Read More »Harry Potter outplays Fortnite as Hawkin’s Bazaar’s most searched for brand online this Christmas
With less than three weeks to go until Christmas, the gifts and gadgets high-street retailer has revealed the gifts shoppers are searching for most online.
Read More »Whirligig’s Peter Allinson joins Kirstie Allsop for toy special of Channel 4’s Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas
Allinson, founder of the toy shop has been asked to bring his toy-spotting talents and business experience to the series in a special episode of the popular Channel 4 show.
Read More »Toy Retailer of the Year Awards 2018 finalists revealed
The winners of the Toy Retailer Awards will be announced at the annual Toy Industry Awards held at Olympia, London on Tuesday, January 22nd 2019.
Read More »Swedish store Clas Ohlson to close all of its UK stores
The 100-year-old Swedish brand that also sells a range of toys and games, including licensed lines and RC toys, revealed that it was continuing to see significant losses in the UK.
Read More »Parents overspend at Christmas but kids are wanting less, reveals The Entertainer
The Entertainer, the fastest-growing, family-owned high street toy retailer in the UK, has revealed that almost half (44 per cent) of parents say that giving presents is one of the more special moments their children enjoy over the festive period.
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