Toy Fair close to sell-out

Only five stands remain available at next year's Toy Fair, which promises to be nearly a third bigger than last year.

Author:: Ronnie Dungan
Publish date:: Oct 4, 2010
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Just five stands remain unsold for Toy Fair a full 16 weeks out from opening day. 187 stands have already been booked, including the newly opened gallery level, at Olympia’s Grand Hall in London.

Exhibitors include Bandai, Character Options, Flair, Golden Bear, Grossman, Hasbro, HTI, Jakks Pacific, Lego, MV Sports, Playmobil, Ravensburger, Re:Creation, Spin Master, Tomy and Vivid Imaginations.

"We estimate it will only be a matter of weeks before we can officially announce that the 58th Toy Fair is full," commented the BTHA’s fairs and events manager Simon Pilling.

"Once we wheel out the sold out sign, Toy Fair 2011 will be 31 per cent bigger than last year’s show in terms of floor space."

Companies who are interested in exhibiting at Toy Fair should contact Simon Pilling on 020 7701 7127 or simon@btha.co.uk.

The 57th annual UK Toy Fair is now sold out, with 180 toy companies signed up to exhibit at Olympia this month.

Next year's Toy Fair has sold out in record time, a full 16 weeks before the show.

The BTHA has announced that the Olympia Toy Fair is now officially sold out.

The Greenhouse area at the show is now fully booked, three months before doors open.

Increased floor space at Olympia means over 230 companies will exhibit at next year's show.

Toy Fair ended with organisers and industry alike declaring it the best show for years.

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With 99 per cent of the existing space at Toy Fair already filled, the BTHA is looking at extending Toy Fair.

Following two consecutive years of NPD-reported market growth, the BTHA expects to be going into another strong year for toy sales as London’s Toy Fair ranks up a 70 per cent exhibitor return rate for next year’s show.

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