ToyNews Toy industry news: business, marketing, retail, wholesale and distribution
The pop culture specialist, Fanattik, has named the gaming charity, Get-Well Gamers as its charity partner until the end of 2022. The partnership has been struck up as the firm’s means of ‘giving back to the community that has supported it since launch.’ Established in 2007, Fanattik has been developing …
Read More »Finding Neverland | How adult fans are driving toy sales across the UK
There’s no shame in admitting it, toys, games, gaming, and play doesn’t have to have an age limit; something that a growing portion of the UK population can attest to. Last year, the UK’s kidult market hit new heights, fuelled by a pandemic that left grown ups and kids at …
Read More »Fanattik partners with Hasbro to launch Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons gifts and collectables
The pop culture gifting specialist, Fanattik, has signed a new partnership with Hasbro for its popular Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons franchises. The team will work with the brands to develop pop culture focused gifts and collectables including money boxes, clocks, gifts, and more. Both Magic: The Gathering …
Read More »Fanattik builds on eighth year of growth and ‘significant 2020’ with enviable new office
The award-winning pop culture specialist, Fanattik is scaling things up somewhat. Following what the company behind some of the most sought after collectables and gift lines on the pop culture scene has billed as a ‘year of rapid growth,’ Fanattik is positioning itself for further expansion across the sector, with …
Read More »Pop culture specialist Fanattik lands pan-European TMNT gift deal
The pop culture specialist, Fanattik, has signed a pan-European gift license with ViacomCBS Consumer Products to develop and launch a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-inspired collection. The new range will span home decor, barware, gifts, and collectables, all of which will be available from June this year in shops across Europe. …
Read More »Opinion: Is the Wild West about to be tamed? – Fanattik’s Anthony Marks
Anthony Marks is MD of Fanattik a pop culture specialist, a gifts and collectibles licensee for 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, and Paramount Pictures. He talks us through why the days of the Comic Con counterfeiter may just be numbered As a self-confessed geek I have no problem admitting that I have …
Read More »Spring Fair: Fanattik talks through a pop culture market in consistent growth
For Fanattik, the pop culture scene isn’t just a favoured topic among its team of genre-loving specialists, but an ever expanding business that, over the past year alone, has seen the group continue to be the go-to experts on the subject. This year, bolstered by a portfolio brimming with some …
Read More »