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MV Sports has become the latest name in toys to sign up with the popular BBC Studio preschool property, Hey Duggee in a new deal to produce a range of branded scooters, ride-ons, and bikes. The first wave of product will launch at retail this autumn, joining the existing toy …
Read More »Own brand scooters and ride-ons fuel double-digit growth at MV Sports
MV Sports has seen a surge in demand for its own-brand ranges of products, including Stunted, uMoVe, and Hedstrom across a year in which the outdoor specialist saw a double digit consumer sales growth driven by parents and families in lockdown. According to the firm’s joint managing director, Phil Ratcliffe, …
Read More »Toy firms and retailers unite in calls for Government rethink over UK e-scooter laws
Outdoor toy and leisure companies and retailers are among those to have issued fresh calls for a Government rethink over the current laws on the public use of e-scooters amid the surge in popularity of the sector as an alternative mode of greener transport. Leaders in the outdoor recreation sector, …
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