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The online children’s retailer, Kidly is celebrating half a decade this week with an anniversary donation of five per cent of sales to Family Action’s Creating Happy Memories campaign. The platform – a retailer of toys, games, educational items, and a range of clothing for children aged from birth to …
Read More »‘2019 will be the year of the independent retailers’
Following reports of a ‘phenomenal Christmas’ across the nation among many of the UK’s independent toy retailers, confidence is high that more power will now pass on to these pillars of community for the year ahead
Read More »Lighthouse Toys owner on fundraising mission for new wheelchair
Samantha Broad, who owns the Lighthouse Toys shop with her husband Tim, became ill in 2014 which has resulted in her needing a specialist wheelchair to get outside the house.
Read More »Weak sales won’t derail Mothercare’s turnaround strategy, says chief executive
The retailer’s chief executive, mark Newton-Jones has said that the brand ‘wouldn’t allow a 12 week reporting period to create knee-jerk reaction,’ and will continue to focus on ‘style, price point, design, quality and exclusivity.’
Read More »Bumper pay increase for Toys R Us chief executive leads to further questions
The Sunday Telegraph revealed that the company more than trebled the pay package for its former UK boss, Roger Mclaughlan, from £336,000 in 2014 to £1m in 2015 and another £1.3m for the year ending January 30th 2016.
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