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TDMONTHLY MUST READS |
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Halloween's here, the smells of Thanksgiving will soon be wafting through the air, and Christmas — no doubt a season you're already planning for — is just around the corner... 
Ganz announced it is now contracting with Brandwise to use its SalesOptimizer program, which will allow the maker of Webkinz to access key sales data, including purchasing trends on a Google map... |
TDMONTHLY TRADE SHOW COVERAGE |
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At the ABC Kids Expo in Las Vegas last month, Charles W. Allen of the C. W. Allen Group was shocked by the uninspired booth designs that prevented great companies from attracting the kind of traffic they deserved... |
TDMONTHLY - GET READY TO ORDER! |
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TDMONTHLY SHOP TALK |
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Holiday shoppers are intent on finding the right gift for the special people in their lives, and sometimes, hosting a special event can encourage them toward that perfect gift … right in your own store... 
For the first 17 years of her business, Owner Randy Austin of The Gifted Child in Lenox, Mass., lived in New York City and was only at her store — three hours away — on the weekends.... 
Playsets, figurines, outdoor toys and select plush are customer favorites at The Gifted Child in Lenox, Mass., where toys, clothing and baby gear are all organized by category.... 
Only interested in what’s going on in your market? Take a peek by region to see what to stock and when to think twice:... |
TDMONTHLY TOP-10 MOST-WANTED LISTS |
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TDmonthly Magazine recent surveyed 64 retailers across the country about collectibles sales in their stores.... 
In August, TDmonthly Magazine spoke to 64 specialty retailers about their best-selling card games.... |
TDMONTHLY TOY REVIEWS |
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TDmonthly Magazine’s Tweens & Teens Roundtable was attracted to the complexity and novelty of Qubits, the Construction Toy of the Future.... 
TDmonthly Magazine’s Teens & Tweens Roundtable raved about Buffalo Games’ Ruin board game, based on an ancient Mayan ruin.... 
If you want to know which books to sell in your toy store, find out what kids have to say about them.... 
If you want to know which children’s CDs may be worth carrying in your store, see what TDmonthly’s Music Expert has to say.... 
In her latest round of reviews, TDmonthly Magazine’s Psychologist Mom strategized her way through a new board game, learned how to live a healthy lifestyle, and scribbled with some artsy kids.... |
TDMONTHLY HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE |
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TDMONTHLY TOY BUZZ |
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It’s big. It’s colorful. And it takes children’s construction toys to a whole new level, giving them the ability to build life-sized forts, characters, and anything else their imaginations want to attempt.... 
Maarten van Ryckevorsel had been working as a national sales manager in the toy industry for about five years when a “brilliant play on words” popped into his head... |
TDMONTHLY POPULAR STORIES |
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I recently asked my retailer panel friends — seven mass-market and three specialty stores — to tell me which toys are likely to do the best this Christmas. Here are their rankings... |
TDMONTHLY MANUFACTURER'S CORNER |
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I vividly remember captivating conversations with my paternal grandfather, F.M. Allen, when I was in junior high... |
TDMONTHLY NEW TOYS |
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TDMONTHLY UPCOMING ISSUES |
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You may not be gearing up for North American's biggest toy show yet, but manufacturers have long been planning and priming their releases... 
In the January issue of TDmonthly Magazine, check in to see which toys will be turning heads throughout 2009... 
