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Toys in the News 03/15/2022
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3/1/2022
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VTech® announced the availability of KidiBuzz™ 3, a kid-friendly Wi-Fi smart device
VTech® announced the availability of KidiBuzz™ 3, a kid-friendly Wi-Fi smart device that allows children the ability to play games, capture images, listen to music and so much more. The latest addition to VTech's KidiTech lineup now offers the ability to stay connected with parents and other approved contacts through the new free KidiCom Chat™ app with video messaging and 3D screen effects...
12/1/2021
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 Toy Market 4Q and 2011
The toy space in the fourth quarter 2010 was an interesting place. One upside factor was online toy sales which, to judge what I hear from friends in the industry, were up by some 10%...
1/1/2011
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 Retailer Spotlight: Dancing Bear Toys Ltd.
The Evers family dubs Dancing Bear Toys Ltd. an “upside-down” family business. In 1989, Sarah Evers began working for the store’s previous owner, and four years later the shop went on the market...
7/1/2010
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 Retailing Tips: Strategies for Signage
Advertising strategies that reach out to the community to bring buyers into a store are important, but it doesn't stop there. TDmonthly spoke to 38 specialty retailers...
5/1/2010
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Why We Love TOYDIRECTORY and TDmonthly
Don't believe the hype? What about a peer? If you want to know how TOYDIRECTORY and TDmonthly Magazine help hundreds of specialty toy manufacturers and retailers build their businesses, just read what dozens have to say in their own words...
5/1/2007
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 Branding Products, One Culture at a Time
Forget customer loyalty and sales that depend solely on good product design. In an interconnected world of ever-expanding options, “tribal” tendencies are taking the mass out of culture...
5/1/2007
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 Retailer Spotlight: G. Willikers!
The brother-and-sister team of Bob and Jody Breneman grew up in the toy business; their parents opened G. Willikers in 1978 in Portsmouth, N.H...
4/1/2007
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 How to Publish a Card Game
You may have had a great idea for a card game, secured investment and funding, and even completed the design. But until the cards have been printed and cut, your game isn't fit for the table...
4/1/2007
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 How to Keep Your Toy Store Thriving
What are the secrets to keeping your customers from crossing over to the mass-market dark side? Everything from owning your toy store’s building to wrapping birthday gifts with lizards...
4/1/2007
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 Is Pomona Plummeting?
Despite its designation as the country's largest regional toy and hobby show, the WTHRA show in Pomona, Calif., in March didn't have many exhibitors talking "big" this year...
4/1/2007
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 Retailing Tips: Making the Most of Trade Shows
Fifteen minutes before the show floor opens at the American International Toy Fair, Manager Matt Hannifin of Science Toy Magic in Santa Fe, N.M., waits in the Javits Center, adequately hydrated and armed with a black suitcase on wheels, a laminated, Sharpie-marked map of the exhibition halls secured to the handle...
3/1/2007
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 It's a Digital World
This generation of kids was born into the Internet and sometimes finds it more real than the "real world."...
1/1/2007
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 The Right Staff
Managing employees is a big challenge that many owners of small toy stores face, particularly those who do not have formal management training. Implementing the following five tips can help owners hire and retain happy, helpful, motivated and productive employees...
11/1/2005
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 Retailing Tips for Spring and Summer
TDmonthly Magazine’s focus is on in-depth analysis and trend reporting to help you gain a critical edge in today’s competitive retail environment...
4/1/2005
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 Matrix Semiconductor Steps Up Toy Technology
In order to remain competitive, toy manufacturers in search of the next Barbie, Tickle Me Elmo or Tamagotchi must ensure that a sufficient amount of interactivity can be incorporated at the lowest possible cost...
3/1/2005
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Marketing to Mom
Stephanie Azzarone, founder and president of Child´s Play Communications, a public relations firm for toy companies, knows moms. She understands their changing image and how retailers can identify moms in local communities, find their key needs, and create services to draw them into stores...
2/1/2005
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 TDmonthly Top 10 Most Wanted Lists
The TDmonthly Top 10 lists are mostly used by specialty retailers to better anticipate market demands and trends. These lists are based on thorough research and interviews...
1/1/2005
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 Tips on How to Compete With Wal-Mart
Holiday shopping seasons have seen the growing trend of consumers turning to stores like Wal-Mart and Target to make toy purchases, due in large part to lower prices. But that doesn’t mean toy stores can’t bounce back. After all, selling toys is their business...
1/1/2005
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Make the Most at Toy Fair 2005
The American International Toy Fair 2005 will be held in New York on February 20-23. Sponsored by the Toy Industry Association, Inc., the show will take place at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and special showrooms in the Toy District. This year, be sure to make the most of...
1/1/2005
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Anti-Design and Changing Consumer Culture
Tom Moseman, senior vice president of Envirosell, Inc., knows how to turn casual store browsers into customers. His company does not compile research by handing out surveys but instead by shadow shopping – tracking and video taping shoppers to see what they buy and avoid. These techniques have allowed Envirosell...
1/1/2005
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 TDmonthly Top 10 Most Wanted Lists
The TDmonthly Top 10 lists are mostly used by specialty retailers to better anticipate market demands and trends. These lists are based on thorough research and interviews...
12/1/2004
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 Wooing the Parents of Tweens
My son now falls into that demographic Limbo known as "tween"--a new market segment crammed into the space between "kid" and "teen."...
11/1/2004
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 TDmonthly Top 10 Most Wanted Lists
The TDmonthly Top 10 lists are mostly used by specialty retailers to better anticipate market demands and trends. These lists are based on thorough research and interviews...
11/1/2004
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Making A List and Checking It Twice: Maximizing Your 2004 Holiday Season
From the rise, fall and rise again of department stores to the building of malls, the growth of Wal-Mart, the internet, and shopping clubs, the face of retail has changed dramatically. Through all this change one thing has remained constant: the holiday season can make or break a retailer’s entire year...
10/1/2004
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 Toys to Talk About
"Toys to Talk About" features dozens of exciting companies and products! So, make sure you´re clued in and see what everyone´s talking about...
10/1/2004
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 TDmonthly´s Top 10 Most Wanted Lists: A Buying Manual for the Holiday Season
TDmonthly Magazine reaches 142,500 readers on the Internet and has 24,500 retailer subscribers. You are our audience and our goal is to enhance your business, so we decided to prepare categorical retailer buying guides for the holiday season. We’ve compiled this information into several TDmonthly Top 10 Most Wanted Lists based on items consumers will want most for the holiday season...
9/1/2004
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 The People Advantage: Staffing for Success
For most retailers, the quality of the staff is a key sustainable competitive advantage and point of differentiation from their competitors. While each store may have a different product mix, it’s the employees and their level of customer service that makes the difference between success and failure...
9/1/2004
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Toys R Us
Toys R Us Inc. may sell its toy business and put its retailing efforts toward its thriving baby product specialty store Babies "R" Us, the company said Wednesday, August 11. Plans to restructure the businesses to become two separate entities under the existing corporate structure are directed at reducing operating costs, boosting shareholder value, and developing growth of the core baby product market...
8/1/2004
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 2004 International JPMA Show
Dallas, Texas was the host city for this year’s International Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) Trade Show, May 3-5...
6/1/2004
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 Tips for Summer Retailing
Summer has two major advantages: the weather is great and kids are out of school. In fact, the majority of retailers experience a slight to moderate increase in business...
4/1/2004
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