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TODAY'S FEATURES
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Top-10 Infant & Toddler Toys
Retailers' best-selling baby toys include blankets, balls, and more » See the top toys
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Retail Management: Merchant or Customer
Acting like a customer could be hurting your profits » Find out why
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2013 Holiday Toy Preview
Manufacturers shared these 12 anticipated holiday hits » View the toys
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May Staff Picks
This month's staff picks include highly rated ride-on and outdoor toys » See our picks
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TDMONTHLY MUST READS |
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Using the glowing blue and black color scheme from the movie, Disney's new Tron toys include headphones, a mouse, a keyboard, Xbox and Wii controllers, a pen set and an iPod dock surrounded by a glowing blue disc... 
See brief article summaries from the October issue of TDmonthly Magazine... |
TDMONTHLY TOY VIDEOS |
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We want you to see the toys we see, so you can determine if they're right for your store! Check this space every weekday to see brief video clips of new and specialty products... 
We want you to see the toys we see, so you can determine if they're right for your store! Check this space every weekday to see brief video clips of new and specialty products... 
We want you to see the toys we see, so you can determine if they're right for your store! Check this space every weekday to see brief video clips of new and specialty products... |
TDMONTHLY SHOP TALK |
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Though you may want to cram your store full of wonderful products and ingenious displays, Tom Moseman of Envirosell, Inc. — a company that videotapes shoppers to see what they buy or avoid and why — said customers want to be able to find a product quickly and be on their way... 
When analyzing your sales per square foot, you can try comparing it to equivalent stores to evaluate your success. Jonathan Brandow, principal of BizMiner, an industry reporting agency, recommends requesting 10K reports from the Securities Exchange Commission on publicly traded toy stores.... 
Bob and Mary Sisson had to drive all the way from Vancouver, Wash., to Portland, Ore., to buy toys for their grandchildren because there were no quality toy stores in their hometown. That's when they had an epiphany:... |
TDMONTHLY TOP-10 MOST-WANTED LISTS |
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SET Enterprises and Gamewright are playing their cards right when it comes to game sales, an August 2010 retailer survey revealed... |
TDMONTHLY TRENDS |
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In September 2010, TDmonthly Magazine spoke with 49 specialty retailers about their top-selling novelty items. While it was difficult to identify a runaway best-seller... |
TDMONTHLY TOY REVIEWS |
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Our Review Scout scours the Web weekly for reviews of new and hot products so you don’t have to spend your time searching.... 
Our Review Scout scours the Web weekly for reviews of new and hot products so you don’t have to spend your time searching... 
Our Review Scout scours the Web weekly for reviews of new and hot products so you don’t have to spend your time searching... |
TDMONTHLY GUEST EXPERTS |
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Just because millions of merchants have fallen under the spell of Groupon, a PR juggernaut, and their like, it doesn’t mean you should. It’s a killer alright, a profit-killer... 
Mega Brands has for the first time in years had two consecutive growth quarters in their toy sector. This comes after a grim struggle to get out of the hole dug by their RoseArt acquisition back in 2005 and the subsequent recalls of Magnetix... |
TDMONTHLY TOY BUZZ |
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TDMONTHLY POPULAR STORIES |
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TDMONTHLY NEW TOYS |
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See all the new toys we've uploaded in the last month to make your ordering easier... |
TDMONTHLY UPCOMING ISSUES |
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Find out why you might want to offer new hires money to quit... 
