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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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Top-10 Infant & Toddler Toys
Retailers' best-selling baby toys include blankets, balls, and more » See the top toys
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2013 Holiday Toy Preview
Manufacturers shared these 12 anticipated holiday hits » View the toys
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Retailers' Anticipated Summer Hits
These are the toys that retailers are excited about for Summer 2013 » Sneak a peek
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TDMONTHLY NEW TOYS |
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Last chance for Holiday orders! If your catalogs are so dog-eared you can't read the fine print, take a look at this list... 
The 2007 TDmonthly Specialty Toys Report will be offered to the general public, retailers and the press in mid-October 2007. Its mission is to help consumers make informed buying decisions for the holidays and to introduce them to companies and products they will not find in mass-market outlets.... |
TDMONTHLY MUST READS |
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It's no surprise that Webkinz is the hottest selling line in specialty stores across the country... |
TDMONTHLY TOY VIDEOS |
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TDMONTHLY - GET READY TO ORDER! |
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If your customers are looking for affordable gifts for their nieces, nephews and kids, here's a list of toys and games from $10.00 to $20.00 that will still impress the little ones... 
The holidays are the time to splurge, so be sure to provide your customers with plenty of pricier, though still reasonable, new toys and games. Here are some that TDmonthly found for you... 
Frugal parents and grandparents may be enticed to blow their budgets when they see these instant child-pleasers... 
Need free shipping to make your budget work? These specialty toy companies may give you a break if you mention ToyDirectory or TDmonthly Magazine... |
SCHOOL SUPPLIES |
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GIFTS |
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If you're shopping for unusual gifts for unusual shoppers, TDmonthly Magazine has found a few for you... |
MUSICAL TOYS & CDS |
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Of the 32 specialty toy-store owners recently surveyed by TDmonthly Magazine in an effort to gauge musical toy sales, 25 cited plain musical instruments with little to no electronic pizzazz... |
TDMONTHLY SHOP TALK |
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Since her store opened in Jamaica Plain, Mass., six years ago, Owner Elaine Hackney of Boing! JP’s Toy Shop has learned lots of lessons about inventory... 
Lynn Robillard knew from 16 years of running a custom jewelry store in Manchester, Vt., that in retail, it’s crucial to “always to look for quality, and to have unique things that you don’t find everywhere else”... 
Although Owner Lynn Robillard of Toys in the Attic in Manchester, Vt., had a hard time pinning down individual best-selling items, there’s no shortage of customer excitement for many of the brands in her store... 
Preparing for the holidays requires a lot of work, so start early! Whether it’s hiring additional staff, ordering or organizing holiday events... 
Becoming “the place to be” takes more than cool products and good customer service.... |
TDMONTHLY MANUFACTURER'S CORNER |
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TDMONTHLY TOY ROUNDTABLES |
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This month, TDmonthly Magazine’s Dolls Roundtable participants reviewed three age-specific dolls by Lee Middleton... 
This month, TDmonthly Magazine’s Infant/Toddler Roundtable participants evaluated SCHOENHUT PIANO CO.’s My First Piano II, which received glowing reviews.... 
For this month’s Preschooler Roundtable, colorful toys and resusable packaging won praises from parents, but uninspiring peripheral materials brought disappointment... |
TDMONTHLY TOY REVIEWS |
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If you want to know which books to sell in your toy store, find out what the kids have to say.... 
Signing, animals, hip hop and Internet safety. Varied themes this month?... 
Dr. Wright doesn’t just look at toys; she analyzes them. In and out of the box, she scrutinizes them for playability, appropriateness and educational value.... 
Each month, Sibylla Nash shares her views on the latest toys with TDmonthly Magazine readers,... |
TDMONTHLY BRASS RING |
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TDMONTHLY COOL COMPANY |
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When Frank Trinca bought the Schoenhut Piano Company in 1984, he invited his brother Len and sister-in-law Renee aboard as silent partners... |
TDMONTHLY TOY BUZZ |
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TDMONTHLY POPULAR STORIES |
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“Going green” is the catchphrase of the new millennium, and more than the auto industry is finding it profitable to “save” our planet.... 
My ol’ pappy used to say, “Nothing creative ever comes out of a committee.” And since Hollywood is one big committee ... where does that leave everyone who depends on its toys?... 
TDmonthly Magazine’s September Toy Sleuth looks high, low and even under rocks this month, gathering glimpses of toys and games that will call up fond memories and watery Armageddon in a single bound.... |
TDMONTHLY TOP-10 MOST-WANTED LISTS |
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Kids are hitting and banging their way to musical joy... 
School supplies bring special challenges to specialty retail... |
TDMONTHLY UPCOMING ISSUES |
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If you have a scintillating character you know would be a great licensed product, how do you go from idea to reality?... 
Water construction toys, charitable dolls, flying disks that talk, and MP3s for infants... 
