Holiday Toy Lists: What's Hot This Year In the November issue of TDmonthly Magazine, see which toys and games are dominating the hot holiday lists for Christmas...
Private Labels Are Coming to Toy Land A Nielsen report from late November 2008 states that sales of private-label brands in the United States in all categories grew to $81 billion in 2008, a 10.2 percent year-on-year increase versus 2007...
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TDmonthly Goes Inside … Toy Crazy, Malibu In 1998, when Melissa Moore opened the first Toy Crazy in Malibu, Calif., the beachside town was a lot more laidback than it is today. Sandals and cutoffs were de rigeur fashion and iconoclastic specialty shops the norm...
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Wal-Mart Cuts Toys and Crafts in Clean-Up Campaign Wal-Mart is in the throes of a major change in its store layout. Earlier this year, management promulgated a policy called “fast, friendly, clean.”...
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Is Hasbro's Cash Cow Being Led to Slaughter? For many years, Hasbro’s board game business was boring. Nothing happened of any consequence, there were no new competitors, and the category was as flat as a … well, a board. This is now changing...
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Top-10 Most-Wanted Gifts for Boys In June 2009, TDmonthly Magazine surveyed 47 specialty toy retailers about what's selling best for boys in their stores...
Top-10 Most-Wanted Toys for Tween Boys Notoriously difficult to select products for, boys in their pre and early teens may not be so fixated on electronics and video games after all...
New Trading Card Games Make “Magic” Good friends. Fantastic images. Evolving play. Collectible card games have quite a draw. Experts in competitions and novices hanging with friends both come for quick fixes of addicting games...
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Holiday Toy Lists: What's Hot This Year In the November issue of TDmonthly Magazine, see which toys and games are dominating the hot holiday lists for Christmas...
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Toy Fair Preview: Take 1 Get a head start on the 2010 American International Toy Fair, scheduled for Feb. 14-17 in New York City! TDmonthly Magazine's December issue will launch our annual Toy Fair Preview...
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Private Labels Are Coming to Toy Land A Nielsen report from late November 2008 states that sales of private-label brands in the United States in all categories grew to $81 billion in 2008, a 10.2 percent year-on-year increase versus 2007...
Retailing Tips: Riding Out the Recession There’s no time like a recession to try new things. At least that’s what the majority of 38 specialty retailers told TDmonthly Magazine about how they’ve approached 2009...
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In This Issue Since holiday ordering may be more difficult than ever this year, TDmonthly Magazine has boosted its video coverage of new and best-selling toys, so you can see them up close and in action...
Event Marketing Guru’s Corner: Marketing for Time’s Sake Impressions — the number of people who see a marketing message — have traditionally been the metric used when selling sponsorships in the events and tradeshow industry...
TDmonthly's Fall 2009 Award Winners! TDmonthly Magazine's Fall 2009 award winners include bugs that buyers can't resist, sophisticated arts and crafts kits for girls, games with penguins, gobblers and plenty of dice, and beautiful natural and wooden toys...
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TDmonthly Goes Inside … Toy Crazy, Malibu In 1998, when Melissa Moore opened the first Toy Crazy in Malibu, Calif., the beachside town was a lot more laidback than it is today. Sandals and cutoffs were de rigeur fashion and iconoclastic specialty shops the norm...
9/1/2009
Featured Products in TDmonthly Magazine: General Games
eeBoo is an innovative company that consistently produces beautiful, useful and well-made products for children. We use only the original art of well-known and well-loved children's book illustrators to create completely original and vibrant toys and gifts... More information on eeBoo corp. products.
U. S. Games Systems, Inc., founded in 1968, publishes more than 400 proprietary products including specialty playing cards, informational card decks, inspirational products, and award-winning games that are both entertaining and educational.Family games include: Banana Split Card Game, Continuo, Wizard Card Game, Wizard Junior, Quickword, Snatch-It Word Game, Rain Forest Card Games, Hexago Continuo, Phase 10, Lewis & Clark Exploration Game, Royalty, Power Sharks, Kids' Classics, Morse Code Signal Set, and Squadron Scramble.Other popular products include: Historical Signals and Semaphore Collector's Set, Creative Whack Pack®,... More information on U.S. GAMES SYSTEMS, INC. products.
JAX LTD., the fun and games people, is recognized for our exceptional family games, including the long-time favorite SEQUENCE game. JAX games are designed with the idea of providing family interaction - with an educational flair. In addition to our complete line of SEQUENCE games, your whole family will enjoy all of our unique, fun-to-play games including SOLITAIRE FRENZY, OVER and OUT, RESPOND, TAKEAWAY, CUBES, MATCH'EM, SHAKE-UP, POLYGON, THE GAME OF CHIPS and everyone's favorite, KINGS IN THE CORNER. While the majority of our games... More information on JAX LTD INC. products.
Griddly Games creates award-winning party and board games that deliver innovative, engaging fun that brings people together. Founded in 2007 by two moms from Vancouver, British Columbia, who took it upon themselves to fill the void for wholesome family fun that all ages could enjoy at once, Griddly Games offers products that inspire laughter and fun, while promoting an active and healthy lifestyle. The company’s philosophy is to offer games that encourage social interaction, learning, strategy and challenges that anyone (the entire grid of... More information on GRIDDLY GAMES INC. products.
The Mayfair Games® brand encompasses a wide array of great board games, card games, dice games, and party games. These are fun and usually educational games full of intrigue and interaction. All offer great replay value. Besides being the world’s leading train game manufacturer, Mayfair publishes games about everything from collecting rare specimens in the Amazon to building city states in ancient Mesopotamia to creating trade routes in renaissance Italy! Manage a gang during the Roaring Twenties or try farming in arid Mexico!... More information on MAYFAIR GAMES INC. products.
