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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, 26 toy-store owners told TDmonthly Magazine. Find out how they’re continuing to prosper in a competitive market, and why some other stores have gone belly-up in the May issue of TDmonthly.

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