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October 2007 | Vol. VI - No. 10

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Show Them the Way

Turn a Bratz Fan onto Karito Kids

By: Terri Hughes-Lazzell
Sep 6, 2007

What do you do when a mass-market customer walks into your specialty toy store? Show them the toys! Toy-store owners share tips on how to re-educate consumers and turn them into loyal patrons in the November issue of TDmonthly Magazine.

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Terri Hughes-LazzellWriter's Bio: Terri Hughes-Lazzell is a freelance journalist based in Ossian, Ind. After spending nearly a decade as a daily newspaper reporter, she has worked as a freelance journalist for more than ten years, writing about a variety of topics. Her work appears in newspapers, magazines and specialty publications nationwide. Read more articles by this author


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