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TWEEN MARKET
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In the toy and hobby world, the tween market has become a hot commodity for retailers. Reyne Rice, toy trend specialist for the Toy Industry Association, explains that the industry focus for the last few years has been to retain that particular age group in toy products...READ MORE
CHILDRENS MEDIA
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12-and-under gamers continue to split their video time between
sports games and educational / adventure games. For the most successful companies and developers, understanding this bifurcation is the key to the crowded, but lucrative, children´s gaming market....READ MORE
MUSICAL TOYS
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Music comes in many shapes and forms, and thank goodness it does! From plush toys that play traditional music to interactive DVDs, the musical toys on the market with have infants and toddlers singing and dancing with delight!...READ MORE
TDMONTHLY TOY BUZZ
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Without a doubt, Poker has emerged as the hottest game of the year and the trend is directly reflected in this season´s new products. For the 50 million-plus poker players in the US and another 100 million around the world (according to About.com), No Limit Texas Hold ´Em appears to be the most popular version of the game; meanwhile, many manufacturers are drawing their licenses from popular cable shows and even the actual games deployed on the casino floor...READ MORE
EDUCATIONAL
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Toy Symphony products, were developed by Tod Machover, a composer and professor of music and media, and his research team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The project is co-sponsored by MIT Media Consortia Fund, Yamaha, Sega, Fisher-Price, and Mattel...READ MORE
RETAILING TIPS
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Tamara Carlisle, president of Big Kids Productions in Austin, defines "overhead" as their staff and their inventory...READ MORE
TDMONTHLY COOL COMPANY
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Founded in 1872 by Albert Schoenhut, the award-winning Schoenhut Toy Piano Company has moved into the twenty-first century with finesse. Emphasizing an individualized rather than an assembly line approach to manufacturing, this historic toy company is a timeless contributor to early childhood music education...READ MORE
RETAILER SPOTLIGHT
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"The biggest factor in our success has been the wonderful talented employees that I have surrounded myself with. In the past five to ten years we have relocated to a much larger building, upgraded our use of technology, and have increased our market area to include the entire United States through advertising on the Internet"...READ MORE
TDMONTHLY MOMīS PERSPECTIVE
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My son now falls into that demographic Limbo known as "tween"--a new market segment crammed into the space between "kid" and "teen."...READ MORE
TDMONTHLY TOP-10 MOST-WANTED LISTS
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The TDmonthly Top 10 lists are mostly used by specialty retailers to better anticipate market demands and trends. These lists are based on thorough research and interviews....READ MORE
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