• Barnes & Noble Tests Toy Boutiques

  Playthings Staff, November 12, 2010
  New York - Major bookstore chain Barnes & Noble started testing 3,000 square foot "store-in-store" toy boutiques at five locations.  More

• Big Ideas Marketing Horse-on-a-Stick Toys Recalled

  Playthings Staff, November 10, 2010
  Washington, D.C. and Ownings Mill, MD - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Big Ideas Marketing is voluntarily recalling its Horse-on-a-Stick Toys.  More

• ASTRA Retailers Getting Ready to Promote Specialty Toys

  Playthings Staff, November 8, 2010
  Chicago, IL - Neighborhood Toy Store Day is being celebrated on Saturday, November 13, and more than 500 independent toy retailers are expected to participate, according to the American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA).  More

• Wild Creations Takes Two Parents' Choice Awards

  Playthings Staff, November 8, 2010
  Myrtle Beach, SC - The Parents' Choice Foundation, a nonprofit program created to recognize quality children's media, recently honored Wild Creations products with two Parents' Choice Awards.  More

• Analyst: Toy Sales Will Increase 2-4 Percent

  Playthings Staff, November 8, 2010
  Sean McGowan, consumer leisure and lifestyle analyst of Needham & Company LLC, forecasts that "the outlook for the industry is good in the near term, with consumers and retailers more willing to buy product than a year ago, inventories in better shape, and manufacturing costs and currency exchange rates becoming less of a headwind as we look into 2011."  More

• GameMill Publishing to Develop Pinkalicious Interactive Game

  Playthings Staff, November 8, 2010
  Edina, MN - Capitalizing on the popularity of the best-selling books for young girls, GameMill Publishing is partnering with Pinkalicious to develop an interactive video game for the Nintendo DS system.  More

• American Express OPEN Sponsors The 3/50 Project

  GDA Staff, November 8, 2010
  Minneapolis, MN - The 3/50 Project, the viral grassroots "support your local small businesses" movement born out of a simple blog post by retail consultant Cinda Baxter, has earned the support of American Express OPEN as its premiere sponsor.  More

• 'Small Business Saturday' to Launch In Support of Local Business

  GDA Staff, November 8, 2010
  New York - To support local business, help boost the economy and preserve neighborhood shopping around the country, Saturday, November 27 has been designated as Small Business Saturday.  More

• HABA Earns Multiple Toy Award Recognition

  Playthings Staff, November 8, 2010
  East Windsor, NJ - European toymaker HABA has received mulitple honors from both the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio and Parents' Choice.  More

• Sesame Workshop Names New Execs

  GDA Staff, November 8, 2010
  New York - Sesame Workshop, the producers behind Sesame Street, haspromoted Maura Regan to senior vice president and general manager of global consumer products.  More

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