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- The Spielwarenmesse ToyAward Nominees
- Toys and the Battle for Time
- Virtual Reality Evolves: Metaverse Takes Center Stage
- Hamleys Gears Up to Build on “Experiential Retail”
- Global Toy Experts Composite Toy Stock Index, 1/21/ 2023 – Down 19% Y-to-Y
- David Ahl: Getting Creative with Computers
- Quotes With Your Coffee #17
- A Cat Conquers Chess – Lessons for the Toy Industry
- I’m so excited, and I just can’t hide it…. it’s John Baulch’s Friday Blog!
- Hasbro Has Angered Its D&D Fans; Does It Matter?
- The Toy Industry Times – Party City Files for Bankruptcy and More
- Quotes With Your Coffee #16
- Sonmax Music Announces Rock Autism & Center for Learning Unlimited’s Brainstorm Productions [Ad]
- Attention in the Produce Aisle! Mr. Potato Head and his Old Friends.
- How To Use a Recession as a Force for Marketing Good
- Franz Kafka’s Diaries, a Little Girl’s Doll, and Me
- DOGGONE GIRL, #2! A DOGGONE CRIME opinion piece
- Chris Byrne Reports from the Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair
- Source in China at the Toy & Edu Fair, April 7-9, 2023 [Ad]
- Spot Market Ocean Freight Rates, January 5, 2023: Shanghai to New York – Down 7.1%
- Which Toy Companies Made the “JUST 100” List
- The Netherlands – Nico Blauw Reports
- It’s the Year of the Rabbit – Happy New Year
- Joykey – Your Source for OEM Manufacturing in Paper, Plastic Plush, and Wood [Ad]
- The Mickey Mouse Copyright Runs Out in 2024 – What That Means for All of Us
- Disruption Report #72 – Product Returns Up 63%, Container Prices Are “Collapsing,” Bed Bath & Beyond Considering Bankruptcy, and a New Book on Economic Policy in a More Uncertain World
- The Insights Family Releases Its Fifth Edition Of Its Coveted Future Forecast For 2023 [Ad]
- From Barbershop to International Games then Mattel: The Evolution of UNO
- With Gratitude
- Starting the New Year with a bang …it’s the Friday Blog!
- Quotes with your Coffee #15
- I have A.L.S. (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
- DOGGONE GIRL, A DOGGONE CRIME Opinion Piece
- Jay Foreman’s 2023 Hong Kong Blog #1
- “The Toy Industry Times” – January 2, 2022
- Nico Blauw Makes a Bold Statement
- Ten Most Read G.T.N. Stories of 2022
- 2022 Was a Watershed Year for the Toy Industry; a look back
- 2022 In Review: Our 4th Annual Discussion
- A Brief Jewish History of the Toy and Game Industry: The United States
- The Daily News for December 20, 2022
- Trusted Brands at the Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair
- Results: November Inflation Survey Results
- Lights, Camera, Action! The Cassette Movie Projector from Kenner
- The Strong: A Brief Jewish History of the Toy and Game Industry: Nuremberg, Germany
- Disruption Report #71: Mexico On the Rise, Hong Kong Is Back, Inflation Eases
- HKTDC Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair is Set to Return in January 2023 [Press Release]
- The Spielwarenmesse’s “World of Toys” Comes to Tokyo and New York Toy Fairs
- Slaying Social Media: Josh Loerzel & Sky Castle
- Toy Companies that Made the Wall Street Journal’s “the Best-Managed Companies of 2022”
- The Insights Family Announce Further Details of New Strategy and Appointment of Industry Knowledge Advisory Board [Ad]
- The Importance of Coloring and Authentic Self-Expression
- “The Toy Industry Times” – December 9, 2022
- International Espionage on the High Seas! The Electronic Radar Search Game from Ideal
- 100 Years of Fun: Jim & Donna Pressman on Their New Book
- Goldman Sachs Predicts the Year 2075 and It’s Mind-Blowing
- China Watch #3 – Lego #1 in China, Chinese Protesters Want to Go to the Movies, Apple Moving iPhone Production to India and Vietnam
- Not-so-secret Secret Stories of Saint Seiya
- Toy Business Forum – inspiring retail knowledge at the Spielwarenmesse
- Disruption Report #70 – China Eases Up On Covid, Congress and Biden Prevent a Railroad Strike, and U.S. Orders from China Down 40%
- Quotes with Your Coffee #14 – Stay at Home Dads Up, Global Growth Down, the U.S. Imported More Goods from Europe than China, Amazon Beats Walmart to Be the On-line Low Price Leader
- Christian Braun Joins Global Toy Experts as Industry Partner Bringing Deep Expertise in the Collectible Sector, Consulting and M&A
- Preschool Think Tank! The Play ‘N Learn Computer from Playskool
- Better late than never …it’s John Baulch’s Friday Blog!
- Crude Oil Spot Market Price – November 21, 2022
- Coming to a Theater Near You – Six Toy-Based Movies from Mattel and Hasbro
- Jay Foreman on the New Rules of Engagement in Hong Kong
- Disruption Report #69: Ocean Freight Carriers Are Panicking, Bob Iger Returns As CEO of Disney, and Railroad Strike a Real Possibility in December
- Masters of the Universe Muscles into the National Toy Hall of Fame
- The Mystery Face Game: Guess Who? From Milton Bradley
- Don’t panic Mr Mainwaring*…it’s John Baulch’s Friday Blog!
- “SPIEL” – An Interview with Carol Rapp, Managing Director
- Hasbro Gets Blindsided by Bank of America
- High-diving hijinks of the Rubber Ninja: Vadim Govorov
- Mary Couzin’s Big Dreams Energize the Toy Industry – P.O.P. Is Back In Person
- Walmart Is Saying No to Price Increases…Again!!!
- The Metaverse Is Here
- Toy Hall of Fame Reveal
- Jay Foreman, Epilogue 2, China’s Communist Party and the Future of the Toy Industry
- Disruption Report #68: Too Many Containers, Inflation Is Down, and China Eases its Covid Restrictions (a little)
- Quotes with Your Coffee #68: The move away from annual price increases, “over abundance and sinking sales,” most popular toys in October
- The Top of Its Class
- Step Right Up! The Magic Shot Shooting Gallery from Marx
- Time Magazine Celebrates the “Most Impactful” Toy Inventions of 2022
- Down to the wire …it’s John Baulch’s Friday Blog!
- Toy Tie-In Movie Release Schedule 2022 – 2023
- Jay Foreman, Epilogue 1 – The Present and Future of Sourcing from Hong Kong and China
- The Playground Podcast: Price Protection in a Competitive Environment: Ron Solomon of MAPPTrap
- Walmart, Amazon, and Target Are Not Enough. Shoppers Want More Bricks-and-Mortar Retail Options
- Latest G.D.P. Results. North America Generates Close to 1/3 of World’s Gross Domestic Product
- The Toy Inventors Club (Public Service Ad)
- Break Time: Contemplating the Tiddlywink
- Skill Tester! Amaze-A-Tron from Coleco
- Playing to Conquer Fears and Tame Anxiety
- Down to the wire…it’s John Baulch’s Friday Blog!
- The World’s Top Brands – How Toy Companies Fared
- China Watch #2: “Do I Stay or Do I Go?”
- The 2022 HotToy List Meta-Analysis [Ad]
- The Toy Intelligencer and Global Toy News Are Merging
- Disruption Report #67: Container Rates Down Sharply, West Coast Longshoreman Talks on Hold, and There’s a Diesel Fuel Shortage in the Southeast
