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- 2021 World Video Game Hall of Fame Spotlight: Animal Crossing and Microsoft Flight Simulator
- The Daily News, Thursday, May 13, 2021
- Maximizing YouTube Advertising: Precise.TV
- Disruption Report #12: Container Rates to Return to a “Higher Normal” in 2022
- There Is a Fourth Pillar Of Retail, and It Is a Big Deal – Crowdfunding
- Take 10: Potential Implications for The Toy Biz from Declining Birthrates
- The Power of the “PANK”: Melanie Notkin of Savvy Auntie
- Dollar Tree, Dollar General, Five Below and Family Dollar Are Taking Over Retail
- Reflections on the World Video Game Hall of Fame Class of 2021
- Average U.S. Fertility Rate Lowest Since 1930s
- The Power of Audio: Drew Vernon of Tonies
- Disruption Report #11: Container Prices Are Rising…Again
- The Economy is On the Comeback, but the “Baby Bust” Persists. What it means for the toy industry.
- The Life-Changing Magic of Sewing and Barbie
- The Savvy Auntie Speaks on How Toy Companies Can Grow with “Auntventures”
- The Disruption Report #10: Slow going as pallets become scarce and containers keep falling overboard
- The New Disruption Report Web Page
- This Week: The Pandemic-fueled Resurgence of the Hula Hoop
- Fandom, The Big Deal: Julian Montoya of The Noble Collection
- Cease-and-Desist: Don’t Mess with Tolkien
- Toy Industry CEOs Talk About Inflation
- Disruption Report #9: Delivery Times Are the Worst Since 1951
- Kids & Family Industry Report 2021 Shows Much Optimism with Significant Changes on the Horizon (Sponsored Ad)
- Irrational Exuberance. The 2020s Are Starting to Look a Lot Like the 1920s
- Looking Back. Looking Ahead. Celebrating Two Years of the Playground Podcast
- The Play of Fortune
- Travel Warning! Rental Cars Are Scarce
- This Week: Iconic Brands on YouTube
- Sustainability Concerns Aging Down
- Which Countries’ G.D.P. Will Grow the Most Over the Next Five Years?
- Running the Game: A Conversation with Filip Franke of Ravensburger
- The Insights Family® Launches Latest Version Of Its Award-Winning Real-Time Data Portal (Sponsored Ad)
- The Results of the “2021 Looking Forward Survey”
- Big Business and Political Clout. What is the civic responsibility for large corporations?
- Will Puzzles, Games, and Other Pandemic Favorites Remain Popular?
- The Disruption Report #8: When It Comes to Container Ships, Big Is Not Better
- Getting Your Mojo On: A Conversation with Billy Langsworthy, Founder of Mojo Nation
- Landfill vs. Legacy: Solving Sustainability in the Toy Industry
- What Can Retailers Learn from Lego’s Success?
- The Disruption Report #7: Plastic Prices Spike, More Containers Overboard, and the Suez Canal is Unplugged
- Toikido Set to Launch: A Conversation with Founder Darran Garnham
- Three Companies Now Control 50% + of Ad Spending; None of Them Are Television Networks
- How The Toy Industry Can Support Our Asian-American Friends
- Kids Insights (Ad)
- The Disruption Report #6: Passenger Jets, Bad Weather, Plastic Shortages & More
- Madame Alexander: Feminism in the Doll Industry
- Toy Trends in China: A Conversation with John Tong & Jacqueline Vong
- This Week: Lou Ottens, Cassette Tapes, and the 2-XL Talking Robot
- Trade Shows: Questions about what we really lost in 2020
- LEGO Continues to Build on Its Success
- Bricks and Mortar Is Coming Back. New Store Openings.
- Hunting for Treasure
- Revved Up and Ready to Roll: Manual-Powered Ride-On Toys
- Ecommerce In China Is Big Business for the Top Domestic Players
- The Disruption Report #5: A Ban on Gender Signage, Chaos in the Supply Chain and Shippers Bet on China
- Hasbro’s Big Potato Head Decision; What it Tells Us
- Hamleys: An Iconic UK Toy Retailer at Crossroads
- Integrated Retail: Why Canada’s Indigo Excels in Toys. A Conversation with Gail Banack
- The Average, Affluent American Shopper
- Shrinkflation
- Global Toy Experts (Ad)
- Trends in Play, Pandemic and Beyond. A Conversation with David Kleeman of Dubit Limited
- This Week: Jim Henson and the Kenner Gooney Bird
- The Coin-op Industry Legacy of ICE President Ralph Coppola
- Movies That Were to Supposed to Open in 2020 but Are Premiering in 2021
- Growing Optimism for Retail Sales in 2021
- Insights for Inventors and E-Commerce Marketers: A Conversation with Zack Pentecost of Zuru
- The Disruption Report #4: Orders postponed, tractor-trailers in short supply and some companies are buying their own containers
- Top Toy Companies Use Granular POS and Inventory Data, Do You? (Ad)
- China Generated 52% of Its 2020 Retail Sales from E-Commerce; A lot of it came from “Social Commerce”
- Canadian Woman Earns 365 Points for a Single Scrabble Word; Its A Record
- Euromonitor International: Key Developments In Toys And Games – 2020 Growth And Projections
- Why Dads Are Re-Thinking Toy Play More Than Ever
- The Disruption Report #3: Rising Oil Prices, Supply Chain Disruptions and Semi-Conductor Chip Shortages
- Listening & Understanding Kids Helps Build Brands with Joel Silverman, Co-Founder of Kids Know Best
- Will 2021 Be Another Big Year?
- The Global Decline in Births
- Happy New Year
- It’s February and I Visit Javits. But Not for Toy Fair
- The Disruption Report #2: Chip Shortages and Containers Overboard
- Charles Harrison: The Black Industrial Designer Who Revamped View-Master
- New Movies About Toys & Games
- Technology, Media & Play: A Conversation with Gregg Stein, CEO of Skoog Media
- The European Toy Market 2020 and Digital Trends 2021
- My Week with Brian: A Conversation with the Collected Works of Brian Sutton-Smith
- The Disruption Report #1: Cardboard Shortages, Missing Containers and More
- 150,000 + Convenience Stores in the U.S. Are you selling to them?
- The German Toy Market
- Kids Turn to Audio for Escapism, Education and Entertainment
- Behind the Scenes of a Streaming Series with Documentary Maker Brian Volk-Weiss
- Results for the “2021 Beginning of the Year Survey”
- Pickleball, Rules, and the Spirit of the Game
- This Week: Puzzling Through the Pandemic
- U.S. Star Wars Postage Stamps. Great News for Disney and Hasbro
- Logistics Update: Update on Container Availability
- A Conversation with “The Toyologist, ” Peter Jenkinson
- NPD Says the U.S. Toy Industry Grew 16% in 2020. I Have Some Questions for NPD.
- A Shorter Chinese New Year Holiday?
- The Spanish Market. A 2020 Review
- No Toy Fairs. Where’s the Schmooze?
