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- ChizSix Top 6 – Today’s Top Toy Stories June 2, 2023
- Nico Blauw’s Passion
- “The 2023 Axios Harris Poll 100 reputation rankings” – How Did the Toy Industry Do?
- “Traveling Man,” Jay Foreman Reports from China and Hong Kong
- Spot Market Ocean Freight Rates – Flat
- May 30, 2023, The Global Toy News Composite Stock Index Down 10%, Walmart Up 14%, Amazon Up 1% Y.O.Y.
- Only One Developed Country in the World Has More Births than Deaths. Who do you think it is?
- Get Ready for the Nuremberg Spielwarenmesse – The Place to Be in February
- Retail Gets Tough on Returns – Is it the End of “The Customer is Always Right”
- Show and tell …it’s the Friday Blog!
- Japanese Games at The Strong, Part II
- Going Behind the Lens of Kiril Mucevski Toy Photography
- The BBC’s Top 100 Children’s Books of All Time
- Don’t Cry for MY ARGENTINA: The Ups and Downs of the toy market
- My Interview with Carlos Mendoza III, Artist, Visionary, Humanitarian…and Toy Designer
- Science Majors Are Way Up – Will STEM and STEAM Get the Credit or the Blame?
- Join Precise TV for a Free Brunch and a Panel Discussion on Maximizing awareness with video ad budgets [Ad]
- In a good place…it’s the Friday Blog!
- Pinball Is Back (Again)
- My 20 days in China after 3 years…. I’M BACK!
- Retailers Are Closing Stores Due to Shoplifting – What’s Going On?
- The Insights Family Releases Its Inaugural Brand Management Playbook 2023 [Ad]
- Toys R Us Canada Owners Opening “Rooms + Spaces” Stores – Taking Over Bed, Bath & Beyond Locations
- Toy Titan #2: Drew to Perfection
- Just Call Me Ash Ketchum
- How Does “LOL Surprise” Stay on Top?
- 2024 Spielwarenmesse – January 30 – February 4 [Ad]
- What Socrates Had to Say About Artificial Intelligence
- AI Use in Education Raises Concerns as High Schools Flunk Students for AI-Written Papers
- Nico Blauw Takes On Children’s Makeup
- The Decline of Recess and the Rise of Clumsy Kids
- Christmas Tree Shops File for Bankruptcy
- Why Barbie Fashion Designer is a GREAT Selection for the World Video Game Hall of Fame
- The Bourbon Supply Chain Crisis and the Toy Industry
- College Enrollment Is Way Down – Can the Toy Industry Help?
- AI, Invention & More: Dan Klitsner, Inventor of Bop-It
- Artificial Intelligence Just Walked Through My Front Door. It Refuses to Leave.
- Mattel and Hasbro Stock Price Up Despite Weak First Quarters
- A Brainstorm and a Spectrum in Southern California: the official grand opening of Brainstorm Productions
- Toys “R” Us Is Heading to Mexico
- Barnes & Noble Opening 30 New Stores – Most in a Decade
- Ambassador to the Kingdom of Walmart
- Slot Car Racing Is Back – My Conversation with Carrera’s CEO, Frank Tiessen
- Disney Lays Off 4,000 Employees, 3,000 More By Summer
- Bye-Bye, “Buy Buy BABY”
- Stretch Armstrong: The Next Chapter
- Saints and sinners …it’s the Friday Blog!
- Bed Bath & Beyond Stock: 36 Cents a Share. May File For Bankruptcy this Weekend
- Toy Titan #1: The Toymakers’ Bensch
- Toy & Edu China, Baby & Stroller China and Licensing China back in the game with 70,836 visitors
- Jump Rope Chants; Are They Becoming Extinct?
- Dangerous Games – A Reminiscence
- The Slow Demise of Street Games
- The Disruption Report #76: America Just Set a Record for Building New Factories, A West Coast Port Strike Is Getting More Likely, and a Strike Could Cost the Economy $500 Million a Day
- A blast from the past …it’s John Baulch’s Friday Blog!
- What Do Morse Code, Baseball and Scrabble Have in Common?
- Hasbro: Big Changes at the Top
- An Interview with Pamela Mastrota, Executive Director of The Toy Foundation
- What Netflix and Gutenberg Have in Common; More Than You Think
- Hong Kong 2023, Its a Buyer’s Market
- Toy co’s go to Hollywood …it’s John Baulch’s Friday Blog (on a Thursday)!
- Game Influencer: The Career of Arnold Hendrick
- The World’s Most Valuable Brands – How Did the Toy Industry Rank?
- The Strong National Museum of Play Launches “Bringing Barbie to Everyone” Project to Digitize and Share its Barbie Collections
- Which Toy Companies and Retailers Made the 2023 Newsweek “Most Trustworthy Companies” List? There are surprises.
- Fun, Games, And Foul Play: Toy-Themed True Crime
- Jay Foreman Reports on Los Angeles Toy Meetings – Week 1
- Disruption Report #75: Big Layoffs at Funko and Disney, Game Stop Returns to Its Roots
- Ain’t bot no, I got life …it’s John Baulch’s Friday Blog!
- Ai WeiWei Creates Monet’s “Water Lillies” Out of LEGO
- Product Recalls: Jeremy Schutz on Protecting Your Brand
- Playful collaboration: A look back at LEGO brand mash-ups
- The Rise of Barbie and the Decline in Births. Is There a Connection?
- Declining Birthrates Are Bad for the Toy Industry. What can be done?
- The Changing Value of Toys – A Historic Paradigm Shift
- Which Retailers Are Aggressively Opening New Stores?
- My Interview with Christina Guo, Founder of Little You
- Madame Alexander Turns 100! A Chat with David Morganstern
- Are Good Business Ethics Always Good Business?
- Hasbro Named to “World’s Most Ethical Companies” List
- Registration for Spielwarenmesse 2024 Is Now Open [AD]
- Get Ready for 2050 When Senior Citizens Rule the Toy Aisle
- Our little (toy) revolution
- Margins of error …it’s John Baulch’s Friday Blog!
- LEGO Dominates the Toy Industry– but Why?
- The Lonely Doll and Unconventional Connections
- Celebrating Women’s Day
- My Interview with Dr. Zee – Founder of “In Kidz”
- My Interview with Stephen Jacobs, Scholar-in-Residence at the Strong National Museum of Play
- Toy & Edu China, Baby & Stroller China and Licensing China prepare to fast track global buyers to sourcing success [Ad]
- Wham-O – 75 Years of Fun and Games
- S-h-h-h-h-h! Steve Velte Has the Skinny on “Toy Fest”
- Toy Industry Gets Hit with Layoffs; How Many, Who, and Why?
- Reality check … it’s John Baulch’s Friday Blog!
- THE INSIGHTS FAMILY VOTED THE MARTECH COMPANY OF THE YEAR [Ad]
- Teaching Medieval History with Dungeons & Dragons
- Spielwarenmesse Announces 2024 Dates
- Classic Characters in the Public Domain
- Hong Kong – A Living History of the Toy Business
- Tooth Inflation – Tooth Fairy Under Fire
