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Author: Christopher Byrne

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The Disruption Report: Toy Tariffs Could Cost Consumers $231MM in Q4

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on November 23, 2025November 25, 2025

Don’t you just love an incendiary headline? So, let me tell you how we got…

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  • The Playground Podcast

The Playground Podcast: Kid Insights from Beano Brain

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on November 16, 2025November 19, 2025

Listen in as I talk to Audrey Birner , U.S. Insight Director for Beano Brain.…

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  • News

Don Kipper of Kip’s Toyland Dies

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on October 31, 2025November 5, 2025

Somehow, it feels like the end of an era. Don Kipper, the son of the…

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  • Uncategorized

The Disruption Report: K-Pop Demon Hunters What Does Success Mean?

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on October 23, 2025

No, this is not going to be some academic discourse on the literate and cultural…

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  • Uncategorized

The Disruption Report: Unpacking the Prime Day “Controversy.”

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on October 10, 2025

I’ve been reading with some curiosity/amusement some of the threads on Reddit and other blogs…

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Sophia Chong Named ED of HKTDC

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on October 3, 2025October 3, 2025

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is pleased to announce that Sophia Chong assumed…

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  • Uncategorized

LA Market Week Kicks Off

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on September 10, 2025

With a dramatic ribbon cutting and celebration, the LA Toy Preview opened on Monday, September…

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  • Uncategorized

Disruption Report: Sourcing Roulette

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on August 28, 2025

A story in The New York Times about a U.S shoe company and its challenges…

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  • Disruption Report

The Disruption Report: Chicken Little is Loose

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on August 19, 2025August 17, 2025

It’s a predictable as the sunrise. Whenever a new technology enters the toy industry, you…

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  • Disruption Report

The Disruption Report: Labubu is Satan (Joke…kinda)

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on August 4, 2025

Well, not a joke, really. From Furby stealing state secrets to Video Girl Barbie filming…

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  • The Playground Podcast

The Playground Podcast: The Young Inventors Challenge

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on July 14, 2025July 18, 2025

Listen in to a really special episode. We’re talking about aprogram that’s near and dear…

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  • Culture and Society

Labubu, Where Are You?

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on June 25, 2025

Could it be the fad that never took off? When Pop Mart’s The Monsters (aka…

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  • Uncategorized

The Disruption Report: AI Takes Center Stage

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on June 13, 2025June 13, 2025

It’s axiomatic that in the toy industry new technologies prompt toymakers to scramble for applications.…

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  • The Playground Podcast

The Playground Podcast: Matt Brown of Kibeam

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on June 12, 2025June 12, 2025

Matt Brown is one of the coolest and most thoughtful guys inthe toy business. His…

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  • International

The International Day of Play is June 11

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on June 6, 2025

In March 2024, the United Nations General Assembly named June 11as the International Day of…

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The Disruption Report: Tariffs Start to Bite

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on June 5, 2025

Walmart has been in the news this week as the impact of tariffs begins to…

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  • Posts by Chris Byrne

The Playground Podcast: Sue Warfield of ASTRA – Supporting Specialty

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on May 23, 2025May 23, 2025

Sue Warfield is the president of ASTRA, and a good friend.She has been a passionate…

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LA’s Oldest Toy Store Feels The Heat

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on May 12, 2025

Kip’s Toyland in the Original Farmer’s Market in Los Angeles is feeling the heat. The…

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