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Category: Apps

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Apple Changes Everything…Again

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on March 27, 2019

Wow! Apple just held a gala event to announce that it has created its own…

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The Video Game and Toy Business Models: Boy Are They Different!

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on March 6, 2019

Those of us who work in the traditional toy business are familiar with the industry's…

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The First Mobile Game Goes Viral: Pigs in Clover

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on August 1, 2018

In the 1880s the toymaker Charles Crandall invented a dexterity game a player could hold…

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Hasbro Purchases Saban Properties; A Good Sign For the Toy Business

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 2, 2018

I do wonder, however, if the appointment of Ynon Kreiz as Mattel's new CEO had…

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Gotta Catch ‘Em All!

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on July 12, 2017

Since last summer, you may have noticed small groups of millennials walking briskly toward landmarks…

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Out of this World: A Brief History of the Yo-Yo

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 11, 2017

I remember my first yo-yo: a blue Duncan Imperial. I was 7 years old and…

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The Toy Industry Transition – Part II: The Challenges

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 8, 2017

In Part I we looked at three changes that shaking up the toy industry: bricks…

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The Top 52 App Publishers of 2016; Know Your Competition!

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on March 13, 2017

  Apps are both a friend of and a competitor to toy companies. Some physical…

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Brick-and-Mortars Stand to Benefit from Pokémon Go Licensing if They Act Fast

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on August 19, 2016

Despite only being initially launched in the US, Australia, New Zealand and the UK, Pokémon…

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Gaming and Leisure Time

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 29, 2016

Provide play for when and where the end user has time and you can build…

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The Toy Industry’s Invisible Children

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 29, 2016

When we attend our conferences and read our data we stay closely attuned to how…

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“Toycessories” and “Bookcessories”; In Praise of the Physical

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on July 4, 2015

In my last posting, "Don't Throw Out the Dictionary; making the case for physical books,"…

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World Video Game Hall of Fame Names First Six Inductees

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on June 5, 2015

The Strong National Museum of Play is not only the home of the  National Toy Hall…

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Female Action Figures; A New Force on the Action Figure Aisle?

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on June 5, 2015

  I like to ask audiences this question: "If you were to put action figures…

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