I continue to receive emails from toy industry members who have recently been or are…
Category: Posts by Richard Gottlieb
I came upon a list of top boys' and girls' intellectual property this week*. I…
I am a stickler about customer service. That is why I was very pleased to…
In September of this year, Chris Byrne and I interviewed Jay Foreman, Basic Fun CEO,…
Things may be improving on the tariffs front. The subscription, Bloomberg Close reported as follows…
Last week I posted a letter from a toy industry veteran who had just been…
Kids Insights specializes in research and insights on kids and their ecosystems. We survey 2,000+…
I attended a small meeting about Hong Kong and China last week that was put…
Less than one-half of American e-commerce providers ship outside of the United States. …… There…
We have always had female superheroes; only we didn't call them that. …… Frozen 2,…
"What a robot says and what tone of voice it uses can determine whether the…
I don't typically write about new products, but my attention was grabbed by "The Last…
"Slovenliness is no part of religion. Cleanliness is indeed next to Godliness." John Welsey, 1778…
We should anticipate a big year from Mattel as, between the two chains, they listed…
Dolls have been a growth category for the last five years (45%, according to NPD).…
Tribalism: "The loyalties that people feel toward particular social groups and to the way these…
I, as many of you, attended Toy Fair Dallas, the new name for the Dallas…
Click here to listen to The Toy Association's Rebecca Mond, VP Federal Government Affairs, and…