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Category: Travel

  • China

Happy Autumn Moon Festival

  • by Jacqueline Vong
  • Posted on September 30, 2020October 8, 2020

For those in manufacturing, there are two major holidays to always plan around – Chinese…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

The Toy Industry and Flying; We’re Heading For a Bumpy Ride

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 20, 2020May 26, 2020

Passengers on Europe’s biggest budget carrier must raise their hands to use the toilet. “The…

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  • Culture and Society

“All Aboard!” for Fun with Trains

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 17, 2017

Growing up in Pennsylvania, my parents frequently looked for family excursions within a few hours’…

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  • Licensing

Experiential Licensing Brings Brand New Cross-industry Prospects

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on September 15, 2016

As I explore in our "Experiential Licensing: Consumer Fundamentals Falling into Place" Global Briefing, today's…

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  • Events

A ToyFair Miracle! A Kidnapped Cat Hitches a Cross-Country Ride Home with Exhibitor Build & Imagine.

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on February 25, 2016

When something this cute comes pawing at your door, you have to make room in your Toy Fair itinerary.

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  • Current Affairs

Do You Live in a Playful City?

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on June 19, 2015

Our friends at KaBOOM have spent the last almost 20 years making the world a…

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  • Current Affairs

UPDATED: FAO Schwarz Is Closing; The End of an Era…Or Maybe Not

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 16, 2015

(Since writing this post I have been in contact with several people at Toys R…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Roller Coasters; what’s in a name?

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on April 14, 2015

When Coney Island’s Luna Park opened the season last month, it rewarded the first customers…

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  • Current Affairs

Train Board Game about the Holocaust Pushes Boundaries

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 13, 2013

A couple of years ago, I spoke with Brenda Brathwaite Romero about her series of…

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  • Books

How Writers Play

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on March 8, 2012

I just returned from the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Annual Conference in…

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  • Travel

Destination Play!

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on July 19, 2011

You’ve packed up the car or headed out by plane, train, or boat to embark…

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  • Travel

Have Suitcase, Will Travel

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on July 12, 2011

 I got the travel bug at an early age. A week prior to family vacations,…

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