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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: The Public Gets…

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on April 4, 2025

. ..What the public wants. It was a nice quiet spring week. The sun was…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: Something for everyone…

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on March 28, 2025April 2, 2025

While for many it feels like Toy Fair Season has only just finished, and numerous…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: When the Going Gets Tough…

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on March 21, 2025

As those of you who subscribe to Circana data will know, the year has got…

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  • The Playground Podcast

The Playground Podcast: From the Floor at Toy Fair

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on March 20, 2025

In this episode James Zahn of Toy Book and Toy Insider, John Baulch of Toy…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: An Englishman in New York

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on March 7, 2025

Just after last week’s Blog hit the wires, I headed off to New York for…

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  • Jay Foreman's Blog

Jay Foreman’s Blog: The Tariff Blog. Pass It On!

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on March 1, 2025March 10, 2025

BY JAY FOREMAN, CEO Basic Fun As we go into Toy Fair ’25 the administration…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: The waiting game…

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on February 21, 2025February 27, 2025

February can sometimes feel a little anti-climactic for the toy community. Unlike other sectors, which…

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  • International

Update from the French Toy Market

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on February 15, 2025February 15, 2025

BY YANN FRESNEL The French Toy market was down 0.7% in revenue and 1.2% in…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: Bills Bills Bills

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on February 14, 2025

I vowed to steer away from controversy this week – the plan was to write…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: Chaos Theory

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on February 7, 2025

After two intense but hugely productive weeks at the London and Nuremberg Toy Fairs, this week saw the toy…

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  • Jay Foreman's Blog

Jay Foreman’s Blog: The Tariff Question

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

BY JAY FOREMAN, CEO, Basic Fun Tariffs hitting exports from China: what is Basic Fun…

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  • Uncategorized

Nuremberg Show A Major Hit

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on February 3, 2025February 6, 2025

Aching feet, but broad smiles, greeted the first day of Spielwarenmesse, as the international toy…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: London Calling

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on January 24, 2025

For everyone in the UK toy community – and quite a few people from the…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: The Floodgates are Open

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on January 17, 2025

2025 got off to a fairly sedate start. I won’t lie, I was sitting here…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: Starting Over

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on January 10, 2025

After a gentle couple of days’ re-introduction to the world of work at the end…

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  • Holidays

FLASHBACK: Laugh Until You Cry: A Funny and Uncomfortably Accurate Look at the Coming Christmas Shopping Season

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on December 12, 2024December 12, 2024

This article/video was originally shared on Global Toy News by Richard Gotttlieb on September 9,…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: Do the Right Thing

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on December 6, 2024

I suspect many toy companies will be pleased that Black Friday is finally in the…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: Panic in the Streets?

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on November 29, 2024November 29, 2024

Is it time to panic yet? I’m still saying no, although I am crossing every…

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