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  • Returns

The Disruption Report: Farewell Free Returns?

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on February 29, 2024February 29, 2024

We’ve been reading a lot about changes in return and exchange policies for online retailers…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: Do The Right Thing

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on February 23, 2024February 23, 2024

I have mentioned in several pieces recently that the fact it’s an election year in…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: Not Going Out

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on February 16, 2024February 16, 2024

Traditionally, many people from the UK toy community would have been over in New York…

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  • Disruption Report

The Disruption Report: Positives of Migration?

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on February 15, 2024February 14, 2024

The Washington Post has an opinion on the economic effects of migration. It’s interesting in…

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  • Women

The WIT Blog: Mentorship

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on February 13, 2024February 13, 2024

Women in Toys, Licensing and Entertainment’s Ruth Handler Mentorship Program helps build the industry–and allows…

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  • Toy Association

Toy Association Advocacy – An Update

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on February 9, 2024February 9, 2024

By Andy Keimach, Interim President & CEO, The Toy Association Since taking on the role…

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  • Opinion

The Friday Blog From John Baulch: Mean Girls & More

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on February 9, 2024February 9, 2024

Our pal John writes: I was due to visit Spring Fair this week, but sadly…

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  • Jay Foreman

Jay Foreman’s Blog: ’23 into ’24 and Beyond

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on January 22, 2024January 22, 2024

Well it was another very strange and unusual year. The hangover of inventory coming out…

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  • Toy World UK

The Friday Blog from John Baulch

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on January 19, 2024January 19, 2024

The week before Toy Fair is always a slightly strange one. There are inevitably last-minute…

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  • Uncategorized

Hong Kong Day 3: Innovation Everywhere…If You Look

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on January 10, 2024

Innovation is incremental. Yes, there’s the notion that a new idea will come like a…

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  • Breaktime @ GTN

Breaktime: The Fli-Back Paddle

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on September 7, 2023September 7, 2023

Original Paddle Ball Patent No. 1,529,600 This article originally appeared in 2019. I am running…

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  • Breaktime @ GTN

Toy Fair 1903; What Was Happening in the World

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on September 4, 2023September 4, 2023

1903 was the year that the American toy industry came together for its first Toy…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Movie Character Overload: What Is A Kid (Or An Adult) To Do?

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on August 3, 2023August 9, 2023

  “Audiences are growing bored with the seemingly unending number of superheroes, spinoffs and sequels…

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  • Guest Blogger

Splitting Atoms: The U-238 Atomic Energy Lab Kit from A.C. Gilbert

  • by Todd Coopee
  • Posted on July 29, 2023July 29, 2023

With the Barbenheimer phenomenon currently setting the Internet abuzz, it’s the perfect time to look…

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  • Guest Blogger

Behind an Interactive Toy Phenomenon: What Makes Furbies Tick

  • by Todd Coopee
  • Posted on June 26, 2023June 26, 2023

Furbies, the endearing interactive toys that captured the hearts of millions in the 1990s, are…

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  • Guest Blogger

Stretch Armstrong: The Next Chapter

  • by Todd Coopee
  • Posted on April 22, 2023April 27, 2023

The next chapter of Stretch Armstrong is in production! Hasbro and Character Options recently announced…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Jump Rope Chants; Are They Becoming Extinct?

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on April 18, 2023April 18, 2023

One of the earliest play platforms was the jump rope. It and the ball were…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

What Do Morse Code, Baseball and Scrabble Have in Common?

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on April 13, 2023April 13, 2023

Whether or not you believe Scrabble or Baseball are perfections, take a moment and appreciate…

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