Toys
Toys
February 03, 2012
Strong holiday demand for toys including Barbie and Monster High dolls helped push Mattel Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit up a better-than-expected 14 percent. But there were a few lumps of coal in the...
February 02, 2012
A new partnership between Australian app developer, Halfbrick Studios and Mattel will see the firm introduce a game based on the Fruit Ninja app, while it is also extending its Angry Birds offering...
January 16, 2012
A smartphone-controlled robot that fires foam bullets and a model of a tyrannosaurus with real bones were among the attractions drawing the crowds at Asia's largest toy show last week.
January 13, 2012
Toys "R" Us has reported its results for the month of December 2011.
International total sales increased by 5.1 percent, which reflected benefits from its recent acquisition of businesses...
January 11, 2012
Tensions between buyers and exhibitors flared on Monday at the Hong Kong Toys and Games Fair as manufacturers raised factory-gate prices by about 10 percent to offset swelling costs amid fears that...
January 05, 2012
Toy maker Hasbro asks computer manufacture Asus to rename and halt production of its transforming computer.
Hasbro and Asus are on a legal collision course as the computer-maker has refuses to back...
December 23, 2011
Veteran children's toy company Lego is launching a bid to win a slice of the lucrative girls' toy market, branching out from its traditionally boy-focused construction blocks.
With the girls' toy...
December 19, 2011
The recent flooding in Thailand has disrupted more than exports of cars and PCs. It also has knocked out supplies of a popular toy at the height of the holiday season.
Inventories of Magna-Tiles,...
December 17, 2011
Sanrio Co. has bought the rights to the Mr. Men animated characters from Chorion Ltd., looking to cut its reliance on Hello Kitty, which generates 80 percent of the company's overseas licensing...
December 16, 2011
The world's leading toy distributer, Santa Claus Enterprises on Wednesday said it plans to move the majority of its operations east to Hong Kong in 2012. The traditional North Pole base will remain...
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