Recently added articles from Playthings:
The Industry's 'Rock Stars'.(inventors in toy industry)
Nov 01, 2009; ... By Mary Couzin The toy business can gain by promoting its product inventors Play is more than just fun, and toy and game inventors are more than just a cog in the wheel. As Playthings columnist Richard Gottlieb wrote after attending the first TAGIE Awards, he was ...
A Page From the Book Business.(Personal account)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... By Tim Walsh As an author and game designer, I have kept a foot in both the book and toy businesses for years. Having done so, I believe there's something we can learn from the book world when it comes to that often-overlooked piece of the puzzle between placement and profits in ...
TAGIE Preview.(honoring toy and game designers)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009 ... Staff The TAGIE Awards, the annual program honoring toy and game designers, will this year bestow laurels upon winners in four categories: Toy Inventor of the Year, Game Inventor of the Year, Rising Star Inventor of the Year, and a new category, Young Inventor of the Year, for ...
The State of Play: In Flux.(Viewpoint essay)
Nov 01, 2009; ... By Richard Gottlieb Highlights of the 2009 Building Our Future Toy Conference I recently convened a meeting of 21 top thought leaders from inside and outside of the toy industry. The conference, entitled Building Our Future New York 2009, the second in a series, was ...
Selling the Soft Stuff.(soft toy industry)(NPD Group Inc.)
Nov 01, 2009; ... By Pamela Brill Plush makers seek new strategies to overcome sales decline There's no way to soften the blow: the plush category has taken one of the greatest hits in overall toy sales this year. According to the Port Washington, N.Y.-based NPD Group, soft ...