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• What's 'special' about sales? Specialty retailers "pumped" for holiday season, reflect on business conditions.(retail research)

  - 2003-10-01

  Good news: Almost two-thirds of the 100-plus specialty retailers polled via telephone by PLAYTHINGS said that after experiencing a difficult eight months, they expect holiday business to top last year. "[We're] hopeful; stocking up for it,&quo Good news: Almost two-thirds of the 100-plus specialty...

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• At the top. (Upfront).

  - 2002-03-01

  No matter how many Groovy Girls were sold this past holiday season to keep them on top of the Specialty Toys best seller list, even more could have been sold, say members of the PLAYTHINGS Ready Response Retail Team. In addition to the popular rag ...

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• The retail learning curve. (Feature Toy Fair Preview).

  - 2002-02-01

  E-TAIL IS A BIG PART OF THE TOY AND GAME TRADE, and NPD estimates that toy sales online will generate $1.2 billion this year; according to leading real-time e-commerce research provider BizRate.com, online toy and game sales -- up over 60 percent f E-TAIL...

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• Lego losing one of its pieces; Injection molding production taken from Conn. plant.

  - 2000-12-04

  Toy maker Lego Systems Inc. will phase out injection molding at its Enfield, Conn., plant as part of a global restructuring. Lego Co. of Billund, Denmark, expects to lose $40 million to $65 million this year. Sales have been weak, and the firm has ...

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• Today's menu

  - 2000-04-13

  News for your culinary delights Shakin' up its salads OAK BROOK, Ill. JR -- Beginning April 21, McDonald's will offer an innovative and convenient approach to eating salads. The McSalad Shaker is served in a tall, clear cup with a domed lid that allows customers on...

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• LEGO Company Announces 1999 Global Financial Results; Strong Growth Spurs 25% Sales Increase, More than $67 Million Profit

  - 2000-02-23

  Business/Technology Editors

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• Lego: Fighting the video monsters.(Lego sales decline)(Brief Article)

  - 1999-01-30

  ``TOY STORY'', a computer-animated film released in 1995, used complex technology to extol the virtues of simplicity. Woody the cowboy, its hapless hero, stood up for traditional toys after having been bumped from his place in the affections of a sma ``TOY STORY'', a computer-animated film...

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• Business World

  - 1998-08-18

  They're playing your song LOS ANGELES NYT -- Back in the `60s, a number of pop singers wrote songs about girls they adored, but you probably weren't one of them. So it may thrill you that a new Los Angeles-based company called Song for You will, for $59.95,...

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• Facing a rebuilding year. (1997 construction toy sales)

  - 1998-05-01

  Construction toy manufacturers and retailers attempt to boost sales through product add-ons and special promotions. By all accounts, 1997 was a successful year for the toy industry, with a robust growth rate of 7.8 percent. But construction toys, Construction toy manufacturers and...

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• Construction toys build on educational base.

  - 1994-07-01

  Consumer interest in early child development helps fuel growth Known as a traditionally "quiet" section of toy stores, away from the heavily promoted, license-driven items, building sets are quickly providing a blueprint for success. Consumer interest in early child...

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