Too MUCH or Too Little?
The Inventory/Cash Balance by Phil Wrzesinski My grandfather started Toy House, our toy store, back in 1949. When we closed in 2016, I found…
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Add American Made to Your Mix
by Tina Manzer While great toys are made in every country, you still can’t beat the safety and quality of American Made,” says fatbraintoys.com….
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The Little Shop Around the Corner Gets Bigger
by Tina Manzer There are more than 70 specialty toy stores scattered throughout New York State, says ASTRA’s 2017 Membership Directory, but only one…
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Getting High
In September, the National Retail Federation published the results of a survey that it had commissioned to determine the current sentiment among owners of…
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Fun, Magnified
by Rebecca Carlson and Tina Manzer The work of noted research scientist Michael W. Davidson in the 1990s illustrates how fun it can be…
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Better Together
A recent survey indicated that the publishing industry in which I work is 78 percent female. I don’t know what the numbers were when…
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Recommending Pretending
by Tina Manzer Imagination is more important than knowledge,” said Albert Einstein, “for knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress,…
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This Holiday Season, Go Big
by Phil Wrzesinski One of the best moves I ever made was putting my staff in charge of our special events and holiday decorations….
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Ready, Set, SELL!
by Tina Manzer It’s GO time for the holidays at Snoozy’s Kids near Birmingham, Alabama. “We need to do what we do, and do…
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Troll for Top Talent
Specialty toy store owners are beyond busy, and that isn’t likely to change. One moment you’re selling infant toys to new grandmothers and the…
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