Dancing in the Dark
09/06/2022 Lately it has seemed to be one thing after another. We don’t so much solve problems as simply move on to new problems….
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Blue-sky It with ASTRA
09/06/2022 If you haven’t seen the one-liners promoting ASTRA’s Royal Caribbean cruise/tradeshow, you’ve been missing the boat – particularly if you love puns. From…
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Speaking of Pop-ups … Toys “R” Us is launching another comeback in stores-within-Macy’s-stores
09/06/2022 by Tina Manzer Last summer, Macy’s announced a new partnership with WHP Global, the parent company of Toys “R” Us, with plans to…
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Keri’s Color Scheme
09/06/2022 After five years of operating Color Wheel Toys as a holiday pop-up, educator Keri Piehl is making it permanent this fall. Here are…
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We Can Work It Out
05/17/2022 I have always enjoyed listening to the Senate confirmation hearings over nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court. I’m not a lawyer (thank goodness),…
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The Pixie of Bixby Knolls
05/17/2022 by Tina Manzer Heather Rasmussen’s toy store in Long Beach, California, began as just four IKEA shelves-worth of toys set up in a…
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Is Your Store Ready for STEM STEAM Day?
05/17/2022 Twenty-one years after the acronym STEM was introduced by the U.S. National Science Foundation, experts agree that developing strong science, technology, engineering, art,…
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ASTRA Plans a Tropical Toy Event for February 2023
05/17/2022 An interview with Sue Warfield “When Toy Fair made its date-change announcement, ASTRA sent out a survey to a list of people in…
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Time to Reset and Move Ahead
03/21/2022 Seven Questions Business Owners Should Ask Themselves This Year The past couple of years have been incredibly stressful and chaotic for business owners….
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Play: The Perfect Getaway
03/21/2022 “The Great Play Escape” will be one of the top toy trends of 2022 according to the Toy Association. Toys that travel well,…
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