Standout, illustrative character-based brand IRMASWORLD is delighted to announce the launch of a new app for the iPhone and iPad. From this month, fashion lovers and IRMA fans will be able to download IRMAS DRESSING ROOM from the iTunes store; a fashion-based App which is based on the popular …
Kindle Entertainment and Digital-i today reveal details of new audience research for the pre-school TV property Big and Small, which shows extensive reach, loyalty and performance versus other pre-school properties. The specialist analysis of audience data by Digital-i has identified the following …
With Gogomania in full swing, Martomagic has formed a new partnership with Jonic Distribution North America (JDNA) to promote and distribute the forthcoming series of playground craze, Gogo’s Crazy Bones in North America. Gogo’s Crazy Bones are a range of collectibles produced by Magic Box …
The Toy Industry Association’s (TIA) Fall Toy Preview® held last week in Dallas brought nearly 3,000 members of the toy industry together to broker business deals for 2011. This year’s iteration of the annual event attracted close to 700 buyers – a 9% increase over 2009 – representing a very broad …
Coolabi has today announced that Joanna Page is to be the voice of Poppy Cat in the eagerly awaited new animated series for Nick Jr UK. Joanna Page is best known as the romantic lead in the hit TV comedy Gavin and Stacey. The show was a critical and commercial smash, winning high ratings first on BBC Three …
In the wake of a successful Frankfurt Book Fair, Nickelodeon Consumer Products International has signed a raft of publishing deals across its children’s, teens and tweens portfolio of live action and animated programming. In Spain, Random House Mondadori has signed a deal to publish Dora the Explorer …
HarperCollins Children’s Books today announce the appointment of Helen Mackenzie Smith as Publishing Director: Picture Books and Colour List. She will be responsible for the strategic development of the list which includes a classic heritage with titles such as The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Paddington, as …
Giochi Preziosi Group and Marathon Media are delighted to announce that branded magazine specialists, Blue Ocean Entertainment AG is to publish a new Gormiti Magazine series for the German children’s market. Following agreement of a two year deal, the Stuttgart based publishing group is to release the …
Leading family entertainment producer and consumer products licensor Chorion is embarking on three major promotions this autumn for its hit global fashion and novelty brand Mr. Men and Little Miss. In Australia and New Zealand an all …
Hasbro, Inc. meldet weiteres Umsatz- und Gewinnwachstum für das dritte Quartal 2010. Der Netto-Erlös stieg um 3% auf 1,31 Milliarden US $ im Vergleich zu 1,28 Milliarden im dritten Quartal 2009. Ohne Berücksichtigung negativer Wechselkurseffekte in Höhe von 16,2 Millionen $ lag das …
Mattel Inc. meldete für das dritte Quartal 2010 Gewinne in Höhe von 283,3 Millionen US $; demgegenüber stehen Gewinne von 229,8 Millionen aus dem Vergleichszeitraum des Vorjahres. „Wir sind mit der Leistung unseres Unternehmens sehr zufrieden“, erklärte Robert A. Eckert, Chairman …
Die NPD Group Inc., führendes Institut für internationale Markt- und Meinungsforschung, beleuchtet in ihrer neunten alljährlichen Verbraucherstudie die Kaufabsichten amerikanischer Konsumenten für die kommende Einkaufssaison. Auch in diesem Jahr werden Verbraucher in den USA ihre Weihnachtseinkäufe besonnen …