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Toy Fair Creative Factor Session: Insights into the Connected Play Landscape and Beyond

Contributed by The Toy Association With anticipated growth of 200 percent in the next five years, connected play is more than just a passing fad. At Toy Fair New York, Valerie Vacante, founder and managing partner of Collabsco, an executive strategy firm providing product innovation advice and expertise to global brands and startups, will share her perspective on emerging technologies and this unique category of play during the session titled,…

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Creative Factor Session Spotlight: Let’s Play an IP Game

Part of its expanded educational programming during Toy Fair, the Creative Factor will host Play Your Cards Right, an interactive game show that puts your IP knowledge to the test.

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CHITAG: Shoot the Moon–Going For It All Since 1985

Shoot the Moon – Going For It All Since 1985 by Michelle Spelman, for ChiTAG We all know Silicon Valley is synonymous with innovation in the American lexicon. But, an association with toys is less obvious. And yet, in the early 1980’s, as the region was becoming the epicenter of all things high tech, fate was busy aligning a small group of stars in its midst, to make toy history. A…

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Collectibles: Q&A with The Toy Association’s Anne McConnell

In the following Q&A, The Toy Association’s Anne McConnell, senior director of market research and data strategy, shares details on new research offered by the trade association about the collectibles space.

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What the Heck is Blockchain and Why Should I Care?

John W. Brady, a business consultant with Inveniam Capital Partners, breaks down what blockchain is and how it can be used to help aid those in the children’s products business.

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State of the Industry: Looking Ahead to 2019

This year saw the fall of the iconic retail giant, Toys “R” Us, and in June of this year the chain closed its remaining 740 U.S. stores sending shockwaves through the toy industry. Fifteen percent of U.S. toy revenue came to a halt when the 70-year-old big-box retailer closed its doors due to bankruptcy. The far-reaching effects on the toy and game industry and the impact and shifts in…

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Toy Fair Creative Factor Session: Insights into the Connected Play Landscape and Beyond

Creative Factor Session Spotlight: Let’s Play an IP Game

CHITAG: Shoot the Moon–Going For It All Since 1985

Collectibles: Q&A with The Toy Association’s Anne McConnell

What the Heck is Blockchain and Why Should I Care?

State of the Industry: Looking Ahead to 2019

Seizing Opportunities, and Tackling Challenges

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