The Toy Association: Toys to Complement Home, Online, & Hybrid Learning
The Toy Association explores toys and games that keep learning fresh and fun for kids as traditional schooling transitions to home, online, and hybrid models.
The Toy Coach: Why the Global Pandemic is Evening Out the Toy Industry Playing Field
The Toy Coach Azhelle Wade explores the potential opportunities that online virtual trade shows have created for those breaking into the toy industry.
Design Edge: A Year Without Travel
Matt Nuccio, the president of Design Edge, reflects on the loss of international toy industry trade shows in 2020 due to COVID-19.
Design Edge: Video Killed the Sell Sheet Star
Matt Nuccio, president of Design Edge, offers tips to inventors for making effective product video pitches to toy companies.
ASTRA: Neighborhood Toy Store Day 2020: Something You Can Count On
ASTRA’s Kimberley Mosley offers tips to specialty toy stores for organizing a successful Neighborhood Toy Store Day event this fall.
The Toy Association: Longstanding Importance of Play Soars During Pandemic
The Toy Association discusses the roles that its ‘Genius of Play’ campaign and The Toy Foundation have played during the pandemic.
Toy Association, Commerce Department Talk Counterfeit Toys Impact
The Toy Association sent comments to the Department of Commerce in response to the Presidential Memorandum, “Combatting Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods.”
Veteran Toy Industry Execs to Share Key Business Intelligence at Annual Business Conference
At the upcoming annual business conference, hosted by the Toy Association and Target, industry insiders will share their knowledge on the panel “Buying or Selling a Company? Looking to Raise Capital?”
Toy Association Structures Its Diversity & Inclusion Committee
The Toy Association’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee aims to build awareness of and provide best practices for creating diversity within toy companies.