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Groupon Scores Its Own Deal With Biggest Holiday Weekend Ever
Consumers weren’t only flocking to Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) this past week during the post-Thanksgiving shopping extravaganza, they were also taking Groupon’s (NASDAQ:GRPN)...
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Girls Rule This Holiday Season: 5 Toy Companies to Consider
Analyst Gerrick Johnson, who covers toys and physical games at BMO Capital Markets Equity Research Group, recently told the Wall Street Transcript that tablets and smartphone applications have...
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7 Classic Toys With Accidental Beginnings
(Photo by Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images) The holiday shopping season is upon us, and many consumers are now making their way to Toys R Us, Wal-Mart Stores, and of course, Amazon.com to stock up on...
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Top 7 Things Kids Are Asking Santa for This Year
According to a recent survey by the National Retail Federation (NYSE:NRF), video game systems and tech gadgets like iPads are finding their way onto children’s wishlists this year. The 2013 year is...
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Retail Report: Amazon’s Bezos Wears This Year’s Santa Hat
In the retail world, Mike Duke isn’t this year’s Santa Claus, nor is Gregg Steinhafel. Rather, the red suit belongs to Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) very own Jeff Bezos, and it is all thanks to his little...
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8 Great Children’s Gifts for Charities This Holiday Season
If you’re planning on donating children’s gifts this holiday season, whether it’s through the Toys for Tots drive or similar charities, you might be surprised to find that toy donation drives come...
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Mattel Scores From Barbie’s Latest Career Choice: Swimsuit Model
It was a big risk for Mattel Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT) to decide to put Barbie in this month’s Sports Illustrated issue, but it was a risk that the company decided to take, and now it’s clear that that gamble...
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JAKKs Pacific’s Earnings Show It’s Not Playing Games
Source: phatfreemiguel / Flickr I recently covered JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) in an article here at Wall St. Cheat Sheet. In that article I introduced readers to this little-known toy company that...
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The New Official ‘Star Wars’ Universe Is Already Expanding
After a substantial reduction earlier in the year, the Star Wars extended universe is now rapidly expanding again, far sooner than fans anticipated. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new...
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Hasbro Isn’t Playing Around: Why Jakk and Mattel Could Surprise
Source: Thinkstock Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) is one of three toy companies that I like to trade when the fundamentals set up properly. The other competitors that I also trade are JAKK (NASDAQ:JAKK) and...
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The Top 25 Influential Toys of All Time
The inner child in each of us knows that toys mean a lot to kids. Some influential toys, however, make a difference in society as a whole. You may remember some of the following from your own...
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These Toy Companies Are Struggling, and It May End Up Breaking Your Kid’s Heart
As Toys ‘R’ Us declares bankruptcy and kids continue to focus more and more on digital-native play, some toy companies find themselves in a tough spot. If your kids still love digging into the toy box,...
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‘Unboxing’ Toy Reviews Are a Bigger Market Than You Would Think
Remember that feeling of opening a toy on your birthday? The excitement of seeing the brightly wrapped packages, the rush of surprise when it finally emerges from the paper, and the sheer joy of...
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10 Surprising Things About Toys ‘R’ Us Founder Charles Lazarus You Didn’t Know
He passed away just as his creation was falling apart. | ToysRUs via Twitter Just weeks after Toys ‘R’ Us announced a major shutdown and months after the company declared bankruptcy in September,...
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The People Who Are Primarily Shopping at Build-A-Bear Are a lot Older Than...
Whether you’ve been in a store yourself or just seen lines forming outside of the large Build-A-Bear Workshop sign, you’re certainly familiar with the popularity of this toy store. It calls itself a...
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Dangerous Kids Toys: Experts Say These Are the Worst Toys to Buy Kids in 2018
Parents, check your holiday shopping list. Experts have revealed their nominees for the 10 worst toys of 2018, which they say are too dangerous to be in the hands of kids. World Against Toys Causing...
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New Jell-O Edible Slime Is Good Enough To Eat — The Kids Will Love It
If you have kids, or even if you know kids, then you’ve definitely heard of slime. Sometimes the strangest things become popular – pet rocks. Furbies. Beanie babies. One thing these viral trends have...
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Everything We Know So Far About the New ‘Barbie’ Movie Starring Margot Robbie
Barbie is coming to the big screen. Toymaker Mattel and Warner Bros. Pictures announced Tuesday that the long-delayed movie is back on, with Australian actress Margot Robbie set to star as the iconic...
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Funko Pop is Making an Animated Movie and Fans Want Crossovers
There are Funko Pop! collectors in the world who track new releases the way a day trader tracks stocks, and many are experts in the vast number of categories and characters that make up the toy line....
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‘The Toys That Made Us’ Season 4 HAS to Include These Four Toys
The Toys That Made Us season 3 is now on Netflix. For this season, creator Brian Volk-Weiss chose Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, My Little Pony and wrestling toys. Those...
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