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Sep 26 2011
Stores Unveil Their Picks for Hot Holiday Toys
Toys ‘R’ Us and K-Mart released their respective holiday lists, “The Holiday Hot Toy List” and “Fab 15” last week. Sesame Street’s Let’s Rock! Elmo landed near the top of both stores’ picks, in addition to a variety of Moshi Monsters products, the LeapPad Explorer from LeapFrog and the I Am T-Pain mic from CDI, […]
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Sep 26 2011
Nickelodeon Signs Jay Franco for Bed and Bath
Nickelodeon and Jay Franco and Sons, a leader in the bedding category for more than 60 years, have made an agreement to produce bedding, beach towels and bath collections for properties such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob SquarePants. The lines will be available at specialty and value retailers this spring.
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Sep 26 2011
Weeplay Signs Woolrich
Woolrich announced it has entered into a multi-year licensing agreement with Weeplay Kids, LLC to develop, produce, market and sell layette boys’ sportswear, including boys’ outerwear, sleepwear, and accessories in sizes 0-20, in the U.S. and Canada. The first collection will be available at retail in Fall 2012. Isaac Maleh, Brand Manager of Weeplay Kids, […]
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Sep 26 2011
British Children’s E-tailer Creates Fashion Week Videos
British-based online children’s boutique AlexandAlexa let kids in on Fashion Week fun by creating five short films, all featuring children decked out in the store’s top international brands and frolicking down a mirrored runway set in a wooded forest. Each video was dedicated to looks from a different designer collection, including Junior Gaultier, Baby Dior, […]
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Sep 26 2011
New Orleans Children’s Shop Pippen Lane Emporium Partners with TOMS
Pippen Lane Emporium, a New Orleans-based children’s boutique, is partnering with TOMS for a Big Easy-themed party, in efforts to raise awareness for the footwear brand’s philanthropic efforts to donate a pair of new shoes to a child in need for every pair purchased. The “Style Your Sole” event will showcase the latest TOMS styles […]
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Sep 26 2011
E-shaw’s News Blast: JPMA and ABC Announce Partnership
E-shaw’s News Blast: JPMA and ABC Announce Partnership Like ‘E-shaw’s News Blast: JPMA and ABC Announce Partnership’ on Facebook Connecting to Facebook Connecting to Facebook Share ‘E-shaw’s News Blast: JPMA and ABC Announce Partnership’ on Facebook Connecting to Facebook JPMA and ABC Announce Partnership At the ABC Kids Expo, taking place in Louisville, […]
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Sep 24 2011
E-shaw’s Saturday Sole: Take It Easy
E-shaw’s Saturday Sole: Take It Easy Like ‘E-shaw’s Saturday Sole: Take It Easy’ on Facebook Connecting to Facebook Connecting to Facebook Share ‘E-shaw’s Saturday Sole: Take It Easy’ on Facebook Connecting to Facebook Take It Easy EZ Sox (212) 465-7412 www.ezsox.com Meet the world’s first training socks. Now little ones can learn to dress […]
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Sep 23 2011
E-shaw’s Pampered Fridays: Petite Gifts
E-shaw’s Pampered Fridays: Petite Gifts Like ‘E-shaw’s Pampered Fridays: Petite Gifts’ on Facebook Connecting to Facebook Connecting to Facebook Share ‘E-shaw’s Pampered Fridays: Petite Gifts’ on Facebook Connecting to Facebook Petite Gifts Petites Frites (800) 878-2153 www.petitesfrites.com Petites Frites brings bohemian flair to everyday must-haves like burp cloths and bibs using a custom-developed cotton-blend […]
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Sep 22 2011
E-shaw’s Thursdays Unwrapped: Respectable Threads
E-shaw’s Thursdays Unwrapped: Respectable Threads Like ‘E-shaw’s Thursdays Unwrapped: Respectable Threads’ on Facebook Connecting to Facebook Connecting to Facebook Share ‘E-shaw’s Thursdays Unwrapped: Respectable Threads’ on Facebook Connecting to Facebook Respectable Threads Neige customerservice@neigeclothing.com www.neigeclothing.com Founded by Adrienne Catrina, once assistant designer to Vera Wang, Neige offers a fresh approach to children’s fashion for […]
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Sep 21 2011
E-shaw’s Accent! on Wednesdays: Use Your Noodle
E-shaw’s Accent! on Wednesdays: Use Your Noodle Like ‘E-shaw’s Accent! on Wednesdays: Use Your Noodle’ on Facebook Connecting to Facebook Connecting to Facebook Share ‘E-shaw’s Accent! on Wednesdays: Use Your Noodle’ on Facebook Connecting to Facebook Use Your Noodle KaNoodles Kids (401) 230-6686 www.kanoodleskids.com KaNoodles Kids designer Debbie Maxwell focuses on fine detail and […]
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Sep 19 2011
CPSC Begins Educating Toy Makers and Crafters Ahead of Testing Enforcement
To publicize a new rule beginning next year that manufacturers of children’s toys will have to certify that their products have been tested by an authorized third-party laboratory, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is launching a three-step education campaign. Aiming to educate toy makers, and small businesses and individual craftspeople in particular, the CPSC first […]
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Sep 19 2011
Esprit Exits North America
Clothing company Esprit Holdings Ltd is exiting its U.S. and Canadian operations, which the company reports has been losing money. The closures are part of the Hong Kong-based company’s four-year plan to refocus on the brand’s heritage designs and to strengthen its Asian and European business. Esprit will also shut down 80 unprofitable stores in […]
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Sep 19 2011
J.C. Penney Links With Social Media Site Stardoll
J.C. Penney is bringing Stardoll’s Pretty n’ Love line to the tween market. The line is based on Stardoll, a Stockholm-based social media site where girls can dress up and personalize avatars. Geared towards 8-to-12-year old girls, the designs are inspired by fashions found on the site, but made more age appropriate. The collection, which […]
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Sep 19 2011
JPMA Launches Baby Safety Month Contest
To mark Baby Safety Month, the Juvenile Product Manufacturers Association announced its Carry With Care photo contest. Parents can submit a photo of how they safely use soft infant carriers, frame infant carriers or slings by e-mailing parenthood@jpma.org. Photos will be shared on JPMA’s Facebook fan page. Around Oct. 1, JPMA will select two winning […]
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Sep 19 2011
License This! Challenge Accepting Submissions
License This! will accept submissions for new property ideas from publishing, new media and television masterminds through this Friday, Sept. 23. A panel will review entries before picking four properties to pitch their ideas to judges in front of a live audience at the Licensing Academy at Brand Licensing Europe on Oct. 20. For more […]
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Sep 19 2011
Mind Candy Expands Into Music
Mind Candy, the company behind the uber successful and rapidly expanding online community, Moshi Monsters, has recently launched its own record label, Moshi Music. The label’s first single, “The Moshi Dance,” from Lady Goo Goo, released yesterday, and a full-length album is anticipated later this year. A number of other releases are planned, including Moshi […]
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Sep 19 2011
E-shaw’s News Blast: CPSC Begins Educating Toy Makers and Crafters Ahead of Testing Enforcement
E-shaw’s News Blast: CPSC Begins Educating Toy Makers and Crafters Ahead of Testing Enforcement Like ‘E-shaw’s News Blast: CPSC Begins Educating Toy Makers and Crafters Ahead of Testing Enforcement’ on Facebook Connecting to Facebook Connecting to Facebook Share ‘E-shaw’s News Blast: CPSC Begins Educating Toy Makers and Crafters Ahead of Testing Enforcement’ on Facebook Connecting […]
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Sep 17 2011
E-shaw’s Saturday Sole: Slip Into Comfort
E-shaw’s Saturday Sole: Slip Into Comfort Like ‘E-shaw’s Saturday Sole: Slip Into Comfort’ on Facebook Connecting to Facebook Connecting to Facebook Share ‘E-shaw’s Saturday Sole: Slip Into Comfort’ on Facebook Connecting to Facebook Slip Into Comfort MOGO order@getmogo.com www.mogocharm.com Busy girls deserve to slip their feet into something comfy at the end of the […]
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Sep 16 2011
E-shaw’s Pampered Fridays: Whimsical Wear
E-shaw’s Pampered Fridays: Whimsical Wear Like ‘E-shaw’s Pampered Fridays: Whimsical Wear’ on Facebook Connecting to Facebook Connecting to Facebook Share ‘E-shaw’s Pampered Fridays: Whimsical Wear’ on Facebook Connecting to Facebook Whimsical Wear Pippen Lane Emporium (504) 269-0106 www.pippenlane.com Pippen Lane Emporium rolls out the Pippen Lane Collection, a line of playwear and dresses inspired […]
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Sep 15 2011
E-shaw’s Thursdays Unwrapped: Best Buddies
E-shaw’s Thursdays Unwrapped: Best Buddies Like ‘E-shaw’s Thursdays Unwrapped: Best Buddies’ on Facebook Connecting to Facebook Connecting to Facebook Share ‘E-shaw’s Thursdays Unwrapped: Best Buddies’ on Facebook Connecting to Facebook Best Buddies Sophie the Giraffe www.sophiegiraffeusa.com Sophie the Giraffe, the Parisian teething accessory known as baby’s first toy, says bonjour to a collection of […]
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