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Playthings EXTRA for January 9, 2008

Agenda set for Kids Today’s 8^th annual conference

The 8th Annual Kids Today conference, Playing for Keeps, will be held March 4-6 in Savannah, Ga. If you’re a retailer, manufacturer or supplier in the juvenile/youth industry you need to be there to find out how to better reach your customers, harness the power of the media, build a successful brand and tap into the consumer psyche. Learn what the next generation of retailers has up their sleeve and find out how other companies have grown their businesses!

Registration is open online now at www.kidstodayonline.com or by calling 336-605-1066.

Special Offer!

All Baby and Child Inc., the parent company of the ABC Show, is sponsoring attendance at the Kids Today Conference. ABC will pay the registration fee for all independent juvenile retailers planning to attend until the conference is sold out!

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Step 2 finds Light
Step 2 has appointed 25-year consumer products veteran Bruce Light to head its sales efforts as senior vice president of sales... Click here for more

Douglas exec steals $1.5M
A former Douglas Cuddle Toy exec has admitted to stealing $1.5 million from the company over the course of three years, according to published reports... Click here fore more

Out of the Toy Box: Hong Kong
In his Out of the Toy Box blog from this year’s Hong Kong show, Richard Gottlieb writes: “Pricing continues to be a key issue over here. I am now hearing that some manufacturers are seeking increases of up to 30 percent”... Click here for more

Playthings.com Poll
If there were only one product category you could afford to stock up on in your store for 2008, what would it would be? To answer this week's poll, please visit Playthings.com's homepage at www.Playthings.com.

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Have a profitable week,

Cliff Annicelli, Editor
Karyn Peterson, Managing Editor

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