ZAG America expands its leadership team with the appointment of Manuel Torres Port as chief brand officer, Julian Zag as executive vice-president of worldwide operations, Liz Grampp as senior vice-president of studio and franchise marketing, and Ian Lambur as senior vice-president, global distribution and co-production.
With a reputation in the toy industry of being the fix-it crew for clients in need of better design and manufacturing, Design Edge president Matt Nuccio recounts the challenges of designing on margins to meet the timeline of fad-driven product.
Mattel snags the Despicable Me license in a three-year global agreement with Illumination and Universal Brand Development, beginning with Minion 2 movie toys for 2020.
Nickelodeon to debut Ryan’s Mystery Playdate, a new live-action preschool series starring YouTube kidfluencer Ryan of Ryan ToysReview. The company also revealed the return of All That and more projects in the works.
Far Out Toys reveals NASCAR and Ryan’s World toy lines ahead of Toy Fair New York.
JAKKS Pacific announced a new multi-year, global toy licensing deal with SEGA of America for toys based on the iconic Sonic the Hedgehog video game brand.
The upcoming Creative Factor session, Toys That Time Forgot: A Behind the Scenes Look, pulls back the curtain on the two-year journey author Blake Wright took to bring his book to market and the challenges he faced.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed down its ruling, in favor of Rehco LLC, in the long running flying toy dispute with Spin Master.