Toyfair 2017 is a place where some of the world's largest toy manufacturers and retailers come together to show off new toys, games and to network with others from the industry. License 2 Play attends every year, where we meet our customers, source new toys, make connections and have a lot of fun checking out the new toys and games.
From sticker and gumball machines to blind wrapped surprises at the bottom of cereal boxes, we've always loved getting toy surprises and collecting them. No matter what generation you're from, you probably remember some of the magic of collecting toys from arcades, food boxes and even surprise packaging. Blind package toys recreate this magic, with collectible toys in blind packaging (you don't know what it is), to keep collectors coming back for more.
Toy Fair 2017 is one of the largest toy fairs in the United States (and the world) with over 415,000 square feet dedicated to toys and games. The Toy Fair Association hosts this extravaganza of toys to introduce new products, help buyers to find toys, and to connect retailers with wholesale toy distributors and manufacturers. As one of the largest toy fairs in the world,
Inventory management is a skill that most small business owners develop over time, but it is one that is crucial to the short and long-term success of a business. While often overlooked as a business cost, inventory management can greatly affect costs through warehousing, storage, logistics, organization, and through overstocking.
e Atlanta International Gift and Home Furnishings Market, often called the Atlanta Gift Show, is one of the largest wholesale home and gift shows in the world, with hundreds of thousands of buyers and sellers attending every year. The market attracts international as well as local retailers, wholesalers, and direct manufacturer representatives, allowing toy and gift stores to invest in the latest and best toys and gifts.
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From Toys R Us to Walmart, Target and even Amazon, the toy niche is filled with big names and bigger budgets, and small toy stores and gift shops often struggle to compete. Surviving when you're competing with companies hudnreds of times larger than your own might seem daunting, but small business
Facebook is the most popular social media network on the planet, and with over 1.71 billion active users, it's also one of the only websites that can boast a regular audience that totals more than a quarter of the total world population.
Stuffed toys are known by many names including plush toys, plushies, snuggies, stuffies, snuggley animals and stuffed animals, but whatever you call them, chances are you've owned one, or many, throughout your life. Plushies are the holy grail of toys given to young children as presents, used as security and comfort devices, and are beloved much more than almost any other type of toy.
If you're considering ordering any of our licensed wholesale toys for your toy store, gift store, or other retail outlet, it's understandable that you might have questions. While you can feel free to contact us for more information, check out this list of our most frequently asked questions.
Most people think that toy stores probably don't need marketing. After all, with a plethora of toy commercials on television, toys should practically sell themselves right? Unfortunately, most toy store owners know better. If you're not ...
Toys are one of the easiest products to market, simply because it's difficult for parents to say no to their kids, but it's much harder to market a toy store. Small shops are at a disadvantage when compared with larger toy stores, thanks to smaller inventories, lesser known brand names, and sometimes a lack of reputation. Social media can help you to combat each of these issues so that you can begin to build up a following of loyal customers and hopefully make more sales.
Running a gift shop means finding and sourcing products and wholesale toys from around the web, and that can often be time consuming and difficult for already busy business owners. License 2 Play aims to change that by offering a one stop solution for gift shop owners who need to order everything they need quickly, and in as few places as possible.
