March 2001
Britain's Biggest Toy Chain Bans Eminem Doll (Reuters)
Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2001
Britain's biggest toy retailer said Monday it would refuse to sell a doll of the American rapper Eminem because it did not fit with its family image.
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Toys R Us-Japan to lower minimum share trade unit (Reuters Securities)
Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2001
Toys R Us-Japan Ltd , said on Monday it plans to lower the minimum trading unit of its shares to 100 from the current 500 effective June 1.
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Police Seize 15,000 Fake Pokemons (Reuters)
Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2001
Italian police said on Tuesday they had seized 15,000 fake plastic characters from the cult children's games Pokemon, Digimon and Dragonball.
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Scholastic seen buying eToys inventory for $10 mln (Reuters Securities)
Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2001
Children's book publisher and marketer Scholastic Corp. conditionally won an auction to purchase the inventory of failed Internet retailer eToys Inc. for about $10 million, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition Monday.
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Online Toys Set To Soar To $1.2B (NewsFactor)
Posted Sunday, March 18, 2001
Online toy sales are on track to grow from US$793 million in 2000 to $1.2 billion by 2002, according to a report released Wednesday by The NPD Group.
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Applause Inc. Saved By Buyout (Associated Press)
Posted Sunday, March 18, 2001
Stuffed animal maker Applause Inc. has been saved from foreclosure by a former top executive who plans to rehire 400 employees laid off last week.
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Fast-food toys become dangerous problem for young children (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Posted Sunday, March 18, 2001
For the third time in a week and the sixth time in just more than a year, a national restaurant chain is recalling a promotional toy packaged with a meal because of the risks to youngsters. In that time, 30 million toys handed out at the restaurants have been determined to be a potential danger.
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Burger King Recalls 400,000 Toys (Associated Press)
Posted Sunday, March 18, 2001
Burger King said Monday it is recalling 400,000 Rattling, Paddling Riverboat toys it distributed nationwide between Jan. 15 and Feb. 13 because they pose a choking hazard for small children.
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JAKKS earnings fall despite Goooze demand (Reuters Securities)
Posted Sunday, March 11, 2001
Toy maker JAKKS Pacific Inc. on Wednesday posted a 33 percent drop in fourth-quarter profits despite strong sales of the jelly-like Goooze product, one of the top-selling toys of the holiday season.
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eToys files for Chapter 11 (CNet)
Posted Sunday, March 11, 2001
Troubled Internet toy site eToys filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware on Wednesday and is expected to close its Web
site by Thursday.
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Toys R U.S. Profits Rise, Beat Estimates (Reuters)
Posted Sunday, March 11, 2001
Toys R Us Inc. the No. 2 U.S. toy retailer, said on Wednesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profits rose 20 percent, beating analysts' estimates by a penny, as a strong holiday selling season offset an overall sales decline for the period.
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Play-By-Play says stock may be delisted (Reuters Securities)
Posted Sunday, March 11, 2001
Play-By-Play Toys & Novelties Inc., a maker of toys, novelties and consumer electronics, said on Tuesday it has been informed by the Nasdaq stock market its securities no longer meet minimum listing requirements.
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McDonald's Makes a Not-So-Happy-Meal Toy Recall (ABCNEWS.com)
Posted Sunday, March 11, 2001
With a sunny yellow face and pink antennae, the "Scooter Bug" looked like the perfect free toy with a McDonald's Happy Meal. But that was until the "Scooter Bug" started giving some parents the jitterbug.
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Johnson&Johnson to Buy eToys' BabyCenter (Reuters)
Posted Monday, March 5, 2001
Healthcare goods maker Johnson & Johnson on Friday said it will acquire Internet content provider BabyCenter Inc. from nearly bankrupt Internet toy store eToys Inc. for $10 million in cash.
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EToys' Dramatic Fall to Bankruptcy (Associated Press)
Posted Monday, March 5, 2001
As the calendar flipped over into the year 2000, the future looked promising for fledgling Internet retailer eToys.
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US Probes Infant Seats, Auto Fires (Associated Press)
Posted Monday, March 5, 2001
The government has upgraded its investigation into 3.4 million Evenflo infant car seat/carriers because of complaints that the handle can break while someone is carrying a baby.
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