April 2000
Toys R Us outlines store closings, openings for 2000 (Reuters Securities)
Posted Friday, April 28, 2000
Toys R Us Inc. said on Wednesday it plans to close many of its underperforming international and kid's clothing stores this year while opening stores geared to babies and other better-positioned stores overseas.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/000426/pu.html
EToys' Sales Rise but Losses Widen (Associated Press)
Posted Friday, April 28, 2000
EToys Inc.'s quarterly sales nearly quadrupled from a year ago, but the online retailer's losses widened significantly as it spent
heavily on marketing and expanding its warehouse space.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20000427/tc/earns_etoys_2.html
JAKKS Pacific Inc. Named a Kmart Strategic Vendor Alliance Partner of the Year (Business Wire)
Posted Friday, April 28, 2000
JAKKS Pacific Inc. today announced that it was named as Kmart Strategic Vendor Alliance Partner of the Year for the toy category.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000427/ca_jakks_p_1.html
Mattel Reports Loss After Restructuring (Reuters)
Posted Sunday, April 23, 2000
Mattel Inc. (MAT.N), which has been hurt by massive losses at its Learning Co. educational software unit, on Wednesday posted a smaller-than-expected operating loss and a slight rise in sales.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000419/bs/manufacturing_mattel_1.html
Poo-Chi, the Interactive Puppy is Top Dog in New York Coming to Toy Aisles Soon (Business Wire)
Posted Sunday, April 23, 2000
Poo-Chi, the Interactive Puppy, launched at FAO Schwarz in New York City, by Hasbro, Inc.'s Tiger Electronics, on the heels of a
successful launch in Japan. Thousands were on hand to be the first to purchase the robo pup in the U.S.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000421/il_tiger_e_1.html
FAO Schwarz Unveils New Logo and Graphics (Business Wire)
Posted Friday, April 14, 2000
FAO Schwarz, the world's most famous specialty toy retailer, has a whole new look. Incorporating the retailer's recently unveiled logo, the new interior and exterior store design will be unveiled in June 16, 2000 at the grand opening of FAO Schwarz in the Mall of Georgia, the largest shopping and entertainment destination in the Southeast.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000413/ga_fao_sch_1.html
KBkids.com Postpones Initial Public Offering Due to Market Conditions (PR Newswire)
Posted Friday, April 14, 2000
KBkids.com and Consolidated Stores Corporation announced today that due to unfavorable market conditions, KBkids.com has postponed its previously announced initial public offering.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000413/oh_kbkids__1.html
Scholastic to Acquire Grolier for $400 Million (Business Wire)
Posted Friday, April 14, 2000
Acquisition Expected to Increase Scholastic's Operating.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000413/ny_scholas_1.html
Playmates upbeat on new 2000 toy series (Reuters Securities)
Posted Tuesday, April 11, 2000
Playmates Toys Holdings Ltd said on Monday it expected strong sales this year from a newly launched product lineup, including a Bart Simpson doll that barks wisecracks from the top of your computer monitor.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/000410/hb.html
Toys R Us Online to Open Additional Centers (Reuters)
Posted Tuesday, April 11, 2000
Toyrsus.com (http://www.toysrus.com), the online site for the toy and children's products retailer, said on Monday it will open two additional distribution centers to address customer complaints.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000410/bs/retail_toysrus_1.html
Vermont Teddy Bear Co. Announces Building Expansion Plans
Posted Monday, April 10, 2000
The Vermont Teddy Bear CompanyŽ today announced plans to lease a new 60,000 square foot facility that R.E.M. Development Corp. will build next to the Company's Shelburne, VT factory and retail shop.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000407/vt_vermont_1.html
Financing Raised & Company Operations Commencing (Business Wire)
Posted Monday, April 10, 2000
Kidstoysplus.com, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has closed a private placement to raise a total of 590,400 units at $1.25 per unit amounting to US $738,000.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000407/kidstoyspl_1.html
The Ohio Art Company Reports Operating Results (Business Wire)
Posted Monday, April 10, 2000
The Ohio Art Company,, today announced operating results for the fourth quarter and for the year ended January 31, 2000.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000407/oh_ohio_ar_1.html
Mattel's Fisher-Price recalls two infant products (Reuters Securities)
Posted Sunday, April 9, 2000
Fisher-Price, a unit of toy maker Mattel Inc., is voluntarily recalling two infant products after 10 reported injuries to babies using the products.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/000407/on.html
GOOOZE Goes at Retail! (Business Wire)
Posted Friday, April 7, 2000
JAKKS Pacific Inc. and Nickelodeon today reported that they have received reorders from top toy retailers for a total of more than 2 million units of GOOOZE ... the playstuff for the new millennium and the latest innovation in compounds.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000404/ca_jakks_p_1.html
Consolidated Stores Corporation Reports March Retail Sales of $304.3 Million as Comparable Sales Increase 3.3%
Posted Friday, April 7, 2000
Consolidated Stores Corporation today reported retail sales for the four weeks ended March 25, 2000, were $304.3 million, an 8.8% increase compared to retail sales of $279.7 million for the same period of fiscal 1999.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000406/oh_consoli_1.html
Radica Games Limited Announces Preliminary First Quarter Results (PR Newswire)
Posted Friday, April 7, 2000
Radica announced preliminary results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2000.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000406/hong_kong__1.html
Poo-Chi, the Interactive Puppy Sells Out in Japan in One Day (Business Wire)
Posted Thursday, April 6, 2000
Poo-Chi(TM), the Interactive Puppy, went on sale April 1st in Japan and sold out of 100,000 pieces in just three hours. Some stores around the country reported lines of 300 people waiting to purchase the pet.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000405/il_tiger_e_1.html
It's a Home Run! Toys 'R' Us is Title Sponsor of Major League Baseball's Diamond Skills (PR Newswire)
Posted Thursday, April 6, 2000
Major League Baseball and Toys "R" Us today announced a multi-year sponsorship agreement making Toys "R" Us the title sponsor of MLB's Diamond Skills Competition.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000405/nj_toys_r__1.html
LEGO Company Acquires Zowie Intertainment to Bring Kids of All Ages the Best in Technology-Driven Toys (Business Wire)
Posted Thursday, April 6, 2000
LEGO Company, headquartered in Billund, Denmark, today announced the multi-million dollar purchase of the assets of Zowie Intertainment, designers and developers of smart toys and other technology-based edutainment products.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000405/ca_zowie_i_1.html
K-B Toys Promotes Robert J. Feldman to Senior Vice President, CFO (PR Newswire)
Posted Wednesday, April 5, 2000
Michael L. Glazer, K-B Toys' Chief Executive Officer, has announced that Robert J. Feldman, 36, has been promoted to Senior Vice
President, CFO, for the $1.8 billion specialty toy retailer.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000404/ma_k_b_toy_1.html
Sega Gets Into Internet Game (Internet News)
Posted Wednesday, April 5, 2000
Sega Enterprises, Inc. Tuesday unveiled its plans to launch a new online entertainment company that includes SegaNet, a high-speed Internet service provider with multi-player gaming and chat capabilities.
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,2171,3_333751,00.html
TIME FOR TELETUBBIES... AT McDONALD'S IN APRIL 2000 (Business Wire)
Posted Tuesday, April 4, 2000
Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po, will share Teletubbies love - and Teletubbies hugs! - with young children at McDonald's restaurants across North America when the special "Teletubbies Hugs" Happy Meal(TM) promotion kicks off, April 14, 2000.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000403/ny_teletub_1.html
Hasbro Pays $400,000 Settlement (Associated Press)
Posted Tuesday, April 4, 2000
Toy giant Hasbro, Inc. agreed Monday to pay a $400,000 civil penalty for failing to give consumers and the government timely notification about a defect in an infant carrier, federal regulators said.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20000403/bs/dangerous_carrier_1.html
Mattel seeks to sell troubled Learning unit-WSJ (Reuters Securities)
Posted Monday, April 3, 2000
Mattel Inc. is rushing to sell its beleaguered Learning Co. software and interactive unit for possibly only a third of what it paid a
year ago, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/000403/bh.html
Grand Toys Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Limited Treasures, Creator Of Proprietary, Licensed Bean-Bag Bears (PR Newswire)
Posted Sunday, April 2, 2000
Grand Toys International, Inc. today announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets of Limited Treasures, Inc., of Rancho Cordova, California, a privately held creator of proprietary, licensed and non-licensed, specially-designed, plush bean-bag bears.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000330/grand_toys_2.html
Malaysia Nikko eyes Microsoft deal -paper (Reuters Securities)
Posted Sunday, April 2, 2000
Malaysia's Nikko Electronics Bhd is rumoured to be the front-runner for a videogame contract from U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp., a weekly business magazine said on Sunday.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/000402/c.html
