Out of the Toy Box

Richard Gottlieb, president of Richard Gottlieb & Associates, a New York-based business development firm specializing in the toy business, offers his sometimes funny and always unique take on developments in the industry.

October 2008

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Looking for good news

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Shoppers Plan to Increase Christmas Spending by 1.9% in 2008

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Wal-Mart Bends Time

Monday, October 27, 2008

Credit crunch hits the toy industry

Thursday, October 23, 2008

SCOOP: Nominees for the Toy and Game Inventor Awards

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Wal-Mart Goes to China in December

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Kmart goes Old School

Monday, October 20, 2008

China's closing toy factories

Friday, October 17, 2008

Leaving Dallas

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Dallas Day 3: New safety law is "seriously huge"

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Dallas Day 2: Concerns about testing and some downward pressure on price

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Dallas Day 1: Mood is up as are the prices

Monday, October 13, 2008

Heading to Dallas

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Is Toy Nation Recession Resistant? Some think so.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

The Milk Recalls: We’re now the good guys

Monday, October 6, 2008

Some good news . . . relatively speaking

Friday, October 3, 2008

The Elephant in the Room

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

More Lessons from Europe: Storm Fronts Start in America

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