Has the toy industry screeched to a halt?
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There weren't a whole lot of "new" toys at the American International Toy Fair. Is it a sign of stability or stagnation?
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Plus, don't waste your vote, and a truce in the toy wars?
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The new 'tween toy from Hasbro looks and works like a cell phone. Also: Rumors fly of a Verizon bid for MCI&hellip;.  Google sits down to chat with Wall Street&hellip;. and more.
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The realism of the animatronic dinosaur is hard to believe, and when it becomes available, it is going to set the toy industry on its ear.
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It's high season for toymakers, and the scramble is on to make sure the 'Made in China' label doesn't send parents running
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NEW YORK - Playthings made by brands like Playskool, Brio, and GeoMag of Switzerland could get a boost in the approaching holiday sales season because they haven't been caught up in high-profile recalls over lead paint, dangerous magnets, or other safety concerns.
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Limited Brands is cutting loose the brands that are dragging it down.
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Zizzle, which snagged a lucrative toy-licensing agreement early on in the companyâs history, has now established itself as a significant force in the $23 billion industry.
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Following the pet food scare this year, and a spate of childrenâs toy recalls, pet owners have been stepping forward to ask: How safe are pet toys?
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Category killers don&#39;t usually exit gracefully from the markets they establish. By revolutionizing the toy industry and driving every mom-and-pop store off the face of the earth
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Toy makers are instituting tougher quality controls in China and elsewhere to try to avoid repetition of the recalls that damaged the industry last year.
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News flash: Kids like playing with toys. No one is stopping the presses over that observation, but it could help turn around the slumping toy industry this holiday season as it battles video games, cellphones and iPods for coveted spots on children's wish lists.
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NEW YORK : The world&#39;s biggest toy maker, Mattel Inc., reported a drop in profits and sales as girls spurned Barbie, the most popular doll ever created.
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Concerns about toy safety since last summer's recalls, along with worries about the economy, have made shoppers more cautious and have resulted in generally sluggish toy sales. No retailer has as much at stake as Toys "R" Us Inc., the nation's largest specialty toy seller. In an interview with The Associated Press, Chairman and CEO Gerald L. Storch discusses toy recalls and details what the retailer and the industry are doing to make toys safer.
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QUEBEC (CP) - Those noisy toys that drive parents crazy may also be harming children&#39;s hearing. A coalition of hearing experts released a report Wednesday on tests they conducted on noisy toys.
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As computers and hand-held electronic gadgets eats into sales, this holiday season promises to be an especially competitive one for toymakers.
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Toy retailers across the country have largely pushed sleds and toboggans off their shelves and out of their catalog pages, victims of warmer weather and the changing taste of children.