Jim Silver
Jim Silver
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In order for the toy industry to survive, companies will have to deal with Wal-Mart. It has to be understood that Wal-Mart doesn't make deals with everyone who approaches them. Ultimately it's Wal-Mart who chooses who will be in their stores.
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Over $500 million last year was spent on Harry Potter toys and this year is expected to be even bigger.
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It was a tough year, ... We didn't have a hot toy and we didn't have a big movie to push sales of licensed products.
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Oil prices are particularly important to toy manufacturers because they impact the cost of resin and plastic used to make toys,
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Parents and kids still love the retailer because it still sells three times as many toys as a Wal-Mart or a Target. It still has the best selection of toys and games out there. The toy manufacturers certainly want to see it around and that's why many are giving it more exclusive deals to sell a number of their toys.
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The dominant trend this year is more toys based on technology.
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They could either go to Target or try to find another toy retailer like K-B Toys. You would think Target first, since it is already their partner, but the one problem with that is Target has its own Web site where it sells toys -- and how much will Target want to give up?
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I think Toys R Us will continue to run some kind of toy operation in the future. But in order to still be competitive, it will need to slim down considerably and run probably around 450 to 500 stores.
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Hasbro has other new Star Wars toys coming out in the fall timed to the release of the Star Wars DVD.
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The way I see it, the toy industry is no longer just about toys per se. I call it the family entertainment business.
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Spider-Man 2 will be huge for the toy industry. I expect hundreds of thousands of licensed merchandise (items) to be sold in the first nine months of the year,
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The first reaction I had was, 'Where are the wires?' Because I didn't think anything like that could move on its own.
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The February show has really transformed over the last three years.
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The industry is not yet done with the retro trend,