Trends spotted at the 2019 edition of New York Toy Fair included plenty of YouTube and video-game tie-ins. Also making a statement were collectibles at all price points (with music and sports themes on the rise), sparkly and squishy products galore, traditional touches such as DIY woodcrafts and … [Read more...]
Top Trends: Licensing International Expo 2018
Themes noted among the 389 exhibitor booths on the floor of the 2018 edition of Licensing International Expo were as varied as the product that represented them. They included the continued growth of collectible toy brands as licensed properties, merchandise with a message, properties tied to … [Read more...]
High Point Had a Lot of Dogs
Llamas may be on-trend, but dogs are not giving up their share of the whimsical-animal pie without a fight. At the High Point furniture market, dogs appeared in framed art and on trays, as the inspiration for the shapes and surface designs on rugs and embossed onto hardware for kids' furniture. Dogs … [Read more...]
New Christmas Critters
When you think of the animals most likely to show up in Christmas décor, deer, moose and squirrels are probably top-of-mind. But at the Christmasworld trade fair, things were changing. In the Loft trend area, for example, dogs were more prevalent than any other creature in the displays. In stand … [Read more...]