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Retail Asia09/12/2021

Danish toy company Lego Group will build a $1-billion plant in the southern province of Binh Duong in the second half of next year. It signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday with the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park Joint Venture Company to build the plant, its sixth globally and first carbon-neutral one. The project will be its […]

Retail Asia07/05/2019

Toy retailer Hamleys is set to have its fourth owner in 15 years since it was taken private by an Icelandic investor. According to multiple Indian news media reports, Reliance Retail is in the final stages of negotiations with China’s C.Banner International, which has been trying to find a buyer since last October, after three […]

Retail Asia09/01/2019

Toy retailer Mattel has announced a comprehensive, worldwide licensing agreement with popular South Korean boy band BTS. The creative collaboration will debut the first-ever line of BTS fashion dolls this summer. Under a multi-category license with BTS under its label, Big Hit Entertainment, Mattel will create dolls, collectible figures, games, and more. The collaboration will […]

Retail Asia09/01/2019

To meet an ever-increasing demand for an engaging retail environment, Tablez India announces the partnership with Build-A-Bear, a global experiential retailer. U.S.-based, customized stuffed-animal retail-entertainment brand Build-A-Bear aims to reach as many as 9 million households in the top 15 cities in India by 2025. Besides standalone stores, shop-in-shop formats of Build-A-Bear would be launched within Toys“R”Us as part of […]

Retail Asia13/12/2018

The first certified Lego Thailand store has opened at Siam Paragon in Bangkok. The Danish building-toy manufacturer says the move is part of the brand’s strategic plan for Asian expansion. The new 170sqm Lego Thailand store has opened in a “co-sharing” partnership with DKSH (Thailand) Ltd. It offers more than 300 Lego toys, 32 of which are exclusive […]

Retail Asia10/12/2018

Shopping mall Marina Square has been chosen as the venue for the world’s first Nerf family entertainment centre. The Nerf Experience Singapore will open in the second half of next year, following a licensing agreement between Kingsmen Creatives subsidiary Nax Singapore and the Nerf brand’s parent Hasbro who will co-conceptualise, create, build and operate multiple […]

Retail Asia25/10/2018

Toy retailer Hamleys looks likely to be sold by Chinese owner C.banner International. The company has launched a strategic review of options for Hamleys’ future after receiving several expressions of interest from would-be buyers. C.banner International has owned Hamley’s for just three years, but the Chinese company has suffered a massive decline in its share […]

Retail Asia10/01/2017

The HKTDC Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair, HKTDC Hong Kong Baby Products Fair and the Hong Kong International Stationery Fair opened today at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). The four-day fairs will continue through 12 January and gather a total of more than 2,900 exhibitors from all over the world to […]

Retail Asia04/01/2017

The 43rd HKTDC Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair, the eighth HKTDC Hong Kong Baby Products Fair and the 17th Hong Kong International Stationery Fair are set to open at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) next week. Starting on 9 January and continuing through 12 January, the three fairs will feature more […]

Retail Asia17/05/2016

On Wednesday, LEGO has opened its largest retail store in the world inside Shanghai Disneyland as the trial period of the amusement park is ongoing before its official opening on June 16. The store features a myriad of LEGO bricks from its walls and even in the floors with two giant LEGO dragons welcoming guests […]

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Lego to build $1-bln toy plant in Vietnam

Hamley’s set to be sold to Indian Toy Retailer

Mattel to launch BTS doll this summer

Tablez to launch Build-A-Bear in India

Lego opens its first official store in Thailand at Siam Paragon

World’s first Nerf experience centre coming to Marina Square in 2019

Hamleys no longer under ownership of China’s C.banner

Asia’s Largest Toys & Games Fair Opens

Asia’s Largest Toys Fair to Open Next Week

World’s largest Lego store opens in Shanghai