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Ridemakerz Shop Opens in New York City’s FAO Schwarz

Ridemakerz opened its latest interactive retail shop in New York City’s FAO Schwarz. The 1,300 square foot store-within-a-store invites shoppers to build their own car. Start by choosing a 1:18-scale body style (described as roughly the size of a football) and trick out the car with an estimated 649 million possible combinations by adding rims,

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Harry Potter Celebrates 15 Years with New Paperback Covers

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the release of the original Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Scholastic recently unveiled new covers for the Harry Potter series. These new paperback editions were illustrated by New York Times bestselling author and illustrator, Kazu Kibuishi. In each of the new cover illustrations, Kibuishi captures a pivotal moment

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Holiday Toy Shopping Tips

I never thought I’d be the one to jolt parents into a shopping frenzy…but after a few years of last-minute shopping blitz experience under my belt, I’ve decided to act on my biggest New Years resolution for 2010. It’s that I won’t put myself through procrastination-induced holiday madness this year…and there’s plenty of room for you on my bandwagon. And so with that, I offer a few tips below to help bring some organization to your festive chaos.

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Toys R Us Adds New Non-Toys Categories in Merchandise

If you go into a Toys R Us over the next few months, you will see a big change in their product offerings. In approximately 50% of their stores, Toys R Us will no longer carry apparel for kids 4 and older. Instead, they will have a special section called the “R Market”, stocking their shelves with “everything you need for a child”.

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Strategic Shopping

Listening to the financial analysts we talk with, they want us to believe that it’s going to be a late holiday shopping season. It may, in fact, be just that. There are five fewer days between Thanksgiving and Christmas than last year. There are many reasons to put off shopping till the last minute, not

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