Ty's Toy Box Blog » Care Bears http://blog.tystoybox.com Toy Licensing Industry News and Information Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:07:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Cookie Jar’s growing berry big http://blog.tystoybox.com/20080730/cookie-jars-growing-berry-big/ http://blog.tystoybox.com/20080730/cookie-jars-growing-berry-big/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:34:20 +0000 Toy Box Mommy http://blog.tystoybox.com/20080730/cookie-jars-growing-berry-big/ I remember thinking that “Cookie Jar” was a great name for a company dealing in kids’ entertainment. Cute, but not cloying. Evoking pleasant visions of a small treat. Perfect!

And, of course, I encountered them right here at Ty’s Toy Box, because Cookie Jar was becoming a household name on account of a little property know as The Doodlebops. Remember them? (Oh, I’m so funny.) And then, of course, they also own Caillou.

So it’s not that Cookie Jar wasn’t a real player, before now. Merely that they were… smallish. Maybe medium. But that’s all about to change. Not only is Cookie Jar merging with DIC Entertainment, now they’re acquiring some American Greetings properties as well:

[T]he children’s entertainment company will acquire AG’s evergreen properties Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears and Sushi Pack for $195 million.

As someone close to this decision might say, that’s a berry exciting piece of news.

(Okay, I’ll stop with the Strawberry Shortcake jokes. They’re just so easy!)

The transaction establishes Cookie Jar as one of the world’s largest independent children’s entertainment and education companies with ownership and licensing rights to some of the world’s most recognizable character brands, an animation library totaling nearly 6,000 half-hours of family programming, and strong capabilities in global merchandising and licensing.

Congratulations to Cookie Jar on the merger, the acquisitions, and on generally making expanding and thriving in licensing children’s entertainment properties look good!

]]> http://blog.tystoybox.com/20080730/cookie-jars-growing-berry-big/feed/ 0 Get ready for Black Friday at Ty’s Toy Box http://blog.tystoybox.com/20071121/get-ready-for-black-friday-at-tys-toy-box/ http://blog.tystoybox.com/20071121/get-ready-for-black-friday-at-tys-toy-box/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:33:36 +0000 Toy Box Mommy http://blog.tystoybox.com/20071121/get-ready-for-black-friday-at-tys-toy-box/ Let me ask you a very simple question. I know—we all know—that you love your kids and want to get them the things they love. Of course. And naturally you’d like to save a little money in the process, too. But just let me ask you something:

Is there some reason you’d rather head out on the busiest shopping day of the year at o’dark thirty just so that you can fight the crowds and the traffic, vs. staying in and ordering cool stuff online from the comfort of your own home (and possibly while still in your jammies)?

That’s right.

For the first time, Ty’s Toy Box is making their Black Friday specials known a few days in advance so that you can plan your day accordingly. (I recommend a cup of coffee while you finish your shopping online, followed by something like a cinnamon roll as a reward for having gotten it all done early and under budget.) Read through; bookmark what you need; and then get ready to rock on Friday, November 23rd, 2007.

Read on for the full list of Ty’s Toy Box Black Friday specials:

So there you have it; great deals to be had here at Ty’s this Friday only. Don’t forget that there’s currently free domestic shipping for orders over $65, too (it’s a $10 shipping credit if you’re ordering internationally), so between the product specials and the shipping deal, you could finish your shopping before you even get dressed.

(But… just in case you don’t, we’ll also be sharing the Cyber Monday specials in advance, too. Stay tuned!)

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