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Sales Tracking - End of August 2008

Monthly Sales Figures on Specialty's Standards

By: Alison Marek
Aug 29, 2008

TDmonthly Magazine surveys toy-store owners throughout the country to find out which steady sellers are still doing well. To view the Sales Tracking chart for August, please access TDmonthly's 2008 Specialty Toys Report, "Positive Toys for a Promising Future"™.

All items are graded on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being best. Results shown below are for last month's survey:



4.8 Stomp Rockets by D & L COMPANY (10 retailers)
4.5 Various items by MELISSA & DOUG (12 retailers)
4.2 Knights Figures by HOTALING IMPORTS/other companies (9 retailers)
4.0 Snap Circuits by ELENCO (7 retailers)
4.0 Various items by WOW TOYS (7 retailers)
3.9 Blokus by EDUCATIONAL INSIGHTS (10 retailers)
3.8 Puppets by FOLKMANIS (6 retailers)
3.8 Zoobie Pets by ZOOBIES (8 retailers)
3.6 iPlay Lift-Off Rocket by INTERNATIONAL PLAYTHINGS (9 retailers)
3.1 Various items by HABA (6 retailers)
2.8 PlayFoam by EDUCATIONAL INSIGHTS (11 retailers)

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Alison MarekWriter's Bio: ALISON MAREK is an award-winning writer, director and cartoonist whose work has been published by Fairchild Publications and DC Comics (Piranha Press), broadcast on Showtime and other cable networks, and viewed worldwide in film festivals. See her short films and print work on www.alisonmarek.com. Watch her nefarious villains in the web series www.MuggsMovers.com. Get inspired by her cartoons "Daily ARFFirmations to Unleash Your Inner Fido" at www.ARFFirmations.com. Phew! And then ...  Read more articles by this author


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