In This Issue

July Staff Picks: 21 high-quality toys, including dolls, puzzles, games and music. _{read more}

TDmonthly Top Toy Award Winners July 2012: TDmonthly selected high-quality best sellers and innovators for this month's Awards. _{read more}

Top-10 Most-Wanted Dolls: Long-time best sellers from Corolle and Manhattan Toy made it to the top of the list. _{read more}

Top-10 Most-Wanted Plush and Puppets: Retailers voted Folkmanis the ultimate puppet-master. _{read more}

Top-10 Furniture and Play Houses: Kitchen sets, tents, and more rounded out this eclectic list. _{read more}

Holiday Trend Spotting: Save‘n’Splurge: Parents are choosing cheap toys now so they can splurge for the holidays. _{read more}

July Holiday Preview: These 20 toys and gifts were chosen as potential specialty store holiday hits. _{read more}

18 Tips on Creating Window Displays: Draw more traffic into your store with these 18 tips on making your windows pop. _{read more}

Avoid 4 Common Patenting Mistakes: Patent expert shares 4 common patenting mistakes and how to avoid them. _{read more}

Q&A w/ Curtis Paul, Creator of KATATU: Curtis Paul shares the story of creating the award-winning game KATATU. _{read more}

Q&A with Creator of Pillow Pets: She combined her entrepreneurial spirit and parenting skills into a best seller. _{read more}