Comfort Toys : Pillow Pets

Comfort toys will always be popular, popular with kids and popular with parents who want their children to fall asleep happy. The Pillow Pet (TM) also helps kids sleep when they are traveling and having to sleep at a friend's or at relative's house by providing a familiar environment.

Comfort toys are a sure-fire success with girls and boys up to a certain age.

Goodguide Withdraw Zhu Zhu Antimony and Tin Levels Warning

Goodguide claim they had inadvertently used a different method to that used by the federal government. You can see the manufacturer's own test report here

http://www.zhuzhupets.com/Zhu%20Zhu%20Pets-EN71.pdf

Goodguide have a lot of egg on their faces over this but it is surely right that people are checking Toy Safety. Here are four of their top rated for safety toys

Xmas Toys Start Panicking Xmas is Nearly Here!

There is only ONE Shopping Weekend left before Xmas now! Also we are reaching the Last day for guaranteed delivery before Xmas for online and telephone purchases. Wake up Xmas is almost upon us!

See which Toys are Hot by clicking Top Toys for Xmas

Safety Scare for Zhu Zhu Hampsters (Go Go Hamsters)

The American Organization Goodguide claims that their tests show that Zhu Zhu Hamsters contain high levels of Antimony and Tin. The organization further stats that the Zhu Zhu's registers 4 terrible facts out of 27.

The manufacturers deny this and say their toys have passed rigorous tests they are seeking contact with Goodguide to see if they can clarify the situation .
(GoodGuide provides the world's largest and most reliable source of information on the health, environmental, and social impacts of the products in your home)

Toys Already Out of Stock Beginning of December

So far this year many retailers have already sold out of items such as Zhu Zhu pets, Bakugan Brawlers, Mattel Mindflex, Barbie Twilight, Dance Around Dora, Rocky the Robot Truck, and many more to be sure. There are so many toy shortages this year that many parents are resorting to buying from third party retailers who stocked up before the shortages began and are now selling these toys at 500% or more markups.

See more at http://www.squidoo.com/TopToysforXmas

Black Friday Online Sales $595 million

Online retailers in the U.S. rang up $595 million on Black Friday, an 11% increase from the day a year ago according to comScore. Amazon got the highest growth 28% while Apple, Best Buy and Wal-Mart sites also experienced double-digit traffic gains. This includes all retail online sales of course not just toys, but is a great indicator. Total e-commerce for the month to date was a cool $10.5 billion.

Amazon maintains it's position as market leader and shows once again that it understands the web business better than any one else.

Amazons Famous Holiday Toy List

Amazon Black Friday Sales

Here it is Black Friday!

Best Technology Xmas Presents

We are now in the Christmas Countdown you can still find most products, some with discounts but I promise you that will change. The Kindle is Amazon's number one best seller and most wished for present. Ever since we had bad weather this year on vacation and my reading material ran out I realised why people buy the Kindle!

Stores Under Ordered by 20% This Year

Economists and retail analysts predict that shortages of popular items will be common because retailers have scaled back their inventories to match weak consumer demand. Compared with the 2007 Xmas season, some large chains have 20% less inventory on hand this year. Others deny they have under ordered. Shop early to be safe and to have the full range of choice.

Black Friday Start of Xmas Shopping Season

Black Friday Coming Soon
This year it's Friday the 27th the day after Thanksgiving.Best Buy, Macys, Sears and Walmart will be apparently open 24 hours to satisfy demand. It signals the start of the Xmas shopping season. The expression Black Friday originates from the feared traffic snarl-ups that day and also reputedly it was the day in the year when the large retailers moved into profit.

The majority of people still buy most of their presents in the bricks and mortar stores but many have researched their purchases online before hand.

At Amazon I always read the buyers comments, read the good comments and the "intelligent" bad ones to get a clear picture :
Research Your Presents at Amazon

Zhu-Zhu Hamsters Hottest Toy in History?

"It’s the hottest toy I've seen since I've been at Toys R Us, and old-timers tell me this is one of the hottest toys in history," said CEO Jerry Storch.

Toy Shortage or Toy Shortage Hoax?

A number of news stories have been running suggesting that the Toy Industry runs "Toy Shortage" stories every Xmas. Well it's true but there always is at least one Toy which disappears off the shelves for the last two years it was the Nintendo Wii where entire deliveries would hot-cake in minutes.

But this year the suggestion is that stores have under-ordered the whole range, that manufacturers have shortened their production-runs due to the immense pessimism of the last 12 months.

So what if it is hoax but you are fooled by it and go out and buy your children their toys a few weeks earlier, is that a PROBLEM or a BENEFIT? Or why not chill it out and have the pleasure of running round the stores at the last minute begging the sales assistants to see if there isn't just one Bakugan Dragonoid
left in the storeroom. As one wag suggested do you think your kids will mind if instead of a genuine Zhu Zhu
you just get them any old furry hamster, you bet they'll mind!