Visits With Santa

Frozen the official trailer has been released and here it is! The movie is scheduled for a fall release at a theatre near you.

Hello Kitty is coming to the Movies according to Warner Brothers in an announcement this week. The Hello Kitty brand is estimated with a value of about $6 billion dollars which puts the brand value between Lego and Barbie. It also brings up an interesting question since Hello Kitty has not ever had a mouth. Do you think the big screen character will have a mouth? What will Hello Kitty sound like? Will she sound like an adult or a child or a kitty? What do you think?

At the UK Toy Fair, this Booty Shaking Llama was such a hit that the UK Distributor had to reassure customers that they had ordered enough for the upcoming season. So, don't be surprised if this comes up on some Christmas list this season.

We look at Amazon as a trailblazer. Turns out in many ways they are following in the footsteps of a much older company that provided merchandise to customers without brick and mortar walls. The Sears catalog - 1893.