5 Ways Toy Playtesting With Children Increases Likelihood Of Launch Success One of the least utilised tools for toy and game companies is toy playtesting. This is not quality testing or chemical compliance, we mean consumer research to validate the appeal of a toy or game product. The toy and games industry is stuck in…
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Dissecting Consumer Drivers Of The Loom Band Craze – Consumer Research Report We recently conducted a study into consumer drivers/motivators relating to the massive hit craze of loom bands. This craze has swept the UK toy market this year. This is far from the first such craze we have researched – going back as far…
The Critical Essential: Dexterity Testing Toys There are some factors in the success and longevity of toy products and brands which are so overwhelmingly fundamental, that it is pure folly to ignore them. One of these factors is matching the functionality of the toy to the dexterity capability of the target age group. This is…
Why Focus Groups Remain The Most Effective Way Of Testing Toys With Kids We’ve done the big quantitative studies, in fact we’ve done them for some of the biggest Toy companies in the world across multiple territories, and they did yield some insight. In particular, we conducted a huge quantitative tracking study on a major…
Stepping Out From The Ivory Towers We’ve successfully managed industry/category leading brands…so we know that sometimes brand teams can find themselves trapped up in their ‘ivory towers’, caught between internal sell-in/debate, retail pressures, broadcast pressures, development issues and marketing development and execution. The challenge with allowing that to happen is that it’s easy to lose touch with…
