I’ve had the nice fortune of attending to know and collaborate with among the prime voices within the toy {industry} and the enterprise of play.
Amongst them, the late Richard Gottlieb of World Toy Consultants, Chris Byrne aka The Toy Man of World Toy Information, and John Baulch of Toy World Journal (UK) stand out as shining examples of welcoming, knowledgable people who actually care concerning the enterprise and assist the {industry} properly past the pages of their respective publications.
You might say that we’re all large children, and that may be correct! However, we’re additionally not afraid to place some toes to the hearth and maintain individuals accountable when wanted. Name it “robust love,” toy industry-style.
For the previous a number of years, we’ve all gotten collectively for an annual year-end sit-down to debate the happenings of the yr on The Playground Podcast. As we shut out 2023, that assembly occurred once more, and sadly, we’re down the “fourth amigo” as John would say, however Richard’s legacy stays.
That stated, I invite all Toy E book readers to seize their favourite beverage and press “play” on this yr’s wrap-up — it’s out there on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get pleasure from podcasts.
I consider it’s a superb one, however since this episode couldn’t comprise all the information we’d hoped to share, we’ve made a promise to regroup within the spring of 2024 for some extra dialogue on what’s already trying like fairly a yr for the enterprise!
Glad Holidays, and Glad Listening!
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