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...deeper issue is that shifts in play patterns are forcing toymakers to fight for shelf space in a tightening market. Boys in particular seem to be abandoning traditional toys at earlier ages in favor of consumer electronics, trendy video games, PC software and the Internet. The notion that kids are growing more sophisticated and tech savvy, a trend called age compression, has bedeviled toy companies for at least a decade. While young children still role-play with dollhouses and Tonka trucks (and cheap plastic toys will always play their pacifying role on shopping trips), the market for action figures...
...soon to call the year a bust. Retailers are stocking less toy inventory this season, which should help them avoid profit-killing sales. Recent price surveys suggest that Toys "R" Us is more competitive with Wal-Mart this year, and Wal-Mart appears to be devoting less shelf space to its Kid Connection private-label toys--good news for brand names like Mattel and Hasbro. A weakening buck may also translate overseas sales into higher profits when converted back into dollars...
...then calmly says to his confused employee, “that’s right—that was an unusual way to make myself understood.” While his performance probably won’t garner him many awards, Sandler will probably see a few on his shelf if he keeps taking these types of roles...
Menendez leads Isabel to a shelf of children’s books in the living room, picking up one of her childhood favorites, How to Behave and Why by Munro Leaf. Sitting on the wood floor, with Augustine on her lap, she begins to read in a clear, confident voice: “This is a book about how to behave, and it doesn’t matter whether you are a boy or a girl, a man or a woman—the rules are all the same...
...when Gore showed pictures of the disappearing Larsen ice shelf in Antarctica, there were a few gasps and whistles from the audience...