We’ve got a vibrant May TnP for you – packed with the usual assortment of relevant information, great product info and sharp opinion.
Toymaster’s 2025 Harrogate show is on its way. Our preview is a good read and that’s before you get to the wide range of product previews. On the indie retail opinion front, Maggie Tibbenham of Imagine Toy Shop looks ahead to the show.

And in the upcoming events scene there’s the increasingly important Las Vegas Licensing Expo.
Front cover stars are Craft Buddy and we interview their head of sales, Dan Ward, who waxes lyrical about the rapid growth and ongoing success of the company with an informative look ahead to the plans and releases.

The TnP specialist features are Stationery & Back to School and Outdoor Wheeled Toys and some great insight from the industry leaders.

Retail editor Clare Turner chats to Firestorm Games’ George Read – which is opening its sixth store – and Kamlesh Amin of JJ Toys.
Still on the retail road, our regular columnist, John Ryan, looks into tried and trusted ways to increase customer “dwell time” in store. One spectacular approach involves a giant octopus in Hamburg. Well what else…?
Enjoy the read.