Toy Fair 2012 Is The Place To Be

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Published on Monday, 13 February 2012 17:43

Written by Brad Balfour

Of the many events that happen in New York City annually, there are few I look forward to more than American International Toy Fair. It combines all my obsessions -- collectibles, fantasy and sci-fi, technology, and the idea that people can do things they love while actually offering something for children.

Though it’s a trade event, it offers a focus on the season to come that’s for the industry and consumers alike. The 109th American International Toy Fair kicks off with opening ceremonies on Sunday, February 12th at 10 a.m. and runs through Wednesday, February 15th, 2012, until 4 p.m. at the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.   

The largest and most important youth product exhibition in the Western Hemisphere. Toy Fair is the event to attend if you want to know about a world of trands that filter through society in more ways than one.

The Javits is filled with over 1,100 exhibitors showcasing 100,000 products -- all under one roof -- with more than 7,000 new toys debuting with the hope of being the next big thing.

Besides these booths there are a number of other features that happens during Toy Fair. These include the following educational sessions:

• Guerilla Marketing: Free and Low Cost Marketing Ideas to Drive More Traffic and Profits to Your Store, presented by Patricia Norins, Publisher, Specialty Retail Report, Gift Shop magazine & GREENRetailer
• 3 Secrets to Increasing Retails Sales & Profits in 30 Days presented by Cathy Donovan Wagner, RETAILMavens
• Guide to Exporting presented by Anne S. Evans, District Director, US Department of Commerce International Trade Administration

There are also serialized education and networking events and12 specialized Product Zones.

Toy Fair offers four days to meet, connect, network and play with industry professionals from around the world.

if you want to  get in on the fun, start reading the official TIA blog at: www.toyfairnyblog.com. The information is last-minute news and views and it offers lots of ways to earn points that can be redeem for some pretty cool Toy Fair stuff, Broadway tickets, an iPad or maybe even a New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square.

There is also a downloadable Toy Fair Mobile (the TIA free app) and other tools to help navigate the show floor.

For details on sessions, special events, travel, and hotel information and to see who else is attending, visit www.toyfairny.com.

The 109th American International Toy Fair
Sunday, February 12th - Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
the Javits Convention Center
Manhattan

AlwaysOn's OnMedia NYC 2012

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Published on Sunday, 05 February 2012 05:00

Written by John Matthews

Digital observer/provocator AlwaysOn's OnMedia NYC 2012 conference rolls into New York City on February 21st and 22nd as 2012 promises to be a milestone year for the digital media industry.

With its all-star line up of presenters and speakers, complemented by presentations by the new digital media companies currently shaking up the media industry, this conference offers an unprecedented preview of the year ahead. That line-up of over 100 speakers includes:

• David Kirkpatrick -- author of The Facebook Effect, founder of Techonomy and columnist at Daily Beast
• Gurbaksh Chahal -- CEO, RadiumOne
• Alan Patricof -- founder & Managing Director, Greycroft Partners
• Bill Cleary -- founder, Cleary & Partners
• Michael Lazerow -- CEO, Buddy Media

Both from the perspective of industry and market change but also through the lens of opportunities for investors and owners who benefit from the continuing transformation of media, OnMedia 2012 offers a great chance for interaction and interplay.

The conference also shows how the digital media 1.0 industry and companies are becoming as outdated as traditional media and are giving way to a new breed of digital media 2.0 companies in social, mobile, local, online video, and big data. Their eventual impact on the media industry can not yet easily be foretold but without question these digital trends are reshaping the media industry.

Among the companies taking part in this two-day event the following will be attending and participating:

Leading venture capital companies:

• DFJ Gotham Ventures
• Greycroft Partners
• First Round Capital

Visionaries from the media and advertising from companies like

• WPP
• CBS
• Digitas

And there will be showcase presentations from tomorrow's media disrupters like

• Infinigraph
• Crowd Science
• Linkstorm

Companies such as BuddyMedia and Shaazam who are leading the charge to change media will be there as well.

The conference culminates in an introduction to the winners in the OnMedia Top 100 companies for 2012 followed by the announcement of OnMedia 100's "Company of the Year".

Throughout the two days, there will be discussions, presentations and panels about social commerce, forecasts for digital media in 2012 and for mergers and acquisitions in 2012.

Discussions of trends include:

• The coming together of TV and social media to create social TV
• The threat to ad networks coming from a reorganizing the digital advertising ecosystem around innovative new media buying
• Media selling platforms

The conference also provides an opportunity for innovative digital and social media startups to showcase their companies and products to such attendees as media and advertising industry executives and leading venture capitalists and other financiers.

This is one of the must-go-to conferences happening in NYC this year providing a foretaste if the change ahead for 2012 in the media industry and offering insight into some of the trends and startup companies that will be at the forefront of bringing innovative and change during 2012 and beyond."

For a full schedule and more info go to: http://www.aonetwork.com/AOEvents/OnMedia/OnMedia-NYC-2012-0

OnMedia NYC 2012 2012
February 21st - 22nd, 2012

Time Warner Center‎
New York, NY

NY Gift Fair Keeps on Giving: Exposure, Ideas, Connections

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Published on Friday, 20 January 2012 05:00

Written by FilmFestival Traveler Staff

The premier gift and decorative accessories market in the United States, the New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF), is running January 28 - February 2, 2012, at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Piers 92 and 94 in New York City.

This semi-annual event has come to be the largest trade show held in New York City, for both domestic and international events.  

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