Mass. toy store gets liquor license
DANVERS, Mass., Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A Danvers, Mass., toy store was mistakenly issued a liquor license, meant for the previous occupant of the location, officials said. "It was very shocking to us," said Jennifer LaMontagne, co-owner of the toy ...
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Local toy shops fighting, winning vs. Amazon
Amazon has trained its sights on the toy business, but mom-and-pop stores are girded for the battle. Shortly after Thanksgiving, the online retail giant kicked up controversy when it offered a mobile app that allowed shoppers to scan bar codes at stores ...
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New York Post
Toy shop offers quaint alternative
FAIRHAVEN — The Village Toy Shop offers a quaint, convenient alternative to the usual big box toy retailers. "Both children and adults enjoy coming in here. Shopping for toys should be a fun experience, no matter what age you are," said ...
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South Coast Today
Toy store location given liquor license
Green Elephant Toys is chock-full of colorful playthings meant for fun and learning. It's hardly the place where you would order some wine with your veal parmigiana. Last week, after the state Legislature approved a request of Town Meeting, the governor ...
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Salem News
Fire Crews Respond After 3 Become Ill At Toy Store
Three people were examined by paramedics after becoming ill in a Union Township toy store. Fire crews were dispatched to the Toys R Us store at 4585 Eastgate Boulevard just after 10:30 a.m. after complaints of illness were reported. Firefighters ...
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Chinese customers say Oyeah to online sex toy store
BEIJING - Published author and qualified physicist Lin Degang seems unusually thoughtful for a Chinese entrepreneur. The founder of Oyeah.com.cn, China’s most popular online sex toy and lingerie retailer, Lin looks out over Beijing’s central business ...
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Toys R Us to close in Lower Allen, open in Hampden Township
Toys R Us Inc. will close its Lower Allen Township store next month and combine it with a new store scheduled to open on the Carlisle Pike in Hampden Township at the end of March. The New Jersey-based company began a closing sale at the store at ...
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Downtown Olympia toy store to move nearby during renovation
Wind Up Here, downtown Olympia’s venerable toy store, will undergo a major renovation next month that will raise the ceiling and bring in new carpet, paint and other changes, the president and co-owner said Tuesday. Co-owner Brekke Hewitt, 32 ...
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Olympian
Marietta store carries a trainload of toys
Rock Wilson, owner of Whipple's Whimsical Toys in Marietta, Ohio, is surrounded by inventory in one of two railroad cars filled with nostalgic toys. Wilson, who lives in Pennsboro, W.Va., will open his shop on weekends beginning in March and extend hours ...
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Charleston Daily Mail
New Mesa store brings exotic toys and art
To Amy Del Castillo, her store doesn't sell just toys -- it sells art. Del Castillo is the co-owner of Lulubell Toy Bodega, a designer toy store at 128 W. Main St. in downtown Mesa. The shop opened in October after moving from Tucson. It ...
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