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Gazette, The (Colorado Springs) - Webkinz Nation
July 21, 2007 -- Ace, a tan, bug-eyed Chihuahua, is snoring. He's snuggled up in his doggie bed, snoozing in a blue room with wooden floors. The dog is tuckered...
Newsweek - Waving Bye To Webkinz?
December 10, 2007 -- For months, America’s toy stores endured a near-hourly ritual: the phone would ring, and a tiny voice would ask: “Do you have any raccoon...
Oakland Tribune - Webkinz site's appeal broadbased
July 16, 2007 -- FOR ABOUT a week my 6-year-old son, Mark, was having a grand old time on Webkinz, one of several children's Web sites that have exploded in...
Business Wire - Too Old for Webkinz; Too Young for Facebook
July 29, 2008 -- Personalized Lockers, Online "Junior High" Helps Girls Navigate Tween Years LEXINGTON, Mass. -- While most kids have fled the schools for...
Advertising Age - WEBKINZ.(Special Report: Marketing 50)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007 -- Byline: beth snyder bulik For 57 years, Ganz had been a leader in the stuffed-plush-toy industry. But recently the founder's grandson Howard...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) - Geneva History Center tabs 'Webkinz' for promotion.(News)
June 28, 2007 -- Byline: Harry Hitzeman hhitzeman@@dailyherald.com Swedish Days is over, but the folks at the Geneva History Center are still in top gear....
Advertising Age - THIS FROG SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT WORD-OF-MOUTH; Webkinz sell by the millions-without advertising.(News)(Webkinz.com)(Website overview)
January 22, 2007 -- Byline: BETH SNYDER BULIK bbulik@crain.com Starbucks, amazon, palm and ... Webkinz. If you haven't got kids, it's possible you just...
Advertising Age - Five things you can learn from Webkinz.(News)(Brief article)
January 22, 2007 -- 1. Interactivity rules school. The next generation of "digital natives" was born with web connections at home, they understand it, and...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) - Plush pets jump online Much of the fun with Webkinz occurs in a growing virtual world.(Business)(Around the malls)
January 14, 2007 -- Byline: Kim Mikus Little plush animals with an Internet connection are making their way from playground to playground. Webkinz are becoming...
Advertising Age - The hottest thing in kids marketing? Imitating Webkinz; Bratz, Barbie, Disney all sell toys that connect users to virtual worlds, and millions of children are...
October 8, 2007 -- Byline: EMILY BRYSON YORK Pop quiz: Name one of the more common places you'll find a Webkinz stuffed toy today. Answer: Tossed aside and...