WebKinz For Sale

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…