Character Group PLC Character scoops two Toy Awards
January 24 2018 - 8:35AM
RNS Non-Regulatory
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Character Group PLC
24 January 2018
THE CHARACTER GROUP PLC
("Character", "Group" or "Company")
Designers, developers and international distributor of toys,
games and giftware
Two Toy of the Year Awards for Character
London: Wednesday 24 January 2018: The Character Group plc (AIM:
CCT) is delighted to announce that its principal trading
subsidiary, Character Options Limited ("Character Options"), is
celebrating not one, but two, successes at the annual Toy Industry
Awards held last night (Tuesday 23 January 2018) at The London Toy
Fair.
Each year the Toy Retailers Association comes together to
announce which toys were most successful in the previous 12 months,
with several awards being granted within their own categories.
Character Options was announced the winner of two: Best Electronic
Toy for the Laser X Dual Pack, manufactured by NSI International
Inc., and Best Action Toy for The Original Stretch Armstrong
manufactured under licence from Hasbro. Each of these toys were
also awarded the status of Dream Toys in November 2017.
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Jerry Healy, Group Marketing Director, said;
"The Toy Industry Awards night is a very important occasion as
it gives credit to the 'best in class' toys of the previous year.
Everyone at Character is therefore delighted to once again be
awarded two of these important accolades."
Jon Diver, Joint MD at Character, added;
"The success also signifies the prospects for the year ahead of
these two brands. Laser X was successful from the moment it
launched last July and, this year we will be extending the brand
with two further toy lines, the Laser X Battling Tower and the
Laser X Long Range Blaster. Stretch Armstrong has now developed
into a full product range of characters, including iconic figures
from the past, Vac Man and the Stretch Monster and is one of
Characters' fastest growing brands."
Kiran Shah, Joint MD at Character, also commented:
"The London Toy Fair this week is proving to be another great
expo for us -we are currently exhibiting our full range of 2018
products and the feedback we are receiving from customers and trade
visitors to the London Toy Fair is very encouraging. We are
confident that the performance of our core ranges and these new
introductions will result in further growth in demand for our
products, in the calendar year ahead."
ENQUIRIES:
The Character Group plc
Jon Diver, Joint Managing Director
Kiran Shah, Joint Managing Director & Group Finance
Director
Jerry Healy, Group Marketing Director
Office: +44 (0) 208 329 3377
Mobile: +44 (0) 7956 278522 (KS)
Mobile: +44 (0) 7831 802219 (JD)
Email: info@charactergroup.plc.uk
FTSE sector: leisure:
FTSE AIM All-share: symbol: CCT.L
Market cap: GBP96m
Copies of this statement can also be viewed at www.thecharacter.com
Product ranges can be viewed at www.character-online.co.uk
Email: pressoffice@charactergroup.plc.uk
Panmure Gordon (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)
Andrew Godber, Investment Banking
Tom Salvesen, Corporate Broking
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7886 2500
Allenby Capital Limited (Joint Broker)
Nick Athanas
Katrina Perez
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3328 5656
TooleyStreet Communications Limited (Investor and
media relations)
Fiona Tooley
Tel: +44 (0) 7785 703523
Email: fiona@tooleystreet.com
Evolution PR (Trade Press enquiries)
Michele Bates, Managing Director
Tel: +44 (0)1327 227010
Mobile: +44 (0) 7725 616059
Email: Michele@evolution-pr.co.uk
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