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ORLANDO, Fla., March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — At first glance they seem like any other students.  And they are—with one amazing difference.  At just 9-14 years-old, they are some of North America‘s youngest and best SCRABBLE® players.  These students will put their SCRABBLE skills to the test as they compete against some of their most skillful peers for the $10,000 top prize at the annual National School SCRABBLE® Championship (NSSC).  This year’s event takes place at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort in Orlando, FL April 13-14.

Many of these 4th-8th graders will go on to play—and often defeat—adults in rated SCRABBLE® tournaments and the annual National SCRABBLE® Championship.  At this year’s NSSC there will be 29 students with official North American SCRABBLE® Players Association (NASPA) ratings.  The field also includes NSSC champs, 12 sets of siblings and numerous School SCRABBLE® tournament newbies. 

“These competitors represent the cream of the crop from our National School SCRABBLE® Program,” says National SCRABBLE® Association Executive Director, John D. Williams Jr.  Praised by parents and educators alike, the School SCRABBLE® Program is an innovative teaching tool that has helped over a million kids in over 20,000 schools nationwide with spelling, vocabulary, math, dictionary use and more.  “Kids are learning, and they don’t even know it!” Williams adds.

Play begins at 2:00 PM with 3 rounds on Friday, April 13th and all day Saturday, April 14th.  Finals will be approximately 3:00 PM on Saturday, followed by the awards ceremony.

To learn more and watch a fun 4-minute video about the National School SCRABBLE® Championship, go to www.schoolscrabble.com.

Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) is a branded play company providing children and families around the world with a wide-range of immersive entertainment offerings based on the Company’s world class brand portfolio.  From toys and games, to television programming, motion pictures, video games and a comprehensive licensing program, Hasbro strives to delight its customers through the strategic leveraging of well-known and beloved brands such as TRANSFORMERS, LITTLEST PET SHOP, NERF, PLAYSKOOL, MY LITTLE PONY, G.I. JOE, MAGIC: THE GATHERING and MONOPOLY.  The Hub, Hasbro’s multi-platform joint venture with Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) launched on October 10, 2010. The online home of The Hub is www.hubworld.com. The Hub logo and name are trademarks of Hub Television Networks, LLC. All rights reserved.  Come see how we inspire play through our brands at http://www.hasbro.com.  Hasbro is the owner of the registered SCRABBLE® trademark in the United States and Canada. © 2012 Hasbro, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

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WAYNE, Pa., March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – International Commercial Television, Inc. (OTCQB: ICTL) a premier multi-channel distribution company utilizing highly profiled infomercial campaigns to market and brand exclusive products to international consumers, is announcing the following: On March 14, 2012, the Company completed the execution of an agreement with Hutton Miller LLC for the production of one and two minute direct response television commercials to be aired on major US children’s cable channels, featuring the wholly Company owned construction toy, Glo-B’s.

Glo-B’s is a toy building block system that bends, moves, shapes and curves.  Solidly made of quality glow-in-the-dark neon colored plastic, the blocks glow in their respective colors. Glo-B’s are designed for children 3 + years and will connect with and enhance other popular building block sets. Recent years have seen the “construction toy” segment of the toy market in the USA on a sharp increase, with actual “building and doing” once again enjoying a resurgence of popularity with both children and parents alike. The Glo-B’s system is based on the Glow-In-The-Dark BetterBlocks toy system that was a huge success 15-20 years ago.

The production agreement calls for “best efforts” completion of the TV spots by 5/31/12 and the Company expects to begin testing the commercials on kids’ cable stations during the summer months, while children are home from school on summer vacation. The goal is to be in a good position for a profitable DRTV, internet, and live television home shopping for a 2012 Christmas promotion, with a continued DRTV push through 2013. We plan to begin a progressive retail rollout beginning May 2013, climaxing in an anticipated full Christmas retail placement later in that year.

Kelvin Claney, CEO and the person responsible for Company product development stated, “In recent years some of the most successful DRTV to retail items have been toys e.g Floam, Bendaroos, Happy Nappers, CuddleUppets and Kids Snuggies to mention a few. The creative behind all these successful DRTV spots was either John Miller or his new company Hutton Miller.  John Miller was also the major factor in the past successes of Better Blocks, Glow-In-The-Dark BetterBlocks and Magic Color Change Better Blocks. We firmly believe that given the current fast growing sales in the children’s building block market, this is a perfect time to be launching the Glo-B’s project and we look forward to building a profitable children’s toy business.”

International Commercial Television trades publicly on the OTCQB under the symbol ICTL. The OTCQB is a dynamic electronic stock exchange consisting of SEC fully reporting companies. OTCQB stocks may be easily traded through most major brokerages such as E- Trade, Scottrade and TDAmeritrade.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: International Commercial Television, Inc. Kelvin Claney, Investor Relations 1-206-780-2921 Email Contact: Claney@ictvonline.com Website: http://www.ictvonline.com

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Subscription Service Ships Themed Activity Boxes to Consumers

CHICAGO, March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Parents face a daily challenge searching for enriching, engaging things to do with their kids.  They know it is important, but many don’t know where to begin or lack the time to gather all the materials.  That’s where the BabbaBox comes in.

Arriving in the mail each month, the BabbaBox is a new, subscription service providing activities, materials and instruction for enriching engagement between parents and their 3- to 7-year-old children.  BabbaBox contains hands-on projects, books and online adventures – all revolving around a theme-of-the-month.  All materials are included in the box, making it one-stop shopping for child engagement.

Like so many children’s products, the BabbaBox is a mother’s invention, born out of need.

“I’m a busy working mom, but nothing is more important to me than spending quality time interacting with my children,” explains Jessica Kim, inventor of the BabbaBox.   “I want to spend my limited time engaging with them, not searching for ideas and shopping for supplies.”

“The BabbaBox helps create memories,” Kim explains. “In the end, it’s not the things they got that they’ll remember:  They’ll remember what we did as a family.”

Each BabbaBox revolves around one theme or life lesson — such as gratitude, feelings or sun/moon/stars — and incorporates four main ways children engage and learn:

• Create: Hands-on craft projects
• Explore:  Adventures, activities and a tool or instrument — such as a camera, or binoculars — to engage children with the world
• Story Tell:  A theme-related book, selected from scores of award-winning volumes
• Connect:  Prepaid downloads, selected by child development specialists to reinforce each month’s theme

Monthly memberships are available for $29.99 per month and annual subscriptions are $25 per month, delivering 12 BabbaBoxes for the price of 10.  Gift subscriptions are available for one, three, and six months or a year. 

BabbaCo, maker of the BabbaBox, began in 2008 to provide simple, functional baby products, including the BabbaCover, a stylish baby carrier cover to shield infants from the elements. In the fall of 2011, BabbaCo introduced the BabbaBox, a subscription membership service born of parents’ desire for quality engagement activities for their children and the company’s interest in connecting directly with customers.

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Dazadi.com, #706 on the 2011 Edition of Internet Retailer’s top e-commerce websites, continues record growth in January and February.

LOS ANGELES, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Dazadi.com has been featured in the March 19th issue of the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. The article appears in the Entrepreneur section of the journal and details the company’s background, current operations, and plans for the future. Dazadi sells home recreational products in the following categories: Sports Fitness, Game Rooms, Toys Games, and Backyard Patio. 

“This is the first time we’ve been interviewed by an actual business journal. It’s nice to know that our hard work is getting recognized, especially in our own community,” says Josh Klaristenfeld, Co-Founder and EVP of Operations. ”We’ve been reading the San Fernando Valley Business for years and it is really exciting to have them do an article about us. We are very appreciative. The funniest part was that they were hoping to get a photo of us with some of the cool products we sell like treadmills, air hockey tables, arcade games, pool tables, and basketball hoops, but our office is fairly spartan. We used to have an air hockey table but we had to get rid of it because no one was getting any work done,” laughs Josh.

Founded in the May of 2002 by four brothers, Dazadi.com is a specialized online retailer of home recreational products. Dazadi.com sells over 10,000 unique items for the home including Game room equipment (Pool Tables, Air Hockey Tables, and Foosball Tables), Home Gym Equipment (Treadmills, Stairmasters, Elliptical Trainers), Patio Furniture, Toys and Games, and Basketball Hoops and other sporting goods.  Dazadi.com constantly strives to live up to its tagline, “The Home of Awesome,” by carrying only curated, hand-picked, awesome products.

For more information on Dazadi please visit (www.dazadi.com), follow Dazadi on Twitter at (www.twitter.com/dazadi) or on Facebook at (http://www.facebook.com/dazadi.com)

Contact: Elan Klaristenfeld, Co-Founder EVP of Marketing.
Tel. (818) 336-9450
Email: marketing@dazadi.com

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LONDON, March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –

On March 8^th style-passport.com celebrates its first birthday and would like to thank everyone for an incredible year.

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Launched one year ago on International Women’s Day, style-passport is proud to have grown into a successful and well established online destination for holiday beauty and fashion.

The site was founded by Sarah Walter, (Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire) and has been designed to inspire and style women for life’s best times. Based in London, style-passport operates its own photographic studio and warehouse from which items are sent out to stylish women around the globe.

With over seventy fashion and beauty brands on the site shoppers are invited to browse the site conventionally or shop directly from the online magazine putting chosen items in their ‘suitcase’ as they go. Brands from Missoni to Havaianas, Miller Harris to Carmex and IRO to Converse sit beside new artisanal finds from all over the world.

Sarah Walter comments, ‘Style-passport’s ethos is that style is not exclusively about how much money you have to spend but is about knowing what to choose and how to wear it’.

Style-passport has forged exciting partnerships to both drive brand awareness and to help travellers and holidaymakers make the right style decisions for their adventures. Key partners include The Banyan Tree, Scott Dunn, i-escape, HG2, Travesse and cazenove loyd. Thanks also go to The Club at The Ivy, Soho House, Morton’s and The Groucho for their support.

‘Its been an incredible year’ says Walter ‘remarkable team spirit, hard work and a steep learning curve are made worthwhile when we hear wonderful feedback from our customers’.

contact us at:
style-passport | chandelier building, 8 scrubs lane | london, NW106RB
call: 0844-686-0808
email: hello@style-passport.com
facebook: style – passport.com | twitter: style_passport
Company number: 07308107  |  VAT: 9977628 33

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