All I Want For Christmas...

The annual Dream Toys Chart , from the Toy Retailers Association, features toys ranging in price from £7.99 mini-figures to a £99.99 dinosaur. Toys that have featured on the industry group's list in previous decades have included drawing set Spirograph in 1967 and the Nintendo Game Boy games console in 1991.

Top Toys 2014

Monty The Penguin

John Lewis have released their advert for their Christmas campaign for 2015. With several tough acts to follow which have not only led to boots in the company sales but have also delivered number one singles it isn't an easy job. Monty’s Penguin is part of a £7m festive store campaign and has Hollywood pretensions. Monty and Mabel have been created using complex CGI technology “to look and behave exactly like real life Adélie penguins.” Take a look at the ad but also the merchandise the company is selling alongside.

Montys Christmas

Cereally Good Idea

That’s when the Cereal Killer Cafe opens its doors on London’s Brick Lane – the UK’s first cafe completely dedicated to boxes of the breakfast staple. Open from 7am - 8pm, customers will be able to choose from a menu of 100 cereals from around the world for either breakfast, lunch or dinner. Cereal aficionados will also be able to customise their bowl with 12 different varieties of milk  along with 20 different toppings. Small bowls will cost you £2.50, medium bowls come in at £3.00 where a large bowl will set you back £3.50.

Cereal Killers

Call of Monster

Monster Energy, distributed by Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd in the UK, is again joining forces with Activision to support the latest release in the Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: Ghosts, with an on-pack promotion giving away exclusive ‘money can’t buy prizes’ with every can of Monster Energy. Monster runs a range of marketing activities targeting its core young male audience. 

Monster Call of Duty

Virgin Galactic Crash

Sir Richard Branson has vowed to continue his space tourism venture despite the fatal crash of a Virgin Galactic rocket ship in the US. One pilot died and the other was badly injured when SpaceShipTwo exploded in California's Mojave Desert on Friday. Virgin had hoped to launch commercially in 2015. It has already taken more than 700 flight bookings at $250,000 (£156,000) each, with Mr Branson pledging to travel on the first flight. Will this crash set back space tourism?

Space Mission on Hold

This Is What A Feminist Looks Like

A women’s rights charity behind a T-shirt campaign is investigating claims that the products were made in sweatshop conditions. The fashion retailer Whistles, which sells the garments for £45 each has been suspected of getting the items produced by female workers in Mauritius for 62p per hour and in conditions where workers sleep 16 to a room. The women's rights charity the Fawcett Society who are behind the t-shirt which has been supported by Elle Magazine have begun looking into auditing the suppliers.

Feminist Tshirt

Primark Profit Peak

The discount clothing chain which is currently in 9 different countries is taking aim at the US market as its annual results show strong demand across Europe. The chairman of Primark's owner has hailed a "magnificent" year for the discount clothing retailer, with profits rising 30% to £662m. They have also confirmed they are continuing to look into health & safety standards after the collapse of the Bangladesh factory last year which led to them to compensating families and victims and total of £7.5m.

Primark Profit