The Entertainer

The Entertainer

7mo

We’re thrilled to open our latest store at Rushden Lakes, offering the world’s most popular toys & collectables to Northamptonshire’s shoppers. With our friendly and knowledgeable team on hand to help, our brand-new store is packed with all the best-loved brands including POPMART, Pokemon, LEGO, Monster High, Disney and Wicked 2 as well as our exclusive Meccano, Early Learning Centre and Addo Play Ltd. private label ranges. The all-new store will join a host of other leading retailers at Rushden Lakes, bringing fun, creativity and excitement to customers and a welcome addition to the family-friendly experience at the shopping centre. Our new store at Rushden Lakes is the latest in a long line of exciting developments for The Entertainer....Show more

The Entertainer

7mo

We’re thrilled to be shortlisted in this year’s Retail Gazette Awards for our award-winning own brands Addo Play Ltd. and Early Learning Centre. Addo launched in 2015 offering families high-quality, design-led toys at outstanding value. Early Learning Centre - which is wholly owned, developed and sourced by Addo, is a globally renowned, 51-year-old pre-school brand with an unrelenting focus on child development and encouraging learning through play. Together, Addo and Early Learning Centre are now the 7th biggest-selling toy brand in the UK, with a rapidly growing international presence. Over the past 12 months, they’ve expanded into 20+ markets, including the USA, Canada, Australia and Japan. In the last year, Addo and Early Learning Centre have delivered outstanding commercial and brand performance, cementing their status as game-changing own brands within UK retail and beyond...Show more

The Entertainer

7mo

We’re thrilled to have partnered with leading retail investors, Modella Capital, to create a curated toy offer for their TGJones and Hobbycraft stores. TGJones, formerly WHSmith, has 464 UK stores and, as part of the pilot scheme, will welcome a selection of our great-value toys and games from the end of this month. The six pilot stores are: Bluewater, Cardiff, Epsom, Fleet, Hitchin and Wimbourne. Hobbies and crafts superstore Hobbycraft, with 106 out of town stores across the UK, is also stepping into the toy category as part of the pilot programme, with The Entertainer opening toy departments from the end of October, in six stores: Glasgow Fort, Orpington, Stevenage, Chelmsford, Crawley and Woking. Hobbycraft customers will be able to shop a wide range of our products – from all the best-loved brands – to our popular private label ranges Addo and Early Learning Centre....Show more

The Entertainer

1y

The Entertainer received The British Toy & Hobby Association Judges’ Special Recognition Award at this year’s Toy Industry Awards. The award recognises our successful toy aisle franchise with Tesco and outstanding contribution to the toy industry....Show more

The Entertainer

1y

We celebrate long service at The Entertainer! Every year we invite those who have 10 years or more service to a lunch and celebration of their dedication and achievements to our business. It's a great day and opportunity to catch up with each other and remind ourselves of what makes our company special....Show more