Search Options
close
Search the following clips:
All Clips
Everyone's Clips
My Guides
Sign Up
Install
Learn More
Login
Cash-strapped families go back to board games
wiccantexan
follow
2
1-28-2009 11:15 PM
175 views
tags:
toys
,
children
,
parents
,
games
,
economy
,
family
2 Comments
|
Add a Comment
1-30-2009
10:08 AM
tanyamm
I got my grandchildren Hungry Hungry Hippo for Christmas as well as a couple of other games.
1-30-2009
12:05 PM
wiccantexan
Our family is hooked on Monopoly.
Login
to Comment. Not a member yet?
Sign up
Today's Top Clips
Ft Hood gunman told colleagues that infidels should have their throats cut
A quiet voice for gay marriage
Obama uses the word 'teabagger' to describe opposition
10 Amazing Smoke Art Pieces
Lucky Man !!
Abraham Maslow Quotes
Obama can't be bothered by Islamic terrorism
Mind Control With Sound and Light
'Invisible' Lion Cage - Too Close For Comfort?
The Fallen
visit the
Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from
January 28, 2009
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9a297ee8-8f6d-48bc-9e37-6ec20a8f3e2b/61CC5074-4724-4516-B185-503D54A46573/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE50R5BG20090128" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE50R5BG20090128" style="font-size: 11px;">www.reuters.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE50R5BG20090128">Recycled toys, educational software and traditional board games are helping toy retailers through economic turmoil, exhibitors at the London Toy Fair said on Wednesday.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE50R5BG20090128"><P>But exhibitors and researchers said people were tending to play old-fashioned board games or invest in educational software in the economic downturn when budgets are tight and expensive outings have to be rationed.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE50R5BG20090128"><P>"When times are bad, people turn to nostalgia and remember good old times. We are actually pleased with the recession, because when the world is falling apart, everyone recalls their childhood memories and buys marbles," said Sarah Campbell, a sales manager at the House of Marbles.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE50R5BG20090128"><P>"The whole family can play board games and spend quality time together. People now pass their board games on from generation to generation to save money and inherit something beautiful."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE50R5BG20090128"><P>They said parents were increasingly turning to brands they remember from their own childhood.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/61CC5074-4724-4516-B185-503D54A46573/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
Clipmarks
Home
New Clips
Top Clips
Dashboard
Popular Topics
News
Life
Science
Technology
Entertainment
Get Started
Sign Up
Install Clipping Tool
How Clipping Works
Clip-to-Blog™
ClipSearch
Tools and Resources
FAQ
ClipWeek
Top Clippers
Top Tags
Site Map
About Clipmarks
About Us
Contact
Blog
Copyright
Privacy
EULA
OK