Fun for Babies on the GO …
“TAGGIE® FUN SHAPES”
SPENCER, Mass. (June 5, 2006) – Taggies, Inc. announces an extension in its line of award winning, patented, interactive blankets and travel toys. Joining Taggies’ original Take-A-Long Taggie® line of travel toys are the company’s new FUN SHAPES. Available as both a cube (“Cuddlin’ Cube”) and a ball, (“Toss”), Taggie® Fun Shapes are soft, multi-textured, multi-colored travel toys with plenty of the Taggies® tags that babies and children love to rub. Both styles have a plastic teether ring that can also be used to attach Taggie® Fun Shapes to car seat, stroller, highchair, or Mommy’s purse! Suggested retail price is $12.95.
Just over six years ago, young mother Julie Dix made the sharp observation that babies are often more interested in the tags on toys than in the toys themselves. With Danielle Ayotte, she created what has, by now, become a classic: the beloved Taggies® product line of toys, books, security blankets, and more, all adorned with Taggies “tags.”
The unique and patented Taggies® blanket is based on the concept that children benefit developmentally and are soothed and comforted by rubbing and exploring various tactile and visually stimulating looped satin tags.
All Taggies products are completely safety tested and meet or exceed all applicable safety standards as set forth by the regulatory bodies in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and in the parts of Europe and other territories where the products are sold.
The patented Taggies licensed and core product line includes small and large blankets, plush items, activity toys, soft balls, rattles, baby booties, crib sets, and the Scholastic soft-cover “My First Taggies® Book” series and hard-cover “My First Taggies® Book” nursery rhyme series. The company’s Random Acts of Kindness program brings Taggies blankets to ill or in need children.
Taggies products are sold at more than 4,500 independent specialty shops nationwide and in Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Taggies are also available through more than a dozen catalogs, including RedEnvelope and Lillian Vernon. Scholastic “My First Taggies®” books are sold at Wal-Mart, Target, Toys R Us, Borders, Barnes & Noble and other mass marketers. Taggies products may be ordered online at: www.taggies.com and by phone at 1-877-4-TAGGIE.
For more information about Taggies, or to schedule an interview with Julie Dix and Danielle Ayotte, please contact Elizabeth Waldman Frazier at WALDMANIA! : 415.334.2787 or waldmania@comcast.net.
