The famous British toy store Hamleys has reported better-than-expected results, helped by its new teddy bear business, The Bear Factory. The group's sales rose 9.3% over the year, with its famous ...

Hamleys, the toy retailer, is raising £3.3m to cut debts and pay for the £710,000 acquisition of The English Teddy Bear Company, which has four UK stores.

The chairman Simon Burke said the acquisition was an "excellent addition" to the firm's Bear Factory chain. Teddy Bears are a lucrative part of the toy group's business. Last May, Hamleys announced ...

Hamleys, Britain's most famous toy company, is to push ahead with a rapid expansion of its new teddy bear business, the Bear Factory, opening 14 new stores in the UK and overseas this year.

Toy store Hamleys is buying the English Teddy Bear Company. The acquisition will be paid for through a £3.32m (€5.3m) placing of shares at 165.5p each. Hamleys says it believes there is scope ...

TOYSHOP group Hamleys is taking a second bet on teddy bears after the success of its Bear Factory shops, where customers make their own soft toys. The Regent Steet, London-based retailer, headed ...

TOYSHOP group Hamleys is taking a second bet on teddy bears after the success of its Bear Factory shops, where customers make their own soft toys. The Regent Steet, London-based retailer, headed ...

Bear Factory has also romped to success since the first one opened in Hamleys’ flagship store on London’s Regent Street in September 2000. It has 22 outlets in the U.K. and expects to have ...

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Toy shop group Hamleys is buying the remaining assets of troubled bear retailer The English Teddy Bear Company. The group is buying four stores, in Cambridge, Bath and Regent Street and Piccadilly ...

In London, researchers say that the best souvenir is a teddy bear, left, from the famous toy shop Hamleys. The store has been located on London's Regent Street since 1881.

A collection of 250 teddy bears has sold at auction for £27,000. Owner Lynda Fairhurst, from Wiltshire, said her obsession began when she bought her first bear from Hamleys, as a child, in the 1960s.