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Touchy Feely featured on TODAY Show Blogger Mom Meredith Sinclair recommends Colofall as a top toy for the holidays Colorfall on Today Show's featured holiday Toys Pass the Popcorn featured in gift guide Great Gifts-Charley Harper Memory Game Letter Roll featured in Nerdy with Children blog The Brain Cube makes 100 Gifts for Guys list The Brain Cube, Brain Beats and 24 game on Blogger Donna Bozza's travel game list The Brain Cube makes KABC7 Toy of the Day The Brain Cube featured on Gizmodiva The Brain Cube featured on Trendsetter Marbles The Brain Store Recommended for Unique Holiday Gifts da Vinci's Catapult at Marbles featured on Gifts uner 30 segment Colorfall chosen for Good Housekeeping Top Toys JuggleFit Kit Jeff gives Marbles donated products to LA based School on Wheels Brain Beats and COlorfall featured in Parade Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide Colorfall featured in Tis the Season for Spoiling Your Children Touchy Feely, Colorfall and other Marbles products featured on Today Show Colorfall chosen as one of Good Housekeepings Best Toys of 2012" Rock Me Archimedes featured in The Dieline's "Top 10 Package Designs" Colorfall list in Parents Best Big-Kid Toys of the Year Grand Opening announcement for our Fashion Square store Grand Opening announcement for our Fashion Square store Marianne Szymanski joins FOX6 WakeUp to talk about presidential toy tips. CONTENT Tour of the States video Tour of the States video Horizons recommends Marbles for birthday gifts John recommends memory class at Marbles Sifteo article mentions Marbles as “place to buy” product Newport Beach doctor recommends Marbles: the Brain Store to keep brains active. Child and Teen Counselor recommends Marbles: The Brain Store in his blog Marbles: The Brain Store, a specialty retailer with a smart collection of games, puzzles, books and software designed to strengthen the brain, has launched BrainSessions, a new free service that selects activities and products designed to develop specific brain health needs after evaluating individual strengths. The creator of the board game Morphology is passionate about her game, and she even went back to school to learn how to sell it. Orange County, it's your turn to start playing your way to a healthier brain. Marbles The Brain Store plans to open its first Orange County location on August 4 The 10 Best Kid-Friendly Shopping Experiences at MN's Mall of America Calling all alternative learners, auditory listeners, music lovers, and anyone who is afraid of summer brain drain. After a successful introduction to the West Coast with their new store in the Topanga Mall in Canoga Park and another new store opening its doors in San Francisco, Marbles The Brain Store will be helping people play their way to a healthier brain in Santa Monica. Summer toys to enjoy inside or outside. Natalie Morales talks with blogger Meredith Sinclair. Four new national retailers will set up shop in Towson Town Center's luxury wing, mall officials announced Wednesday. Checking in with Marbles CEO Gaskins, who was profiled in January. Have you dropped in on the new Marbles: The Brain Store at Westfield Topanga? This morning Rob Ridgeway, the inventor of Spontuneous, joins Michelle Valles and Carl Bell on Today in LA, to tell us about this new board game that can improve a family's quality of life through laughter and more. Last Friday, a few teachers went to the opening of a new store in the Topanga Mall called Marbles. Lindsay Gaskins is the CEO of Marbles, which operates The Brain Store. Marbles has six stores in Chicagoland and has expanded to a total of 18, with several on the East Coast. Listen up, brainiacs. We're giving away a bundle of entertainment from Marbles: The Brain Store that will help you keep your gray matter in fighting form. Following three days at the toy industry event PlayCon, fellow Chicagoan and trade show pal Marbles Co-Founder and Chief Merchant Scott Brown offered us a ride to Dulles Airport. Marbles the Brain Store is opening its first West coast store in Topanga Mall in Canoga Park. Lindsay Gaskins is energetic, intelligent and fun -- all essential elements to her company, Marbles The Brain Store. Can't find your car keys? Forget why you went to the grocery store? Think you’ve got a good idea for a game? Here are two chances to win some cash. Do you have a game idea that’s been lurking in the depths of your frontal lobe, created a game but never had the means of producing it, or do you just have the sudden urge to invent something? Marbles The Brain Store Sponsors Game Design Contest BoardGameGeek News Links US Retailer Marbles The Brain Store is hosting a Game Design Contest Marbles The Brain Store is running a Game Design Contest Nolan Bushnell stopped by the office the other day, to play an anti-aging video game. “It’s what I call a ‘looking forward by looking backward’ game,” he said, settling in at the keyboard and loosening up his shoulders. Two Columbia College students are realizing their creative dreams: They will be featured as designers on the box of a game they created for “Marbles: The Brain Store,” a Chicago-based retailer that has thrived despite the slow economy by selling products intended to keep people’s skills and minds sharp. Every day we are exposed to massive amounts of information, a big part of which has a purely commercial character. Catalogs and sales coupons arriving in our mail box, e-newsletters cluttering our email, billboards blinking at us with deals and offers. Playing games, even ones on your mobile device, can activate your brain and may prevent Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study. Natalie Brunell visits a brain coach at Marbles: The Brain Store in Lincoln Square to learn more. The phone rings at the Bucktown headquarters of Marbles: The Brain Store, puncturing the tapping of keyboards and the whir of the heating system. No one picks up, though, until a woman with curly brown hair and hazel eyes, sitting at a desk in the center of the room, snatches a handset. Marbles: The Brain Store has been around for only a few years, but in that time it has managed to change a lot of minds. Turns out a toy store can offer you more than just a few hours of frivolous fun - it can actually give your brain a workout. It’s hard these days for game designers to compete with online gaming and the mainstream selection of major retail toy stores. However, two private school arts and media students are heading in the right direction, as they will be featured on the box of their new game at a popular Chicago retail store. While most students were cramming for exams and finishing up projects to present to professors during finals week, 16 students in the Art & Design Department’s Product Design V course took their final projects to the next level by pitching their ideas to a real client—Marbles: The Brain Store—on Dec. 12. Before you gather the kids and create a list of "must-do's" this year, take a peek at these five inspiring ideas that are sure to get everyone talking. Get ready for 2012 by entering to win tons of prizes! The "New Year's Hoppin' Eve" Giveaway Event is hosted by Matter of Cents and Our Family World. More than 100 blogs have joined together to give their readers several chances to win! Sifteo is an exciting new video game concept. It’s not simply another gaming platform like Gameboy, PSP or even an iPhone. It’s unique in that the game play is not limited to the virtual world on the screen, but you actually interact with device in the real world by rotating, tilting and moving the individual cubes. My 92-year-old grandmother is the hardest person to shop for. “Just give me a hug for Christmas,” she always tells me. Thanks a lot. I undoubtedly always get her stationary (yawn), but this year I decided to make a change. While on a pre-holiday shopping spree in downtown Chicago, I strolled into Marbles: The Brain Store. Who hasn’t forgotten someone’s name, misplaced their keys, or walked into a room and forgotten why they entered? Over the past year, studies have shown that there are ways to remember things better. Mary Kay Kleist of WBBM-TV in Chicago reports on some simple changes we can all make to maximize our memory. The holiday shopping season is wrapping up to be bigger than anyone expected. Now, retailers are holding their breath and hoping consumers will keep spending in the final days before Christmas. Creating products for the marketplace is something many students dream about, but many production design classes are strictly theoretical. That all changed when Marbles: The Brain Store, a Chicago-based toy and game retail chain, invited students in the Production Design V class at Columbia College Chicago to develop new games for production. After several years of stuffing stockings with random things from the dollar store, I have become a stickler for useful stocking gifts. Why spend your hard-earned cash on trinkets that break instantly and end up in the garbage? Read on for fun, useful and budget-friendly suggestions for everyone on your list. Launched in a mall outside Chicago in 2008 by Ipswich native Lindsay Gaskins, Marbles opened three new retail stores this year in the Boston area, selling games, puzzles, and other brain trainers. At monthly game nights, customers are welcome to come in and play before they buy. How did it happen that while I was thinking about all the time I had to do my holiday shopping, suddenly it was less than two weeks before Christmas? If you’re as bad a procrastinator as I am, you’re in luck. Woodfield Mall's Lisa Stricker shows off some great gifts, each $40 or less, that are sure to please everybody in the family. With just 12 days left until Christmas, there's not much time to find the perfect gift, especially if you're watching your budget. Between the ages of three and six, children can start playing with smaller toys. The challenge for stocking stuffers is finding age-appropriate toys that are both challenging and excite the imagination. The following are suggestions for stocking stuffers for children in this age bracket. Entrepreneurs and the investors who love them are front-and-center in the latest "40 Under 40," Crain's annual roundup of the Chicago area's rising stars. Every holiday season seems to include the toy or gizmo of the year, but it also brings stories about some toy’s safety issues that no one ever imagined. When did December get here? Whether you're almost done shopping or just getting started, there's something here for everyone from the perfect hostess gift to a most decadent wine experience. And in the spirit of giving, we're starting off with an easy way to help feed the hungry. I chose this gift for my"Crazy Uncle" (who shall remain nameless). He's a ton of fun to shop for as he likes the weird, off-the-wall gifts, so when I saw this I naturally thought he'd get a kick out of it. Plus, the name is pretty fitting! Marbles: the brain store Facebox Art set is today's feature in my mom and kid-tested 2011 Holiday Toy of the Day series, which features toys that I have tested out with my kiddos, ages 5.5, 4 and 2.5 years old. Welcome to another fabulous edition of studio 10! Up with a new gift idea for the guys in your life , we can help... lifestyle expert Sean McEwen is back with all the latest gadgets and gizmos! Chicago - Is there a certain guy on your holiday shopping list and you just don't know what to get him? Here with some suggestions was shopping and fashion expert, Kevin Aeh from Time Out Chicago Magazine. We talk about Marbles: The Brain Store, which has a bricks and mortar store in the South Shore Plaza and other locations throughout the U.S. Check out the podcast interview with Marbles CEO Lindsay Gaskins. If your office is your second home, you're bound to clock a lot of time there with your co-workers. Show them you appreciate them with a thoughtful gift this holiday season. Are you planning to hit the mall on November 25? As you probably already know, just about every store will be getting in on the Black Friday action. If you must fight the crowds and shop in the stores, we don’t want you wandering aimlessly looking for great deals. This Friday, Nov. 25, is the biggest shopping day of the year: Black Friday. Most stores in the Freehold Raceway Mall will open at midnight Thursday night with amazing deals all day until 11 p.m. For those brave enough to venture the early morning (or late night, as it were) crowds, there will be holiday survival bags available at guest services, a pajama party hosted by WPST FM in center court by Starbucks, and of course, countless sales. Good luck, and happy shopping! Are you the relative who is always up for an adventure? The one who plays the part of confidant? If you’re also the one who gives the best gifts, then that means you’re the “cool” relative. But being cool is hard work. Who hasn’t forgotten someone’s name, misplaced their keys, or walked into a room and forgotten why they entered? Over the past year, studies have shown that there are ways to remember things better. It's Toy Time! Stumped on what to buy for your little angels this holiday season? Look no further! Our parent-friendly, kid-tested toy review is here again. You'll find this year's most-wanted toys and discover new favorites to place under the tree. Lay siege to pets, kids, or the neighboring cubicle. A working model of da Vinci's 15th-century design, this spring-powered wooden weapon assembles in an hour and can launch a clay ball (included) up to 14 feet. Women often complain that it's hard to shop for men, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Most guys love home electronics, toys and tools, or some combination of all three. See which toys and games are hot this holiday season at the Chicago Toy & Game Fair at Navy Pier Nick D and several guests, preview this month's upcoming Chicago Toy and Game Fair! Read the Marbles: The Brain Store Review Fans of How I Met Your Mother will know that the ideal name for a bar would be Puzzles: People would be like, “Why’s it called Puzzles?” That’s the puzzle. In lieu of such a magnificent watering hole, the Freehold Raceway Mall is now home to two fun and stimulating puzzle shops. Wednesday night's presidential debate debacle left many Republicans wondering if Rick Perry had totally lost his marbles. As one top donor told Aaron Blake, "Perry campaign is over. Time for him to go home and refocus on being Governor of Texas." h4>Windy City Times - 11/9/11 Lindsay Gaskins, CEO of Marbles: The Brain Store, has build a brand and spearheaded the company's growth—from its first kiosk, opened in May 2008, to retail stores across the country, including its best Chicago location at Water Tower Place. Last year after PAX, I told you about Pajaggle, a cool puzzle/game that really surprised me. Well, in the past year Pajaggle has been re-engineered and redesigned, making it more durable and adding two new strategic-play options. When you need to buy a child a birthday present, you can always fall back on gift cards from popular stores or something adequate from a last-minute trip to Target. It's what many, time-pressed suburban parents do. But when the recipient is someone special, you want to do a little better. You already know that your body needs regular exercise and a healthy diet, but what about your brain? As it turns out, mental fitness is just as important as physical fitness, and Marbles: The Brain Store at the Columbia mall can help. I continue to be perplexed by the toy industry's unwillingness or inability to see adults as end users. Despite the fact that between 15% and 19% of all games and toys are purchased for adult end use, most toy departments and stores are merchandised and marketed for children. There are some notable exceptions of course (Barnes & Noble's excellent adult game departments and Marbles the Brain Store are two examples) Marbles: The Brain Store, a specialty retailer with a smart collection of games, puzzles, books and software designed to stimulate and strengthen the brain, recently opened its third New Jersey location at Freehold Raceway Mall in Freehold Township. KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. - A sure sign that the holidays are approaching is when retailers begin advertising for seasonal employment opportunities, which is a welcome opportunity for many of the area’s unemployed. The Apple store may have its Genius Bar, but now Montgomery Mall can boast BrainCoaches in its newest retail addition, Marbles: The Brain Store, which opened last month. In einem heutigen Spezial der Rubrik ausgewählte Geschäftsideen stellen wir Ihnen drei innovative und erfolgreiche Geschäftsideen aus Amerika vor. Über den großen Teich hinweg können diese Geschäftsideen auch Gründer aus Deutschland motivieren und inspirieren. Baby boomers and their families are passionate about maintaining their good health, and we well know that optimum wellness includes a physical life, as well as brain fitness. Some folks worry about losing their marbles. But that’s probably because they don’t realize just how easy it is to find Marbles. The toy store where your gray matter really matters opened its first D.C.-area location at Westfield Shoppingtown Montgomery last month. FOX 9 News spoke to employers to find out what jobseekers can to do increase their odds of grabbing a gig. The Professional Hypochondriac interviews Dr. Cynthia Green, and includes tips from the Marbles Good Thinking Kit. I recently had the opportunity to attend a preview of the new Marbles: The Brain Store in the Northshore Mall in Peabody, MA. It’s a great store full of books, games, puzzles, toys, software and novelties, all designed to challenge and stimulate your mind. Newly independent Navy Pier aims to transform itself from a seasonal tourist attraction into an upscale, year-round destination for local shoppers and diners. Last week I was invited to check out a new store in the area called Marbles: The Brain Store. Marbles: The Brain Store has been around since 2008 and they first got their start selling their products out of a kiosk. The Bay State’s newest retailer has about as big a target audience as one can imagine: people with brains. I have to admit, I am a bit blase about toys these days. Quality seems to evade several toys in manufacturing and too many seem to be doing the thinking for kids rather than inspiring it. Marbles, a retail chain that sells puzzles, games and books that claim to exercise the brain, opened its first New Jersey store Tuesday afternoon at Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus. Little did Lindsay Gaskins know that by playing family card games and Scrabble matches with her grandmother growing up, she was training for a career. A new Garden State Plaza store aims to give customers a way to a healthier brain. As you well know, we here at GeekDad are fond of anything capable of hurling projectiles, whether they’re birds or foam darts or tomatoes. And, of course, it’s even cooler if it’s something you can put together yourself, like the snap-together trebuchet. Well, here’s one more to add to your cubicle armory: the da Vinci’s Catapult set. Just in time for the back-to-school shopping season, officials at Northshore Mall in Peabody said they are adding several new stores to the shopping center’s line-up of roughly 120 stores. We do crunches to exercise our abs and lunges to tighten our thighs. But what about working out our brain? It's a rare moment that mothers and sons can walk in the same store (other than Apple) and find themselves both lost in the "What should I look at/play with next" aisle. Marbles: The Brain Store is such a place. Every parent dreams of finding that perfect place where education meets fun, where the kids play and learn with gleeful abandon. Most toy stores offer an educational section -a cubbyhole usually- in amongst the sparkling-light-up-battery-operated fluff. Chicago parents looking for innovative toddler toys that will help kids develop hand-eye coordination and visual-spatial awareness in a fun, safe, and engagin way can check out Fat Brain Toys Tobbles Balancing Toy. Traveling families are always on the lookout for new ways to stay entertained while en route to their destination. I’ve often mentioned apps that I think make great companions when you’re flying with kids mainly because the only space they take up is the space on your iPad or iPod. Last Monday, the Bug and I had the pleasure of checking out Marbles: The Brain Store during their advanced opening media day. The company officially opened it's first east coast store at The Mall in Columbia (Nordstrom wing, first floor) last Tuesday. Growing up, my best friend and I played WFF ‘N PROOF: The Game of Modern Logic for hours at a time. Much to my consternation, WFF ‘N PROOF is now known as the Granddaddy of Educational Games. Got a love for words and a thirst for knowledge? Check out the Pocket Posh Puzzle Book series from Marbles: the Brain Store. Marbles just opened another Chicago store, this one in the city’s premier retail magnet, Water Tower Place on North Michigan Avenue. This brings the chain to six Chicagoland stores and three in the Twin Cities. A neurologist from Swedish Covenant Hospital chimes in on the health benefits of brain games at a Lincoln Square game store. Chicago 3 Media tracked down Marbles' CEO Lindsay Gaskins for an in-store interview after the Water Tower Grand Opening. Chase down clues and figure out puzzles in Marbles' first annual puzzle hunt. Teams of up to five people pit their puzzle prowess against each other for a grand prize of a $100 gift certificate to any Marbles store (and glory, of course). Recruit up to five people and have them join you in the first (but what organizers hope will become annual) PUZZLE HUNT at Marbles: The Brain Store. Marbles: The Brain Store opened its new store at Water Tower Place this week and my children and I were there for a sneak peek at their glorious store! Miss Lori visited Marbles Water Tower location for the Grand Opening Celebration and spent some time with Marbles' CEO Lindsay Gaskins. People have been beating down the door, trying to get in to the store, while we were setting up." said Lindsay Gaskins, CEO. There's excitement in the air and give aways galore all day. Marbles: The Brain Store opens on the fourth floor of Water Tower Place tomorrow, July 19, joining the likes of other family-focused retailers including American Girl Place and LEGO. Chicago retailer “Marbles: The Brain Store,” which touts board games, puzzles and other products to boost memory and brain skills, will open its sixth local store Tuesday at Water Tower Place, 835 N. Michigan Ave. Fun Chicago kid activities for the week of Friday, July 15 to Thursday, July 21, 2011 include the grand opening of a new toy store downtown... Marbles provides the ultimate shopping experience by offering a wide variety of brain games, great customer service and fantastic site features like a wishlist and brain teasers. Still trying to decide what to buy dad? Naperville Patch offers a few suggestions... Imagine playing a game and trying to outwit your opponent while your competitor gets to choose the piece you have to play along with his... An active brain is a healthy brain! Just ask BrainCoach Paulette Hicks... Marbles: The Brain Store, a Chicago-based retailer that sells toys and other products designed to stimulate and strengthen the brain, said Thursday it has received $5.5 million from private investors, which the company will use to open 10 stores on the East Coast and in… A Chicago retail startup tapping into the brain fitness industry has announced an... Coming to your area shortly is a brain store with a whole array of brain tools for your shopping list. Lindsay Gaskins, CEO of Marbles: The Brain Store, on her business model and how boomers can keep their brains fit. Lindsay Gaskins, Founder & CEO of Marbles "The Brain Store" joins the WBBM Noon Business Hour to discuss the growing brain fitness industry. Brain fitness industry has exploded as baby boomers, worried about dementia and Alzheimer's disease, look for ways to keep their minds sharp as they age. Boost your brainpower and improve your memory with these simple ways to fight forgetfulness from Total Brain Health founder Dr. Cynthia Green, and see the Marbles Good Thinking Kit on TV! Most entrepreneurs do their best to avoid small business blunders, but not all missteps are bad ones. Lindsay Gaskins, CEO of Marbles the Brain Store shows how to keep your mind active and healthy. Marbles CEO Lindsay Gaskins discusses Marbles: The Brain store, and great ways to strengthen your brain power. Among the products featured are Marbles Tic Tac Two and Perplexus. Do you love to play games? While I’m always up for a competitive game or two, I’m especially in the mood to play games around the holidays. Sitting down in front of the Christmas tree while enjoying hot cocoa is a good way to end the night….but I’d like to add a good win against my husband to that nice evening. The holiday shopping season is in full swing. This month and next, look for Toy of the Day features highlighting only toys my kids and I have personally tested and enjoy that would make great gift ideas. Today's toy: Dado Cubes. Tis the season for holiday shopping. Today - a guide to help you pick out fun educational/learning/thinking toys young children will enjoy. I asked Donna Scovill, manager of Marbles: The Brain Store in Chicago and mom of three children 12 and under, a few questions about toys that will make great gifts this holiday season and get your kiddos thinking. Parents often worry that the toys and other gifts their kids want for the holidays will turn their brains or body to mush. And so, for those who think a singing plush toy isn't the best they can do for their children, WalletPop turned to Lindsay Gaskins, CEO of Marbles: The Brain Store for some smart and thrifty gift ideas. From the Running With Mascara Blog: "Uber-cute packaging makes the Good Thinking Kit a smart I found a fabulous gift for teenage boys! This is a perfectly wonderful gift for teenage girls too, but in my opinion unless you are giving food or cash, teen boys are much harder to shop for. So I wanted to help everyone that has a teen boy in their extended families with this gift idea. So you fancy yourself a word nerd, huh? Well here's your chance to put your smarts where your mouth is with a game of Smart Mouth. This quick-thinking word skills game reveals two tiles with letters on them and challenging players to be the first to come up with a word that begins and ends with the letters. Forget Rubik's Cube. Solving the V-Cube 7 requires far more skil. Or a hammer. Marbles Good Thinking Kit $19.99. Collaborated with Marbles the Brain Store, Dr. Cynthia Green created this portable kit, which features over 100 activities to help improve memory, critical thinking, coordination, visual perception, and word skills. Tampa Bay's morning news spotlights Konexi, Marbles Mind Music, OgoSport and PigzUp! With the holiday shopping season officially here, BrandMakerNews presents its 2010 Gift Guide for Entrepreneurs. When we asked business owners what holiday gifts they really wanted from their family and friends, they were more than happy to name all the goodies on their wish lists. The Daily Buzz spotlights three Marbles products: PigzUp, Konexi I've recently discovered the coolest store - Marbles: The Brain Store. Today, Cyber Monday, they have some great sales so I thought I'd tell you about the sale and let the owner Lindsay Gaskins CEO/Founder of Marbles tell us more. Pallina Strategy Game: $39.99 Magic Labyrinth Game: $29.99 Charles Rodriguez loves board games, and after his favorite store closed, he discovered a Chicago startup Chicago Sun-Times highlist the best gifts under $15 at Marbles The next gift idea looks like it's fun and educational too. The Good Thinking Kit price $19.99 features over 100 activities to help improve memory, critical thinking, visual perception and word skills. it's available from Marbles: The Brain Store and if you have one near you, check it out. Multicolor Ball of Whacks, design your own shapes at marblesthebrainstore.com. You know me and learning games. You’re the same, right? So, here’s another goodie for your kiddos, four and up called PigzUp! Flip over your top card to get a number and color. Help them burn off some of that energy with these cool, lightweight hand trampolines from Ogosport. Your kiddo can bounce the koosh ball back and forth with a partner of play solo -- either way he'll get a great workout and boost hand-eye coordination. If she fears the Wiggles are slowly turning her mind to mush, she'll think it's hilarious to get a book of brain-boosting puzzles. Plus, they come bound in a cute, toteable book that'll fit perfectly in her purse. Fox 6 Now features the Marbles Human Brain Puzzle and Wobble. If someone gave you some money every time you were told to "treasure every moment of motherhood, it will go by so fast," you'd be a gazillionaire. But you probably wouldn't know where to find the jar of money, so it wouldn't matter. Rory’s Story Cubes contains nine cubes with 54 images. Just roll the cubes and come up with a story that links together all nine face-up images. You can outsmart your age and be in control of your brain health...How? By playing games. Marbles: The Brain Store, offers products designed to stimulate and strengthen the brain - products vetted by scientists, physicians, psychologists, and therapists for memory, critical thinking, coordination, visual percetion and word skills. A Chicago-based specialty retailer called Marbles: The Brain Store has opened a location at Eden Prairie Center shopping mall. It's the chain's third Twin Cities store - and the eigth overall - for the 2-year game retailer that started as a Kiosk in a suburban Chicago mall. Minn Post Tuesday A.M. Report on Marbles Eden Prairie Opening Marbles Mind Putty Price: $10.99. Why We Love It: This pliable material is a hit with all ages. Kids can let their imagination run wild by twisting and molding this putty into any shape they can think of, and adults can let off some steam by pulling and squishing the material every which way. Tweens & Teens - Boys. Perplexus $24.99 This Frisbee, ball paddle, and beach toy all rolled into one makes for an excellent source of indoor or outdoor fun without the result of a broken window. Kid testers loved how they could bounce a kooshball off of a mini "trampoline." AOL Jobs features Marbles as a great way to keep your mind sharpfor interviews and new jobs. Marbles is featured as an innovator during the recession. The evolving brain store at Mall of America Chicago parents searching for educational toys, games, and other products to help children strengthen their brains and develop different mental skills can visit Marbles: The Brain Store at various locations around Chicagoland. When Marbles: The Brain Store opened in downtown Chicago in October, Vice President Karen Luby was mindful that it might be the wrong time to sell educational toys and memory-aid products. Fellow retailers were seeing sharp pullbacks in consumer spending as the recession took hold... Featuring Astrojax- a great outdoor game that "combines juggling balls and a yo-yo." If you missed La Triviata on April 16th, you can catch the audio coverage at WFMT. Thanks to everyone who participated! Read about brain gyms across the country, including Marbles: The Brain Store in Chicago! Read about two new stores Chicago that offer unique games, puzzles and brain teasers. Marbles is focused on the message of brain health and Cat & Mouse focuses on pure gaming. Both offer a unique product assortment and game nights each month. Chicago Tribune - 12/8/08 Art Dealer, $24.95. A favorite among the clever people behind "Marbles: The Brain Store," Art Dealer is a CD created by a cognitive psychologist that uses scientifically-tested memory training principles to improve visual perception, memory and attention skills. In the game, you play an art lover who is given a once in a lifetime opportunity: To attend a series of private sales where you have a chance to buy over 1,000 masterpieces… Take a look inside the new Marbles: The Brain Store in Chicago Check out the new mental-fitness mecca Marbles: The Brain Store GOOD THINKING? Marbles: The Brain Store, purveyors of games and books to help Baby Boomers keep their gray matter flexible, settles into its new home at Michigan and Grand Avenues. In this original-concept store, "Brain Age" and other Nintendo DS video games share space with Sudoku puzzle books and board games aimed at mental fitness. Smart idea. 312-494-7769. Marbles Opens at Rosedale Mall Marbles to Open at Woodfield Mall Marbles to Open at Mall of America Marbles to Host It's Second Annual Crossword Tournament Paul Nussbaum to Speak at Marbles Grand Marbles Naperville Showcases First Bike to Train Brain Get Unique Gifts at Marbles this Holiday Season! Sean O'Neil to Speak at Marbles Grand Marbles: The Brain Store Opens in Downtown Naperville Marbles: The Brain Store to Open Third Store in Chicago's Lincoln Square Neighborhood Are You at Risk for Alzheimer's? Marbles: The Brain Store Offers Free Online Brain Health Barometer Marbles Crossword Puzzle Tournament Marbles Crossword Tournaments
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Toy of the Day
KAB7 LA- 11/29/12
The Brain Cube Challenge
Gizmodiva- 11/29/12
Literal Brainy 3D Puzzle
Trendsetter- 11/27/12
Great Sites for Unique Holiday Gifts
KOMO News Seattle- 11/27/12
Sarah Finds Gifts under 30
WBAL Baltimore- 11/26/12
Good Housekeeping Picks Top Toys for Holidays
NBC News - 11/26/12
Holiday Gift Guide: What to Get Your Staff
Inc. - 11/26/12
Jeff Probst Show: School on Wheels
Jeff Probst Show - 11/19/12
Parade Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide
Parade - 11/18/12
Holiday Gift Guide
Las Vegas Review Journal- 11/17/12
Today Show- "Closing the Generation Gap"
Today Show - 11/16/12
Good Housekeeping's Best Toy Awards 2012
The Dieline - 11/13/12
Rock Me Archimedes featured on The Dieline blog
The Dieline - 11/12/12
Parents Magazine Best Big-Kid Toys of the Year
Parents - 11/1/12
Grand Opening at Westfield Fashion Square
Studio City Patch -10/2/12
Grand Opening at Westfield Fashion Square
San Fernando Valley Macaroni Kid-10/2/12
Presidential Toy Tips
Fox Milwaukee - 10/1/12
A Colorful Brain Game
http://seajelliesandjam.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-colorful-brain-game.html - 9/30/12
Brain Beats Video
Scoop it! - 9/27/12
Brain Beats
Geography Education - 9/26/12
Horizons recommends Marbles for birthday gifts
Horizons Developmental Resource Center blog- 9/21/12
Swedish Covenant Hospital Free Memory Class at Marbles
John's Tumor blog- 9/17/12
http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2012/9/07/sifteo-cubes-go-mobile-for-version-2-0/
San Francisco Chronicle- 11/7/12
Newport Beach Store recommendation on blog
Alexis Meshi, MD blog - 9/7/12
Help This Kid Blog recommends Marbles
Uriah Guilford, NFT blog- 9/6/12
Marbles: The Brain Store Offers BrainSessions
Chicago3Media - 8/27/12
8/26/2012 - Interview with Kate Ryan Reiling, creator of Morphology
Minneapolis Star-Tribune - 8/26/12
Marbles to Open New Location in Fashion Island
Examiner.com - 8/2/12
7/28/2012 - New Store Openings
Orange County Register - 7/28/2012
Top 10 Kid-Friendly Shopping Locations
Best Kidfriendly Travel - 7/16/12
New "Brain Beats" CD Brings Learning and Music Together
Examiner.com - 7/14/12
Brain Teasers
wcvb.com TheBostonChannel - 6/29/12
Marbles The Brain Store Opens in Santa Monica Place
Examiner.com - 6/27/12
Spooner Board on NBC's Today Show
NBC Today Show - 6/21/12
Marbles To Open Location in Towson Town Center
TowsonPatch - 6/20/12
An Update from Marbles The Brain Store CEO Lindsay Gaskins
Chicago Tribune - 6/16/12
Bargain Hunter: Free Shipping From Marbles
LA Daily News - 6/11/12
Spontuneous Summer Board Game
NBC 4 Southern California - 6/3/12
Brain Games and a Giveaway!
The Scholarly Lions - 5/29/12
Lindsay Gaskins on the Game Changers Radio Show
560WIND Radio - 5/26/12
Crave Giveaway: Puzzle Package From Marbles The Brain Store
CNET - 5/25/12
A Trip to Marbles
Kunoichi - 5/25/12
Marbles The Brain Store Opens in Topanga Mall
Examiner.com - 5/24/12
Lindsay Gaskins is Using All Her Marbles
Womenetics - 5/22/12
9 Simple Ways to Improve Your Memory
Minervaplace.com - 5/2012
Design Games, Win Cash
ActingBusy? - 3/1/12
Marbles Game Design Contest 2012
Contest Watchers - 2/29/12
Marbles Game Design Contest 2012
River Rat Review - 2/27/12
Marbles Game Design Contest 2012
Board Game Geek - 2/24/12
Marbles Game Design Contest 2012
Purple Pawn - 2/19/12
Brain Training in the News
Northwestern University - 1/31/2012
They're thinking outside the box
Chicago Sun-Times - 1/28/12
Brand Mascots: Shiny Happy Creatures
Business2Community - 1/27/12
Playing Mind Games
Northwestern University - 1/26/12
Marbles CEO Has Mindset For Success And Is Playing To Win
Chicago Tribune - 1/23/12
Lost Your Marbles? Consider Them Found!
Chicago Now - 1/23/12
College Students To Add Brains to Gaming Scene
Black Friday Magazine - 1/23/12
Instructional Video for Skybridge
Board Game Geek - 1/22/12
Student game designs to be sold at Marbles: The Brain Store
Columbia Chronicle - 1/17/12
Top 5 New Year's resolutions to improve family communication
SheKnows - 1/5/12
New Year's Hoppin' Eve Giveaway ~ da Vinci Catapult Giveaway
One Mom's Moxy - 1/1/12
Sifteo Game Cube Review
ChipChick - 12/29/11
Building A Brick-And-Mortar Success
American Express Open Forum - 12/28/11
Maximizing Your Memory
KDKA 2 - 12/26/12
Holiday shopping season is strong
Associated Press 12/21/11
Students Design Games For Retailer
Columbia College - 12/21/11
Stocking stuffers just as good as the gifts under the tree
Retail Me Not - 12/20/11
Best Boston shopping and services of 2011
The Boston Globe - 12/18/11
Last Minute Gift Ideas
Patch - 12/17/11
Gift Guide: Gifts under $40
ABC 7 Chicago - 12/13/11
Gender-neutral Stocking Stuffers For Kids Ages 3 to 6 Years
Examiner.com - 12/7/11
Entrepreneurs At Center Stage In '40 Under 40'
Crain's Chicago Business - 12/6/11
Buy toys that are age appropriate; watch how kids use them
Chicago Sun-Times - 12/6/11
Gift Guides - Under $10 and Under $100
Time Out Chicago - 12/1/11
Wine Uncorked
Fine Wine Concierge - 12/1/11
The Daily Gift: For My Uncle
Mall of America - 11/30/11
2011 HolidayToy of the Day: Marbles: The Brain Store's Facebox Art Set
Examiner.com - 11/30/11
Holiday Gifts and Gadgets for Guys
WTSP TV10 - 11/29/11
Gift Guide - What to Buy Your Guy this Holiday Season: Time Out Chicago
Time Out Chicago - 11/29/11
Marbles: The Brain Store
MommaJam on 95.9 WATD-FM - 11/28/11
Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for co-workers
Baltimore Sun - 11/25/11
Mall Crawl - See what 5 top retailers are offering this Black Friday
Retail Me Not - 11/23/11
Black Friday Sales at Freehold Raceway Mall
Patch - 11/23/11
Hip to the Best Gifts
Retail Me Not - 11/23/11
Maximize Your Memory: Tips To Improving Memory
CBS Chicago - 11/22/11
Kid-Tested Toy Review
San Diego Family Magazine - 11/22/11
Wish List: Smart Gifts Tech Minded-Tykes
Wired - 11/21/11
Electronics, Toys and Tools - Top Gifts for Men
Business Week - 11/20/11
Chicago Toy Fair Showcases Great Gifts
NBC 5 Chicago - 11/13/11
Toy and Game Fair
The Nick D Show, WGN Radio - 11/12/11
2012 Best Brain Games Store Comparisons and Reviews
TopTenReviews - 11/12/11
Puzzling Things Out at the Freehold Raceway Mall
Patch - 11/12/11
Rick Perry's Debate Gaffe, Coming to a Mall Near You
MotherJones - 11/10/11
Lesbian-owned Marbles thrives in down economy
A First Look at Pajaggle 2.0
Wired - 11/7/11
The secrets to giving a good kid's birthday gift
Daily Herald - 11/3/11
Brain fitness 101 at Marbles: The Brain Store
Gifts & Decorative Accessories - 11/2/11
Streetwars; Paying Outdoors with Adults...and waterguns
News Transcript - 10/26/11
Business Briefs - Marbles: The Brain Store
WTXF Fox Philadelphia - 10/22/11
Retailers Begin Filling Seasonal Jobs
News Transcript - 10/22/11
Ready to work out - your brain?
WTXF Fox Philadelphia - 10/22/11
Drei Geschäftsideen aus Amerika
BethesdaMagazine.com 10/20/11
Active Aging for Baby Boomers Includes Body & Brain Fitness
Bette Boomer - 10/13/11
A Mental Appointment
Washington Post - 10/11/11
3 Hints to Help Holiday Hiring Odds
MyFox9 - 9/29/11
Has Anybody Seen My Car Keys?
The Professional Hypochondriac - 9/26/11
The Modern Family Game Night
Windy City Live - 9/19/11
Marbles: The Brain Store - Heaven in a Mall
Quirky Fusion - 9/15/11
Navy Pier renovation targets high-end restaurants and retailers
Chicago Business Powered by Crain's - 9/12/11
Marbles: The Brain Store Grand Opening in Massachusetts!
Mass Hole Mommy - 8/28/11
Founder uses Marbles to create chain
Boston Herald - 8/27/11
A Store To Lose Your Marbles Over!
Mommy Niri
Retail chain's bright idea? Brain-boosting games, books
The Record - 8/24/11
Newest location of Ipswich native's store opens in Peabody
The Salem News - 8/24/11
Paramus Patch - 8/30/11
Weapons of Mini Destruction: Building Da Vinci's Catapult
Wired - 8/23/11
New stores are coming to Northshore Mall
The Boston Globe - 8/19/11
Marbles The Brain Store: exercise for the mind
The Baltimore Sun - 8/16/11
Marbles: The Brain Store grand opening in Columbia, MD
Examiner.com - 8/15/11
Marbles: The Brain Store
Chicken Nugget Wisdom - 8/15/11
Fat Brain Toys Tobbles Balancing Toy for toddlers review
Examiner.com - 8/14/11
Travel games and activites for families at Marbles: The Brain Store
Mom's Guide to Travel - 8/14/11
Monday's Five Things
(cool)progeny - 8/14/11
Marbles: The Brain Store Coming to Maryland's Columbia Mall
Baltimore21201.com - 8/8/11
Travel Must Haves
SheKnows.com - 8/4/11
Marbles: The Brain Store expanding to the East Coast
CrosswordFiend - 8/3/11
Brain health can be all fun and games
WellCommunity - 7/31/11
Chicago 3 Media with Lindsay Gaskins
Chicago3Media - 7/23/11
Saturday Slowdown - Events for the next four weeks
Gaper's Block - 7/23/11
10 things to do this weekend
Chicago Business - Powered by Crain's
Avoid Summer Brain Drain
Tiaras & Tantrums - 7/19/11
Miss Lori Interview with Lindsay Gaskins
Miss Lori/YouTube - 7/19/11
Marbles: The Brain Store-Grand Opening With Give Aways All Day Today
Chicago Parent - 7/19/11
C'mon, Get Healthy
Concierge Preferred - 7/18/11
'Brain Store' to add Magnificent Mile to location
Chicago Sun-Times - 7/15/11
Fun Chicago kid activities for the week of July 15 to July 21, 2011
Examiner.com - 7/15/11
Marbles Website Receives Gold Award for 2011
TopTenReviews - 7/13/11
Five Things: Father's Day Gift Ideas
Patch - 6/17/11
Brain game, sold at Naperville store, tests reasoning skills
NapervilleSun - 6/17/11
Brain Health Insert in Chicago Tribune
MediaPlanet - 6/6/11
Retailer Marbles expanding to the East Coast
Crain's Chicago Business - 6/3/11
Read the Full ArticleMarbles The Brain Store gets $5M for expansion
Chicago Tribune - 6/3/11
Read the Full ArticleAdd some brain items to your shopping list
Money, Women & Brains - 6/3/11
Getting the Boomer Brain in Shape
Fox Business - 4/20/11
Interview: CEO of Marbles: The Brain Store
CBS Chicago - 4/6/11
Retailer banks on brain fitness to expand stores
Chicago Tribune - 3/2/11
How to Improve Your Memory
Martha Stewart Living - 2/21/11
American Business: Trial & Error
MSNBC - 2/20/11
Focus on Family
WGN - 2/1/11
Strengthening Your Brain Power
FoxNews.com - 1/27/11
Hottest Holiday Toys under $30
CBS11 Texas - 12/14/10
Marbles Tic Tac Two: A New Twist on a Favorite Game
A Frugal Friend - 12/14/10
Toy of the Day: Dado Cubes
Examiner.com - 12/3/10
Education Toys Kids Will Enjoy
Examiner.com - 12/3/10
10 Smart Gifts for Less than $15
WalletPop - 12/2/10
Holdiay Shopping Guide Pick:
Running With Scissors - 12/2/10
gift for brainy and chic friends, coworkers, teachers, bosses, and family members!"Jishaku Strategy Game - Holiday Gift Guide
Mama Dweeb - 12/2/10
Homeschool.com's 2010 Gift Guide
Homeschool.com - 12/2010
Geek Chick Daily Quick Hit
Geek Chic Daily - 12/1/10
Holiday Gift Guide
Fit & Fab Living - 12/1/10
Holiday Gifts for Kids
WTSP-TV Tampa - 11/30/10
15 Gifts Entrepreneurs Really Want
Official Brand Maker News - 11/29/10
Great Gifts for Kids at Marbles
The Daily Buzz - 11/29/10
One Stop Shopping at Marbles The Brain Store
Imagination Soup - 11/28/10
Holiday Gift Guide: For Kids
Naperville - 11/28/10
Review of Marbles: The Brain Store in Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times - 11/26/10
that treats customers to fun and brain-challenging activity at the same time.Top 10 Smart Toys and Gifts under $15
Chicago Sun-Times - 11/26/10
Holiday Gift Guide
The Budget Smart Girl's Guide to the Universe - 11/23/10
Holiday Gift Guide
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 11/19/10
Win Math Brain Game PigzUp
Imagination Soup - 11/18/10
Best Christmas Gifts for Tweens
Parenting - 11/17/10
Super-Fun Gift Ideas for Girlfriends
Parenting - 11/17/10
Fox Milwaukee - Indoor Games
Fox Milwaukee - 11/16/10
10 Ways to End Mommy Brain
The Stir - 11/15/10
2010 Holiday Gift Guide to the Best Writing Gifts for Kids
Imagination Soup - 11/14/10
Review - Marbles: The Brain Store
Bette Boomer - 11/11/10
Marbles: The Brain Store opens in Eden Prairie
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal - 11/9/10
Marbles Eden Prairie Grand Opening
MinnPost.com - 11/9/10
Stocking Stuffers Under $15
Kaboose - 11/10
Gift Guide Girls
Gift Guide Girls - 10/30/10
Kid-Tested: The Best Gifts and Toys for Big Kids
iVillage - 8/29/10
Brain Exercises to Keep Your Work
AOL - 9/16/10
Marbles That Shouldn't Be Lost
Brisbane Times - 8/25/10
Name of the Game is the Brain
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 7/28/10
Review of Marbles: The Brain Store in Chicago
Examiner.com - 8/4/09
Marbles Brain Store: Playing for Keeps!
The Teddy Bear Lawywers - 7/22/09
May unemployment rate slows with 345,000 jobs eliminated
Chicago Tribune - 6/6/09
Marbles: The Brain Store to Host Book Signing with "Carved in Sand" Author and Brain Fitness Expert Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
PR Web - 5/20/09
Daily Candy Kids Chicago, Play to Grin
Daily Candy - 5/11/09
Mindful ArtMarking at Marbles
CJE SeniorLife - 4//09
Listen to La Triviata: The WFMT Quiz Show
WFMT - 4/16/09
Latest in Mental Health: Working Out at the 'Brain Gym'
Wall Street Journal - 3/31/09
Chicago Puzzle and Brain Teaser Shops
Chicago Tribune - 3/26/09
Marbles on Citysearch
Citysearch - 2/09
Julie's Health Club
Marbles on Metromix
Metromix - 11/17/08
Train Your Brain at Marbles: The Brain Store
NBC Chicago - 11/7/08
Chicago Magazine, Sales Check section
Chicago Magazine - 11/4/08
10 Cool Things to do This Week
Chicago Tribune - 10/20/08
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