Kids (and Adults) Are Obsessed With Squishy Toys and Fidget Trading
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"Kids (and Adults) Are Obsessed With Squishy Toys and Fidget Trading" is generating significant coverage in the Business category, with 6 articles from 6 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include NYT > Business, Good Housekeeping, Columbia Star and WCNC. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (6)
- Kids (and Adults) Are Obsessed With Squishy Toys and Fidget Trading NYT > Business · 11h ago
- Butter Squishies Have Taken Over TikTok—Here's How to Find One Good Housekeeping · 14h ago
- The Summer of Squishies Columbia Star · 14h ago
- Charlotte business Fable spreads smile with viral squishy craze WCNC · 14h ago
- A Cheney gas station has become an unlikely hotspot for the latest toy trend, drawing kids together to trade squishies and build community inlander.com · 14h ago
- Kids (and Adults) Are Obsessed With Squishy Toys and Fidget Trading The New York Times · 14h ago broke it first
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