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By 2030, and that estimate is at the conservative end of the scale. But falling birth rates and some of the highest inflation rates weve seen in decades have created challenging conditions for manufacturers and retailers, and signal more tough times to come. While the covid pandemic boosted sales of toys and games temporarily, bigname companies report that sales have started to slip back once again. Lets have a look at some of those numbers. Global toy sales reached $108] billion in 2023, a 2% d...

Give the toy industry a muchneeded boost? this time, its not about spending on toys for children, but adults socalled kidults. An emerging generation of over18s is snapping up collectables and nostalgia brands, and they say its good for their mental health. Im going to be discussing that and more with my guests the boss of buildabear, the stores where you can create a bespoke teddy bear, and the chief executive of the worlds biggest toy company and arguably one of its most iconic brands, lego....

Baby abdulrahman was crawling early, but now his mum worries hell never be able to walk. He was the first child found to have polio in gaza in 25 years, and it paralysed his leg because of the war he wasnt vaccinated and now medical care is limited. He want to live and be treated. He wants to live and walk like other children. I feel a lot of guilt that he didnt get the vaccination, but i couldnt give it to him because of our circumstances. Displaced five times, the babys family now lives in a c...

Lets go and take a look at whats on the show. Translation we should support farmers, because without them, l we have no food. Without them, well have nothing. The worlds failing food system with farmers struggling to make a living, can they keep producing the food we all need . Farmers Around The World from europe and australia to mexico and india theyve been taking to the streets as their financial pressures grow. So, what does it all mean for one of the worlds most Important Industries . Im go...

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Mild, temperatures 13 in belfast, 1a in glasgow, highs of maybe 17 across parts of eastern england. That is the latest. Thanks, chris. You may have heard Audio Interference at the start of the programme, apologies for that. And thats bbc news at ten. On bbc one, its time tojoin our colleagues for the news where you are. This is bbc news. We will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour which is straight after this programme. Hello, everybody. A very warm welcome to talking Business Week...

Software giant that powers huge amounts of the world wide web. Wherever yourejoining me from Around The World, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. You know, it seems not a week goes by without farmers somewhere taking to the streets, complaining about the difficulties of making ends meet. Its an industry thats crucial to economies everywhere as well as global trade and, of course, an industry thats fundamental to human survival. Problems ranging from cheap imports to strict r...

With farmers struggling to make a living, can they keep producing the food we all need . Farmers Around The World from europe and australia to mexico and india theyve been taking to the streets as their financial pressures grow. So, what does it all mean for one of the worlds most Important Industries . Im going to be discussing all of that with these two there they are the Big Boss Of The World Farmers organisation, who tells me hes worried about the industrys future and how its going to feed t...

You know, an iphone sold in the us or europe might be designed in california and built in india using Semiconductors Made in taiwan from Raw Materials provided by china. So if any link in that supply chain breaks, it sets up big problems for the rest of the chain. And thats true for smartphones, as it is for pcs, and especially in Battery Production for those Electric Vehicles were buying more and more of. So what if one country decides to make it harderfor others to get hold of some of those cr...

You know, its quite shocking to realise that here in the uk, nearly one in ten women who experience Menopause Symptoms leave theirjobs because of them and a quarter consider quitting. The menopause is also being seen as one possible reason why women hold fewer of the top jobs than men. Menopause, it tends to happen when a woman is between 45 and 55, but it can happen even earlier. It will impact different women in different ways and there are dozens of different symptoms. And some women may not ...