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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...

Brands barbie, fisherprice and moi, that is mattel to find out how his companys fortunes are being revived. Wherever you are joining around the world, once again hello and welcome to the programme. It is a billiondollar industry driven by creativity and innovation with a global reach and a diverse market. The toy industry is forecast to reach $302 billion in sales by 2030 and that estimate is at the conservative end of the scale. But falling birth rates and some of the highest inflation rates we...

This week, were in spain. . . . . For decades, a summer favourite of families and package holidaymakers looking for some guaranteed sunshine. This month alone, around 10 million of us will have paid the country a visit. So as peak season there reaches its height, we wanted to revisit some of our adventures on the spanish mainland, starting in the southern region of andalucia, home to some eyecatching names seville, cordoba, granada and the costa del sol. But amid all the recumbent sun worshippe...

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In the west make the idf sending in hundreds of soldiers with armored vehicles and bulldozers israel says it has killed 20 terrorists and gun battles and airstrikes including a senior hamas commander welcomed a brandnew hour of fox news live i am bryan llenas. Anita: i am anita vogel. West bank operation is considered one of the biggest and deadliest since the war began between israel and hamas. The fighting growing more intense today with reports that at least one idf soldier was killed several...

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....

Its 5:00 oclock in new yor k city, this is the five. nearly 40 days of silence leading up to 26 total minutesds of air time in an interview lass night for vice president harrisn and her running mate tim wales, they sat down with cnn for their first big media interview since replacing biden on the democratic ticket. Fisi harris claimednc her values have not changed when she was pressed on why shes done about face on some major voter issues likesome fracking, take a listen. M do you still want...

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Far as we followed chris getting. Certainly the day was wild. What is often reported is the level of also camaraderie among the writers on the day, a surprising aspect that i didnth fully anticipate. We sort of show this in the film, where after the evening of the sixth, they go back to the hotel and are having an after party, barbecuing in the street, sort of celebrating and talking about their exploits of the day. It is extraordinary. I have love talking with you, i wish you the best of luck w...

On the beaches, we found something secret hidden beneath the sands. Im meeting eddi pitcher, a writer and travel journalist who specialises in uncovering hidden places. Eddi, where are you taking me today? so we are taking the wild way to bolonia beach, and we can see that this is the way because weve got. . . Knotted beach grass here. There are no signs. So its. . . I said it was a wild way. Im definitely glad that eddis here to show me the way on this one. Wow, look at this. There you go. So y...