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 ve 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. Let s have a look at some of those numbers. Global toy sales reached $108] billion in 2023, a 2% drop compared to 2022, with toy companies calling it a normalisation process after that exceptional growth linked to the pandemic. But across the 612 countries, including the uk, france, germany, and spain, sales declined by 7% in 2023 compared with the previous year, but they were still 17% higher when compared to 2019, before the pandemic. I caught up with the boss of buildabear, a muchloved company which allows shoppers to customise their own teddies. She s also the head of the global organi
Brands barbie, fisherprice and moi, that is mattel to find out how his company s 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 have 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 reported sales have started to slip back once again. Let s look at some of those numbers. Local toy sales reached $108. 7 billion in 2023, a 2% drop compared to 2022 with toy companies calling it a normalisation process after that exceptional growth linked to the pandemic. But across
Give the toy industry a muchneeded boost? this time, it s 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 it s good for their mental health. I m 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 world s biggest toy company and arguably one of its most iconic brands, lego. I ll also be catching up with the president of the company behind leading toy brands barbie, hot wheels, fisherprice and more that s mattel to find out how tv and movie tieups are reviving his compa ny s fortunes. Wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the programme. It s 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
they tell me they want to get to destinations like denver, new york and orlando, florida. here in texas governor greg abbott sent another bus load of migrants from the state to the naval observatory in washington, d.c. yesterday not far from vice president kamala harris home. governor greg abbott says he will continue sending migrants to cities like d.c., chicago and new york. border patrol sources tell fox news after the surge of migrants we saw before title 42 expired last week, the migrant encounters have now drastically fallenning. the united states border patrol has experienced a 50% drop in the number of will encounters vs. what we were experiencing earlier in the week before title 42 ended at midnight on thursday. it is still early. we are in day three. according to multiple cbp forces, border patrol afghan national fbi terror watch list. that man crossed the border with a group of migrants. when he was fingerprinted, the fbi confirmed a match on the terrorist scr
forces, border patrol afghan national fbi terror watch list. that man crossed the border with a group of migrants. when he was fingerprinted, the fbi confirmed a match on the terrorist screening data base. yesterday, the was asked how he feels the border is going overall. how do you think things are going at the border, sir. much better than you all expected, ha ha ha ha. do you have any plans for this border? no, i think pardon me. do you have any plans to visit the border. not in the near term, no. no. it would just be disruptive. not anything else. we wanted to briefly show you i spoke yesterday with a migrant here and she was asked to appear in court in june 2026. three years from now. and she was asked to appear in newark, new jersey. she is currently taking shelter here on the streets in el paso. and i asked her how she plans on getting from texas to newark, new jersey. and she said a humanitarian