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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...

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....

Going to pursue in germany. Lets not forget that germany was always the country in the european union, or at least the largest country um, supporting brexit to the very end. Sorry, supporting britain, not brexit to the very end. So i think germany is the place To Go to get some gains without going all the way into eu participation. In the news today. Lego, The Worlds biggest toy maker, is outperforming the wider toy market. In its half year results out today, revenue climbed by 13 between januar...

Of this one company is such a market mover. Yes, this is really the story of the week, driving the market action. First of all, it is really about its waiting in the index, it accounts For about 6. 7 of the index, that makes it the second large company behind apple. Their expectations are high going into this and it could have a lot of market sway. The Share Price is almost triple over the last year, expectations are high here and any disappointments could be punished by investors. So it could b...

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Firms must not and can not tell workers what to wear. Johanna konta has been knocked out the Australian Open. She lost her quarter final to Serena Williams 6 2 6 3 in just over an hour in melbourne. She was the last brit left in the competition. Also this morning well be hearing a toy story with a difference. Which ones yours . I would say this is lego, this is not. Ok, this is lego . This is lego. Well find out how one of the worlds best known brands is counting the cost of counterfeits in chin...

Wednesday 25th january. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. President trump has promised a significant day ahead on National Security, including an announcement about his plans for a wall on the Mexican Border. He tweeted big day planned on National Security tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall building a 2,000 mile wall along the Mexican Border was one of trumps key election promises. Hes said the wall would cost 8 billion and will be up to a0 feet high. The new president is also...

Boss cant tell the difference. This is lego. This is lego, youre telling me . This is not lego. Its trying to be lego, is my assessment of it. Out of vogue after 25 years at the helm, the editor of british vogue, alexandra shulman, says shes stepping down. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Serena williams has backed britainsjoanna konta to be a future Australian Open champion despite knocking her out in the quarter finals in straight sets. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one...