Brands barbie, fisher price 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 billion dollar 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, big name 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 acr
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Strong do you think demand is right now for these chips . fist right now for these chips . At the right now for these chips . Git the moment it is incredible. They cant make enough. They are the real superstar of the Ai Sector at this moment. They had the market to themselves. They are a good indicator of both the market itself but also of the position and the fact that they are the person you go to if you want to have the chips to set up your own ai system. What might everyone wants these chips, but there have been reports of potential delays, certainly in the shipment of the new chips. Do you think we will hear more about that when they report their results, will set the address that . I think they have to, everyone knows there a slight delay there and they just ignore it. These chips are hugely complex and it is part of a long Design Chain delays are kind of inevitable. They happen in this industry because these chips are hugely complicated. I dont think it is a big deal that it ha
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