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, big name 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 build a bear, a much loved company which allows shoppers to customise their own teddies. She s also the head of the global or
Into the former resident and his aides in relation to the 2020 election. We can bring you some brace in rooms expect Breaking News that the Reuters News Agency says prosecutors have charged donald trump with violations of the georgia reco act, charged with a number of counts including ordering the first degree. Rico act. Including the former trump aide mark meadows and his attorney Rudolph Giuliani and another attorney of the former president , john eastman as well also facing charges. Details on this ijust coming into us as you Arejoining Us and here in the studio with me, we have our North America correspondent. While youre waiting for this Press Conference to get under way, what we know so far in terms of whats happened today and right now . It terms of whats happened today and right now . And right now . It looks like these are and right now . It looks like these are sweeping and right now . It looks like| these are sweeping charges against not only donald trump but some of his clo
members of the security forces confronted crowds demanding the resignation of president dina boluarte. the latest reports say a building is on fire in the city centre. now on bbc news, click. let s get 2023 started in style. welcome to las vegas, where there s lights, sounds and a whole lotta shakin going on. uh, not sure this is what they meant, though. did that make you feel better? trust me, it made me feel everything. yes, everyjanuary, the tech world heads to the massive consumer electronics show, spread throughout the las vegas convention center and surrounding hotels. it s great to be here, back in our studio overlooking part of the show. yeah, only part, though, because this place is big. how big? very big. to give you an idea of how huge, i ll tell you what, should we give them a whistle stop tour? i ll go that way, you go that way, i ll meet you halfway around. deal. all of the halls have pretty spectacular stands in and you even get a bit of a theme in each one. t