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
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
Give the toy industry a much needed boost? this time, it s not about spending on toys for children, but adults so called kidults. An emerging generation of over 18s 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 build a bear, 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, fisher price and more that s mattel to find out how tv and movie tie ups 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 billion dollar industry driven by creativity and innovation, with a global reach and a diverse market. The toy industry is forecast to reach $302 billi
Dvds in the United States competing with blockbuster. That was a full decade really that were competing with video stores just in the u. S. Thats 2007 when we started streaming. Roughly the same time that youtube did. Host erin meyer, how did you get involved in this book project . Guest i study cultural differences in the workplace. Im a professor, and i first came across the netflix culture when i read what many people have, the netflix culture hacks. Definitely put on the inrnet with again and it was que shocking when i read it. It said things like adequate performance gets a generous severance. That really shocked me because in my department at my Business School i teach at we were at theime focusing on Psychological Safety in the workplace to create come to promote innovation. Re i had a company though stop focusing on psycholical safety that on getting rid of ople who didnt perform adequately. The fact they had no cation policy, travel policy, things that got me thinking about ho
This is kathleen from minnesota. Good morning. What is the state of Small Business in your Small Community . Everything is drivethru, but you cannot go in and sit down and eat. Its at disney had 30 two thousand jobs, so everything brickandmortar, you have to wear masks if youre going into the store. We are barely hanging on. The United States department of agriculture stopped giving out School Buses School lunches out on the buses. Host as we look at the state of Small Business including mississippi, what is your message to washington at this point . Where is Mitch Mcconnell . He put the bill on the table to be passed and he left town. Nancy pelosi put up the heroes act, and nobody is talking about recession. Nobody talking about people in the hospital that need ppe. This is dire. Just sitting at home ever since january of 2020, when the first covid19 came into mississippi. Ost thank you we want to hear from Small Business owners, employees, shoppers, folks like kathleen who live in mi