most are sold in the uk by online and high street retailers, but they are made in the far east. shipping them over is currently taking twice the time it should. the first reason is the lack of shipping containers coming out of china. the second is the lack of space and availability on the vessels coming over. and lastly, the most major issue is having trucks from the port deliver straight to us. so at every stage, really, you re finding delays. every stage, yes. we are now coming up to the crucial christmas trading period. the concern for toy makers and retailers isn t demand. they think that will be strong. it is whether they have enough of exactly the products people want at exactly the right time. we can t say or rule out that we will have shortages. at the moment we re well stocked, but we re in september. 0ur peak period starts at the end of october. gerald says toys will also be more expensive as some of the rising cost of shipping is passed on to customers. the biggest cost incr
toys, our harry potter toys, some of our train sets. these are all designed in london. most are sold in the uk by online and high street retailers, but they are made in the far east. shipping them over is currently taking twice the time it should. the first reason is the lack of shipping containers coming out of china. the second is the lack of space and availability on the vessels coming over. and lastly, the most major issue is having trucks from the port deliver straight to us. so at every stage, really, you re finding delays. every stage, yes. we are now coming up to the crucial christmas trading period. the concern for toy makers and retailers isn t demand. they think that will be strong. it is whether they have enough of exactly the products people want at exactly the right time. we can t say or rule out that we will have shortages. at the moment we re well stocked, but we re in september. our peak period starts at the end of october.