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
Welcome to the journal editorial report. After ducking the press for a month, vice president kamala harris gave her first interview with the campaign to cnn on thursday sitting down with tim walz in the battleground state in georgia where she defended herself from accusations she has flipflopped on key issues including fracking and immigration. My values have not changed. You mentioned the green new deal. I have always believed and i have worked on it that the climate crisis is real, that it is an urgent matter to which we should apply metrics that include holding ourselves to deadlines around time. We did that with the inflation reduction act. My value around what to do to secure the border, that value has not changed. I spent two terms as the attorney general of california prosecuting transnational, organizations, violations of american laws regarding the illegal passage of guns, drugs and human beings across the border. Paul: let s bring in dan heninger and bill mcgurn. Did you lear
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
It s 5:00 o clock in new yor k city, this is the five. nearly 40 days of silence leading up to 26 total minutesds of air time in an interview lass night for vice president harrisn and her running mate tim wales, they sat down with cnn for their first big media interview since replacing biden on the democratic ticket. Fisi harris claimednc her values have not changed when she was pressed on why she s done about face on some major voter issues likesome fracking, take a listen. M do you still want to banac frackingki? no, as vice president i did not ban fracking and as w president ili will not ban fracking. Ch i keptan my word and i will kee. My word. Nd what made you change the position at the time? well, let s be clear, my values have not changed. Gillian: harris fracking 180. Watch what she actually said during the 2020 campaign. Th there s no question i m in favor of banning fracking. Joe biden will not end fracking, she s been very clear about that. D the americanan people kn
A supreme courtjudge ordered the suspension. Some brazilians report that their access is already blocked. Tickets for the reunion tour for rockband oasis go on sale. And thousands of fans are facing lengthy waits. The official websites were quickly overloaded. Ticketmaster insists the queue is moving. Will be back fairly shortly because we are expecting a press conference from the police regarding the deaths of those two people who were attending the notting hill carnival. Hello and welcome. I m lyse doucet. I m one of the co hosts of the bbc podcast ukrainecast, and with my colleague vitaly shevchenko, we ve just recorded a conversation with the prominent british writer and broadcaster stephen fry. He s also a campaigner for mental health awareness, and he s been to ukraine to co host a conference on this very issue, along with the first lady of ukraine, olena zelenska. So vitaly and i have been speaking with stephen fry about the mental scars of conflict. Ukrainecast from bbc news. I