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
No one knows them better than dan tillman. Plus, working from home, bitcoin and more. And demand for electric vehicles. We hear from the ceo. We have to get back to the markets. This is the top story of the markets ending the day near the session highs. Stocks tech stocks are ending high. President elect nominate janet yellen to be treasury secretary. So much news on the day. There is more positive news around vaccine. We have this big, cyclical valley. That brings another record high for the small caps. As you are pointing out, it has taken a few years for them to get a record high. Day, hitting the alltime high. The energy index is up. It will be interesting to see what is there and what happens in the future. Some are saying that the excitement around the iphone 12 is priced in and the buyers are stepping away. Nominate is likely to janet yellen, the former fed chair for treasury secretary. The markets took a move up. There was a moment where the s p 500 dipped ever so slightly. The
Good thursday morning im Carl Quintanilla with jon fortt and Julia Boorstin is with us for the hour. Stocks in a whipsaw range, down a couple hundred up 100 here. S p 500 up 25 or so after the dows near 1,000 point loss yesterday. Worst day since june on pace for the worst month since march. But then you get a stock like pinterest. Good guide coming up, going against the grain. Julia, remarkable price target increases. Basically doubling what some analysts saw the stock trading to yeah. A lot of positive responses to those numbers there. Really a beat across the board, carl what is so interesting to me is what we saw in this quarter from pinterest is last quarters results were not just a blip but that this is a company that could stand to benefit over the long term from some of these trends were seeing during covid19 there is some surprising, funny Little Things like the fact that pinterest grabbed four million new users due to the fact that people are going to pinterest to find inspir