Francine welcome to the pulse , l ive in london. Im francine lacqua. Coming up later in the program we speak exclusively to the zalando managing director rubin ritter as his company beat secondquarter sales estimates. Francine after that, we will speak to the rwe chief finance officer. Make sure you stay tuned for both these interviews. Manus a rare briefing has been held in china. As the central bank worst to restore calm following the devaluation of the yuan. Francine the currency experience its worst loss in two decades as the peoples bank of china says it would intervene. The Deputy Governor also in charge of the foreignexchange told the media respects the market, fear the market. He did not mention intervene the market. That is probably what he was thinking in the back of his mind. Manus indeed. And try to get some sort of market context. Class test. Lets talk to mark. Weve seen a little bit of a bounceback. Mark lets start with the dollaryuan. This is whatever one has been focuse
19 billion last year. One of the strongest performances in years. Experts hope 2016s product lineup will keep the momentum going. Star wars has helped, with a number of companies benefiting from the franchises source. Legos saw sales surge next year and expect that to carry out in 2016. Of course star wars is another one, the same with superheroes. Theres no doubt the stories are a core part of the industry. Reporter 2016s film roster should continue to film sales. He hopes are very high. A lot of them are on the fantasy kind of genre. Reporter playmobile is hoping its National Licensing deal with the National Hockey league will propel it into the u. S. Mass market. We decided to go after it national wide. Were promoting it on Television Reporter while some you to makers are launching new lines, others are revamping classic ones. Barbie is getting more eye colors, hairstyles, even body types, in an effort to appeal to more girls and stoke more sales. Last year mattel also unveiled hell
Impact on the economy but also your childd happineses what can we expect to see in the toy aisle for 2016 . Morgan brennan recently attended one of the largest toy fairs in the country to find out more. She joins us with our cover story, a great assignmentnt morgan. Reporter it was very fun, sharon. The toy industry converged on new york city. Here as what you can e eect from the business of play as 2016 unfolds. From robotic dogs to barbies new hoverboard to more than 100 new shopkins characters, companies are unveiling their newest characters and play things. U. S. Toy sales grew to more than 19 billion last year. One of the strongest performances in years. Experts hope 2016s product lineup will keep the momentum going. Star wars has helped, with a from the franchises source. Legos saw sales surge next year and expect that to carry out in 2016. Of course star wars is another one, the same with surheroes. Theres no doubt the stories are aa core part of the industry. Reporter 2016s fil
Multibillion dollar industry. The toy industry not only has an impact on the economy but also your childs happiness. What can we expect to see in the toy aisle for 2016 . Morgan brennan recently attended one of the largest toy fairs in the country to find out more. She joins us with our cover story, a great assignment, morgan. Reporter it was very fun, sharon. The toy industry converged on new york city. Here as what you can expect from the business of play as 2016 unfolds. From robotic dogs to barbies new hoverboard to more than 100 new shopkins characters, companies are unveiling their newest characters and play things. U. S. Toy sales grew to more than 19 billion last year. One of the strongest performances in years. Experts hope 2016s product lineup will keep the momentum going. Star wars has helped, with a number of companies benefiting from the franchises source. Legos saw sales surge next year and expect that to carry out in 2016. Of course star wars is another one, the same wit
The country to find out more. She joins us with our cover story, a great assignment, morgan. Reporter it was very fun, sharon. New york city. Here as what you can expect from the business of play as 2016 unfolds. From robotic dogs to barbies new hoverboard to more than 100 new shopkins characters, companies are unveiling their newest characters and play things. U. S. Toy sales grew to more than 19 billion last year. One of the strongest performances in years. Experts hope 2016s product lineup will keep the momentum going. Star wars has helped, with a number of companies benefiting from the franchises source. Legos saw sales surge next year of course star wars is superheroes. Theres no doubt the stories are a core part of the industry. Reporter 2016s film roster should continue to film sales. The hopes are very high. A lot of them are on the fantasy kind of genre. Reporter playmobile is hoping its National Licensing deal with the National Hockey league will propel it into the u. S. Mass