Ep 104: 2024 Global Toy Market Outlook, Another Year Beckons

Jan 5, 202430:51Business

2020 and 2021 were unexpectedly boom years for the Toy business overall as locked down families invested out of season in play activities for their homebound children. 2022 and 2023 were significantly worse years for the...

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