NPD Group
US toy market sees sales dip 4% in 2019 to $20.9bn
“2019 was one of the more complicated years to get a good read on toy industry health,” said Juli Lennett, vice president and industry advisor, Toys, The NPD Group.
UK toy sales down 7% in 2018 to £3.3bn
The decrease has been attributed to the closure of Toys R Us; a poor year for licensed products and a difficult year for the High Street.
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