
- 145 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The toy industry is one of the most consistently misunderstood sectors of American business, comprising a wide range of businesses under one bannerāentertainment, commodities, fashion, and licensingāthat each behave differently. Unlike other industries, more than 40 percent of products are new every year, and success often depends on the whims of a child.
Currently about $22 billion per year at wholesale for traditional toys, the United States toy industry has remained relatively constant since the 1990s, with a short-term boom in 2020 and 2021 in response to a global pandemic.
This edition has been updated to reflect these and other dynamic changes in recent years, including the impacts of shifts in marketing, technology, consumption, and retailing. It offers an introduction to the structure, practices, and market forces that impact the toy industry, including a short history, a description of the current market landscape, product trends, emerging opportunities and threats and expectations for the future.
The primary focus is the U.S. toy industry, but one cannot ignore the global scope of the business, particularly with respect to manufacturing and opportunities for growth in emerging markets. It is intended to provide a foundation for understanding the diverse and dynamic nature of the toy industry and many things that make it unique and to introduce this fast-paced, always changing and fiercely competitive business where success is often more an art than a science.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Description
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 A Brief History of the U.S. Toy Industry
- Chapter 2 The Toy Industry by Size and Category13
- Chapter 3 Product Still Rules
- Chapter 4 Buying and Selling
- Chapter 5 Creating Desire: Licensing, Advertising, and Marketing
- Chapter 6 The Money Game: The Financial Realities of the Toy Industry
- Chapter 7 So You Still Want to Play?
- Epilogue: Play It Forward: Forecasting the Future
- Bibliography
- About the Author
- Index
- Backcover