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Record-breaking sales vied with labor shortages and supply chain bottlenecks, making 2021 another year of high drama for the U.S. toy market.

2020 was a crazy year for the toy industry, too

"It's been a challenging nine months," said Aaron Muderick, founder of Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty in Norristown, Pa. On a positive note, harried parents coping with quarantined kids fueled strong growth in puzzles, games, and arts and crafts. Meanwhile, the industry is still experiencing disruptions that began with the shutdown of Chinese factories in January.

Tariffs, other unknowns keep toy industry on edge

Sales in the first six months of the year fell 9 percent from the same period in 2018, when thrifty parents stocked toy chests with bargain-priced goods from shuttering Toys R Us stores, market research firm The NPD Group reports. But third-quarter sales edged up 3 percent to $3.69 billion.

Toys“R”Us® returns today with the opening of its first new U.S. retail store at the Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey. Back just in time for the holiday season, the iconic brand will bring the magic of play to kids and families with the latest, most popular toy products and brands, carefully curated and showcased in highly experiential smaller-format spaces.
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Once at loggerheads, Golden State plastics groups and environmentalists have increasingly worked together to focus on practical results.

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"The consumer has been shielded from the cost of recycling," said Bruce Magnani of Houston Magnani & Associates. Government incentives a key to filling the funding gap.

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In Hong Kong, testing times for toy makers

Rogue toymakers, test-happy executives, countries disagreeing about what a reasonable risk for kids is and, oh yes, yet another casualty of the U.S. government shutdown.

Rough sailing at Hong Kong Toy Fair

Amid positive news at the massive Hong Kong Toys && Games Fair — Hong Kong's exports of toys jumped 8.6 percent in the first eight months of 2018 to $4.1 billion — industry nabobs and show-floor exhibitors alike fretted over navigating the increasingly choppy oceans of the world economy.

Potential tariffs loom large over toy industry

Thus far most toys have not been included in the Trump administration's China tariffs. But with 85 percent of U.S. toys coming from Chinese factories, the industry's concerned over plans by President Trump to slap tariffs on more Chinese imports.

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