I have gotten word that some Chinese businesses may, this year, close later and open…
Category: China
As all of us in the toy industry are aware, things come to a halt…
In China, Single’s Day on 11.11 is the biggest shopping holiday of the year and it’s bigger than Cyber Monday, Black Friday and Prime Day combined here in North America
For those in manufacturing, there are two major holidays to always plan around – Chinese…
China is classified as a developing nation, however the modernity of its tier-1 mega cities…
I came of age in the 20th century, a time when Russian Communism was a…
“All passengers in the U.S. must prove they tested negative for Covid-19 within three days…
The U.S. toy industry has long, enduring and in many cases warm personal relationship with…
“China’s currency weakened, with the offshore yuan nearing its weakest level ever versus the dollar.”…
The current economic environment is chaotic. What we are experiencing is unprecedented with an uncertain…
Richard Speaks About China in this Excerpt from His Speech to the Spielwarenmesse Toy Business Forum
I recently posted a speech I gave to the Spielwarenmesse Toy Business Forum. We received…
This is an excellent graph from Bloomberg Economics. It comes from the March 25, 2020,…
There has been no reported outbreak in the factories, and there has been, in the…
The number of migrant workers in China, who do much of Apple’s production, exceed Vietnam’s…