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Category: Inflation

  • Inflation

Flashback: Who’s Afraid of Price Increases? Everybody.

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on October 20, 2023October 23, 2023

With the craziness of price increases that nearly everyone is experiencing right now, we thought…

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  • Inflation

Inflation – June, 2023

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on July 12, 2023July 12, 2023

12-Month Unadjusted Rate: 3.0% Monthly Inflation Rate: 0.2% According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,…

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  • Inflation

Tooth Inflation – Tooth Fairy Under Fire

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on February 27, 2023March 1, 2023

The average cash gift left by the Tooth Fairy has surged 379% from $1.30 to…

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  • Inflation

Toy Prices Are Down Dramatically Since 2000

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on February 23, 2023February 23, 2023

Visual Capitalist, “Consumer Price Inflation, by Type of Good or Service (2000-2022),” Nick Routley. I…

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  • Inflation

Results: November Inflation Survey Results

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

Thanks to all those who participated in our latest inflation survey. This edition of the…

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  • Inflation

Who’s Afraid of Price Increases? Everybody.

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on October 24, 2022October 25, 2022

What is worse, having your wisdom teeth removed or telling your buyer that their price…

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  • Inflation

The Russia Embargo’s Impact on Toy Inflation

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on March 12, 2022March 12, 2022

Did you know that Russia is the world’s largest exporter of Nickle? I didn’t either.…

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  • Inflation

Toy Industry Up 13%. What’s Inflation Got to Do with It?

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on January 27, 2022January 27, 2022

Based upon our surveys and my conversations with numerous toy industry leaders and factoring out…

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  • Inflation

Inflation 2022: The Pricing Problem

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on October 5, 2021October 7, 2021

The 2022 selling season is getting underway, and buyers are looking for next year’s pricing.…

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  • Inflation

Toy Inflation By the Numbers

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on August 31, 2021August 31, 2021

On August 11, 2021, we began running our survey on toy industry inflation. One hundred…

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  • Inflation

Were the Roaring 20s Inflationary?

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on July 26, 2021July 26, 2021

As I am sure you have, I have been paying a lot of attention to…

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  • Inflation

Toy Industry CEOs Talk About Inflation

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on April 22, 2021April 22, 2021

The Consumer Price Index, which tracks inflation, went up higher last month than at any…

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  • Inflation

Shrinkflation

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on March 2, 2021March 2, 2021

Investopedia defines Shrinkflation as “the practice of reducing the size of a product while maintaining…

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