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Tag: China

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Disruption Report: Sourcing Roulette

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on August 28, 2025

A story in The New York Times about a U.S shoe company and its challenges…

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John Baulch The Friday Blog: Good Week, Not So Good Week

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on August 8, 2025

It’s been a good week for some companies and people, but no so good for…

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Jay Foreman’s Blog: Mr. Trump’s Wild Ride

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on August 7, 2025August 8, 2025

Wow, what a roller coaster of a year, and if we are lucky we are…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: About Time Too

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on August 1, 2025

The last week of July 2025… the week irony finally died. The week the Chinese…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: Keep on Keeping On

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on July 11, 2025

We lost another of the toy industry’s true icons this week, when Alan Hassenfeld passed away at…

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The Disruption Report: Tariffs Start to Bite

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on June 5, 2025

Walmart has been in the news this week as the impact of tariffs begins to…

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John Baulch The Friday Blog: Tactical Foul

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on May 30, 2025

EDITOR’S NOTE: Since John’s writing, the tariff issue is back in the courts in the…

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  • Jay Foreman's Blog

Jay Foreman’s Blog: Shared Responsibility

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on May 13, 2025May 16, 2025

When these tariffs first hit I made the subject of my blog: Pass it on!…

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BREAKING: Tariffs Drop to 30 Percent?

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 12, 2025

This morning the New York Times reports that tariffs from China will drop to 30…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: Paying the Price

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on May 2, 2025

If anyone doubted the magnitude of the task that the Toy Association and US toy…

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Tariff Talks On the Way?

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 2, 2025May 2, 2025

A report yesterday in Reuters seemed to indicate that the U.S. and China have opened…

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Shopping In Shenzhen

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on April 25, 2025

With a population topping 17 million and an average age of 32, Shenzhen is singular…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: Community Spirit

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on April 25, 2025

We have reached the end of another week of uncertainty and confusion surrounding the China…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: Challenges & Opportunities

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on April 17, 2025

After a week with very few fresh developments in the tariff wars, the repercussions are…

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A Matter of Influence

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on April 15, 2025April 17, 2025

More than 90 Live Streamers Sell from The Fair Floor Walking the aisles of China…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: Think of the Penguins!

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on April 11, 2025

I’ve been quite busy with our May issue this week, has there been anything going…

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  • Jay Foreman's Blog

Jay Foreman’s Blog: Just Make The Deal!

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on April 11, 2025April 11, 2025

34 percent, 54 percent, 104 percent, 145 percent or 165 percent !!! Why not make…

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  • Jay Foreman's Blog

Jay Foreman’s Blog: The Tariff Blog. Pass It On!

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on March 1, 2025March 10, 2025

BY JAY FOREMAN, CEO Basic Fun As we go into Toy Fair ’25 the administration…

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