{"id":11272,"date":"2023-12-21T09:29:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T09:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/toy-shops-forecast-to-sell-5m-fewer-products-during-golden-quarter\/"},"modified":"2023-12-21T09:29:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T09:29:59","slug":"toy-shops-forecast-to-sell-5m-fewer-products-during-golden-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/toy-shops-forecast-to-sell-5m-fewer-products-during-golden-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Toy shops forecast to sell 5m fewer products during golden quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/online-workshops-list\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-496\" src=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png\" alt=\"Retail Online Training\" width=\"729\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png 729w, https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90-300x37.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/a><\/p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-151396\">\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shutterstock_1269960700-696x464.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shutterstock_1269960700-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shutterstock_1269960700-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shutterstock_1269960700-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shutterstock_1269960700-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shutterstock_1269960700.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"Toys\" title=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Toy retailers are predicted to sell 5m fewer toys during the golden quarter, as households cut down the number of presents they buy.<\/p>\n<p>Sales were down by 8% in value terms on last year in the 10 weeks to 10 December for toy retailers, according to The Guardian.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The quantity of products sold also dropped by around 10% over the same period, according to Circana.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"x_al\">Sign up\u00a0here\u00a0to g<\/span><span class=\"x_al\">et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning<\/span><strong><span class=\"al\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Executive director of UK toys at Circana Melissa Symonds said: \u201cEveryone is just being a little bit more cautious with their spending. I don\u2019t think people have not bought toys for their kids for Christmas but instead of purchasing four or five they\u2019ve bought one or two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christmas serves as a vital period for the toys sector, with as many toys sold during a week of December as during\u00a0some months of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The Entertainer founder Gary Grant was expecting a tough Christmas this year. He told The Times\u00a0last month: \u201cPeople just haven\u2019t been in Christmas buying mode, plus they\u2019re facing difficult decisions about how they spend their money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette\u2018s free daily email newsletter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<footer>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/online-workshops-list\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-496\" src=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png\" alt=\"Retail Online Training\" width=\"729\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png 729w, https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90-300x37.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/a><\/p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toy retailers are predicted to sell 5m fewer toys during the golden quarter, as households cut down the number of presents they buy. 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