Understand the cultural and socioeconomic influences that shape i...
Understand the cultural and socioeconomic influences that shape industry demand throughout Asia-Pacific, with local insight, market statistics and analysis ranging from strategic regional overview to in-depth coverage by country or city.
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Technological advances in 2024 will continue to reshape consumer behaviour. This annual report explores the top five digital shopper trends that will redefine commerce the most in the year ahead. Some of the trends included in this report’s edition…
This report examines inflation levels and drivers globally and in key countries in Q4 2023 and 2024. Global inflation is moderating, although divergence remains among the key economies. Higher volatility in the energy markets and disruption of…
The success of the Super Mario and Barbie movies will further accelerate the digitalisation of young adults’ childhood favourite toy characters. More toys and games companies are making film adaptations of classic toys to generate additional revenues…
Video games experienced a healthy performance in 2022, although the rate of growth in constant value terms was much lower than previous years of the review period. As casual gamers returned to their pre-pandemic lifestyles and spent more time outside…
Traditional toys and games saw a second year of modest growth in constant value terms in 2022, following a plunge in demand in 2020. Sales were boosted by improved economic conditions, as the country emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. With the…
Traditional toys and games saw a second year of modest growth in constant value terms in 2022, following a plunge in demand in 2020. Sales were boosted by improved economic conditions, as the country emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. With the…
The regional toys and games market was negatively impacted in 2022 by the downturn in sales in China due to surging case numbers of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. A sales decline in Japan, following two years of strong growth during the pandemic,…
Gaming subscriptions are becoming increasingly popular in India, as more people are moving beyond casual gaming. In the past couple of years, especially due to the pandemic, there has been a fundamental shift in consumer behaviour, wherein there is a…
The implementation of the Toys (Quality Control) Order by the Indian government in 2021 brought about new regulations that mandated BIS certification for all toys sold in India, regardless of where they are produced. The primary objective behind this…