I-Toy Retailers Association ikhetha 'imikhiqizo okufanele ube nayo' emakethe yase-UK ngesabelomali esiqinile
Iguinea pig eyazala kanye nendlulamithi ye-disco “enyakazisa izinqe” kulindeleke ukuba ibe phakathi kwamathoyizi athengiswa kakhulu ngalo Khisimusi njengoba abathengisi bezabalaza ukwenza ngokwezifiso ithoyizi libe “noma yisiphi isabelomali.”
Ngenhlekelele ezayo yezindleko zokuphila, uhlu lwe-Toy Retailers Association's (TRA) DreamToys luhlanganisa ukukhethwa kwamathoyizi ashibhile kulo nyaka, amathoyizi ayisishiyagalombili kwangu-12 aphezulu angaphansi kuka-£35. Into eshibhe kakhulu ohlwini i-Squishmallow engu-£8, ithoyizi elithandeka kakhulu okulindeleke ukuthi libe yinto edumile yamasheya.
Cishe u-£1bn uzosetshenziswa kumathoyizi ngaphambi kukaKhisimusi. Usihlalo wekomiti lokukhetha iDreamToys, uPaul Reeder, uthe ikomiti liyasiqaphela isimo somnotho esinzima. “Siyazi ukuthi abantu abaningi basebenzisa uhlu lwe-DreamToys njengesiqondiso ezinqumweni zabo zokuthenga, futhi sicabanga ukuthi sikhethe amathoyizi angcono kakhulu ahambisana nesabelomali esihlukene futhi sigcine izingane zijabule ngalo Khisimusi.”
I-Mama Surprise Guinea pig ebiza kakhulu ingu-£65. Ukunakekela ngokucophelela kwakhanyisa inhliziyo yakhe, okwakuwuphawu lokuthi ingane isendleleni. Imidlwane yafika ngemuva kweminyango yasekhishini evaliwe (sibonga ukuthi yawa ophahleni) futhi yafika ngendlela “ejwayelekile” zingakapheli izinsuku ezimbili. Ukuze uthole ukunakwa okufushane kumodi esheshayo, basetha kabusha njalo ngemizuzu eyi-10.
Uhlu luhlanganisa amagama angaphelelwa isikhathi afana ne-Lego, i-Barbie ne-Pokémon, kanye namahithi amasha afana ne-Rainbow High, uhlobo lonodoli abahlukahlukene olukhula ngokushesha. Onodoli be-Rainbow High banochungechunge lwabo ku-YouTube, futhi izinhlamvu zokugcina eziyisithupha zihlanganisa onodoli ababili abanomehluko ophawulekayo - i-vitiligo ne-albinism.
I-GiGi, indlulamithi edansa ka-£28, nayo kulindeleke ukuthi ibe sohlwini oluningi lukaKhisimusi njengoba iqhudelana noBeyoncé. Izinwele zakhe eziphuzi eziphuzi zengeza ivolumu ekudlaleni kwezinzwa, kodwa ubusha bokusetha kwakhe izingoma ezintathu bungase bukhathaze abantu abadala ekamelweni.
Ngenkathi abathengisi bamathoyizi ngo-2021 bebhekene nezinkinga ezithinta ubhubhane ezibangele ukuthi ukuthunyelwa kubambezeleke ngaphambi kwezikhathi ezibalulekile zokuhweba, ingcindezi kulo nyaka ivela ezindlekweni zokungena eziphakeme ezidala ukuthi amanani enyuke, kanye nalokho ukudla, amandla kanye nezindleko ezikhuphukayo zezindlu. zinciphise ukusetshenziswa kwabathengi. .
Abafundi bathi ukushoda komhlaba wonke kwama-chip chips kusho ukuthi awekho amathoyizi “ezobuchwepheshe” amaningi kulo nyaka. Kodwa naphezu kokuncishiswa okungenzeka kwezinye izindawo, ukuthengiswa kwamathoyizi kukhuphuke ngo-9%, nakuba leso sibalo siphinde sabonisa amanani aphezulu.
Abafundi babikezela ukuthi abathengi bazoba nolwazi futhi babheke amadili afana nezaphulelo ze-Black Friday emasontweni azayo. Bazozama nokwandisa isabelomali sabo ngokuthenga izinto eziningi ezincane.
“Ukukhethwa kwamathoyizi kukhulu futhi kuhlale kukhona okuthile kuso sonke isabelomali,” esho. “Ngicabanga ukuthi abantu bazothenga izinto ezincane kunesipho esikhulu. Uma ukhuluma ngezingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-10, kuningi ongakhetha kukho. Izingane ezingaphezu kwaleyo minyaka zivame ukufuna ubuchwepheshe obengeziwe, okusho ukuthi uma ikhuphuka imali yokugibela zizoba nokucindezela kontanga.”
I-TRA ikhiqiza izinhlu ezingu-12 nezinde njengomhlahlandlela wabathengi. Ngonyaka odlule, inani lentengo ohlwini lwakhe olude lalingu-£35, kodwa kulo nyaka lehle laya ku-£28. Isilinganiso senani lethoyizi emakethe lingu-£13.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-14-2022
