Toys & Games in the United Kingdom

Toys & Games in the United Kingdom industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2010-14, and forecast to 2019). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the United Kingdom toys & games market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

The toys and games market consists of the total revenues generated through the sale of activity toys (including art and craft, building sets, learning and exploration, and sewing and hobby), dolls, games and puzzles (including jigsaw puzzles and card games), infant/pre-school (including intellectual growth education toys and other infant toys), plush (includes soft toys), outdoor & sports toys (includes outdoor games and sports such as cars and bicycles etc.) and other toys (including toys made of plastics, rubber, textile, die-cast miniature model toys and metal toys. This also includes action figures, youth electronics and boy character toys, which includes small racing cars etc.). It doesn't include games consoles and video games. The market is valued at retail selling price (RSP) with any currency conversions calculated using constant 2014 annual average exchange rates.

The UK toys & games market had total revenues of $5.3bn in 2014, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.7% between 2010 and 2014.

The outdoor & sports toys segment was the market's most lucrative in 2014, with total revenues of $0.85bn, equivalent to 16% of the market's overall value.

One rising player in the market in recent years has been supermarket and hypermarket retailers, who, because of their bulk buying power are able to capture an increasingly large section of the market that requires more budget items. In the UK the main players in this market are Asda (with its George toys range), Tesco (with its Carousel brand) and Sainsbury’s (with its Grow & Play line).

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the United Kingdom economy

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Companies mentioned

Home Retail Group Plc; The Entertainer (Amersham) Limited; Toys “R” Us, Inc.; Mothercare plc

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