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Swing ball is one of the largest sellers

Stuck At Home , irritable, and a little bored during the lockout - and that's just the parents. Many people have to buy The Need to, the large Lego sets, and 1000-piece Jigsaw Puzzles to keep you entertained.

their Children , on The Other hand, had a whale of a time, Outside In the beautiful weather.

Retro stationary tennis-game swing ball has bounced into The Top 10 toys bestsellers in the case of the coronavirus restrictions.

While many families do not have the luxury of outdoor space to the home, a psychologist, Says The Experience of playing together, a good result from The National crisis.

Bored of Board games?

Lockdown has proved to be a mixed blessing for the British toy industry.

game trade in goods, as the rest of The High Street are already closed and have to fight. Gary Grant , head of one of the largest toy sellers in the UK, The Entertainer , Says that The Business will have folded would, without the government financial support, and is still fighting for survival.

However, the value of the UK toy sales grew by 17% in the two months from the beginning of Lockdown in comparison with the same period Last Year , according to analysts NPD.

This is because the parents and Children in the UK have Lockdown actually been buying less toys, but more on those that you have purchased while.

The average amount of spending on a toy or game, from £8. 07 £9. 65, NPD data shows.

First of all, the racing the games and puzzles were" to keep The Kids busy while the parents worked," Says Frederique Tutt, global toy industry expert at the NPD. You remain the biggest success story, with sales up by 43% in value in The First half of this year compared to The First six months of 2019.

monopoly, and Dobble among The 10 biggest-selling toys and games during Lockdown .

water have been popular slides in the Sunny weather

Then the month of May is called the sunniest calendar month On Record in the UK, the demand for outdoor toys, which recorded a 31% increase compared to the same period of time.

Sand and water to slip off the virtual shelves flew.

It was a different story in Europe, where they thought, in spite of similar weather is good, tighter restrictions and less of an online market, the parents saved to spend on your toy, until the shops re-open.

In the UK, the visit Children will be able to have kept a Toy Shop , her bag of money is hidden. The costs for collectible toys, the big seller of The Last few years, has plunged by almost a third (29%) since the beginning of the year.

impulse buying is evaporated, and that was Bad News for Gary Grant , a long-standing supporter of the physical toy store. Also, the sale of 300 tons of sand to play in eight weeks could not for the lost revenue.

He describes The Last three months as "traumatic". The vast majority of its 2000 employees have been furloughed, and he had to overhaul the company's online-and warehouses within days.

All the attention is now on the shops re-opening in England on Monday and later in other parts of the UK, and makes you to visit in a safe place.

"We want Children to run to our shops. They are toy-shops. But at The Moment , you can say not because it is safe for customers and employees," he said.

Gary Grant , the founder of The artists, she Says , it was hard for retailers

the re-opening has for The Future of the city-centres, he Says . The government lifelines to the provision of state-paid wages, the breaks and the support of the loan is The Business tariff at the end of finally.

"We can't afford, a second wave [of The Virus ]," he Says . "We could not survive that. "

now, he is appealing to The Public to visit shops again, but reasonable.

"don't turn your back on the main road, otherwise The High Street will be dead. Retailers, such as grocery stores increasingly [during the Lockdown ], we need to secure them," he Says .

The analysts ' forecasts is not all happy reading for him.

consumer-propose to surveys by the NPD, customer. be careful on the way Back To the shops Four out of five of the respondents said they would research toys online before you buy it. Click and collect, free delivery and in-store-fast lanes at the checkouts are all of high consumer wish list.

The Silver Lining for businesses is that, despite The Inevitable economic pain before, Christmas in The Toy industry has mostly stretched elastic budget. to sacrifice

The Last thing, it seems, The Kids presents, especially if the grandparents are able to help step in, pay for it.

the quality of the time

The sector also contributed to the comfort, even in The Knowledge that to play after a psychologist has to the families that created by the fears, by the coronavirus infection.

"the Play is to communicate a great distraction, and families better, if you do something together," Says Dr Amanda Gummer, founder of Good Play Guide .

she Says that it can inequalities be about storage space At Home , and how much money is spent, but a good leveling is play.

"you can still see a large cave with pillows and a blanket," she Says .

The long-term effects of the closure can also be positive.

the Children had to learn to know about boredom and How To entertain yourself, when you say energetic or quiet, you.

could not experience the mirror Every Parent , but it also Says you May have recognized the benefits of a slower pace of life, take the time to smell the roses, or do a Scavenger Hunt with your Children .

If All That fails, you might just Puzzle you go Back To that unfinished.

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Source of news: bbc.com