Toy shop owners say that, unlike other retailers, they will be unable to recoup their losses in the new year as their busiest time of the year will have passed. Daithí O’Connor, of World of Wonder, which has six toy stores across Munster, said some 40 per cent of yearly toy sales are recorded in the last 10 weeks of the year. “It would in fact be safer rather than trying to squeeze 10 weeks’ business into 24 days, a reality that would be unique to toys,” he said. Ms Staunton is a second-generation toy seller and Nimble Fingers was the inspiration for the Late Late Toy Show. “I think this year there will be a lot of kids who may have to take what they are given.”

Source: The Irish Times October 31, 2020 01:00 UTC