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Toy imports are declining in a weak economy as retailers’ hopes for the holidays include lean inventories | Nov 7, 2011 5:00AM GMT
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Toy imports are declining in a weak economy as retailers’ hopes for the holidays include lean inventories

No one’s suggesting there will be nothing under Christmas trees this year, but container ship lines are finding little to celebrate as the holidays approach. Containerized imports of toys fell 9 percent in September,


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