Hasbro Inc. is out of FurReal Friends cats, and some shoppers may be out of luck
as many toy retailers keep inventory lean to avoid a blue
Christmas.
With more than two weeks still to go until Christmas, the
second-largest U.S. toymaker is shipping some FurReal Friends
kittens it planned to sell next year to stores to quench demand,
said spokesman Wayne Charness.
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“We have no more left to sell,” he said.
FurReal Friends cats isn’t the only toy that may be in short
supply. Some retailers have been ordering less this year to keep
inventory low on concern job losses and stock-market declines may
dampen consumer spending this holiday season, analysts said.
Betting conservatively on inventory may mean lost sales when a toy
unexpectedly catches the public’s fancy.
“There’s going to be a lot of missed opportunities,” said
Jim Silver, publisher of Toy Wishes magazine. “This year there’s
going to be a lot more of things running out than we’ve had in the
past three or four years.”
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