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Pumpkin spice season
in QSRs is starting earlier

Are you team "too early" or "just in time"? 🎃 ☕

In 2022, just 2% of Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) consumers picked up something pumpkin-flavored in August. That doubled to 4% in 2023, and by 2024 it reached 8%.

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Future of™ Toys is now available

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THE SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH FOR

Toys

Children change rapidly. As do their playthings, and the market feeding that change.

If you’re in the toy industry, it’s a perpetual challenge to stay on top of shifting tastes and trends. We give you complete, accurate information about your products’ sales and consumers so you can track trends, identify licensing partnerships, find opportunities, and grow your business.

We also offer analytic solutions such as forecasting, segmentation, price and promotion evaluation, and more. Our industry analysts push our clients beyond these unmatched data assets to inspire actions and unlock growth.

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Juli Lennett

Juli Lennett

Vice President, Industry Advisor, Toys

“There’s a need for speed in the world today. In the current retail environment, it is more imperative than ever to be able to react quickly to changing tastes and fast-moving trends. Toy companies and retailers, whether they are big or small, who are nimble enough to react faster and get to market more quickly, are the ones who will win in the long term.”

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Toys
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INDUSTRY RANKING

Data Spotlight

Toy Industry: Top Categories Hold Steady, Outdoor & Sports Toys Lead with Growth


There were no changes in rankings among the top 10 toy supercategories for the latest 4-week period.


Outdoor & Sports Toys remained the leader, showing a notable 3.4% increase in sales. Games/Puzzles and Building Sets followed in second and third place, though both experienced declines of -5.1% and -2.0% respectively. 


No other supercategory saw a substantial percent change, and all rankings were unchanged from the prior period.

Source: Circana, Liquid AI™,

July, 2025

Data Source: 

Point of Sale (POS) Data

China Consumer Sentiment Study: Navigating Sluggish Foodservice Growth

26 Sept 2025

Insights in Action

As of August 2025, home cooking is the only category showing an increase in spending expectation compared to last year, while all other consumer sectors have declined.

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