Barbie Dolls exit Shanghai

Its not too much of a secret about how I feel about Barbie.

As a soft toy wholesaler there are brands we compete against brands that I like and respect, and there are others that I really don't like. Barbie definitely falls in to this category

I have never bought them for my children which meant that sympathetic friends and relatives heaped them on to my daughters at Xmas and birthdays and i spent a long couple of years surrounded by their pinkness.

So I have sent up a lone, but very loud cheer this morning when I heard that the Barbie shop in Shanghai is to close due to poorer than expected sales.

We are a very cheerful knitted and crochet wholesaler this afternoon!