‘Adults buying kids toys to escape global turmoil’, sales data suggests

BBCA Stitch puppet (left) with Richard North from Wow Stuff at the DreamToys eventToy sales have fallen for a third year in a row as family budgets are squeezed - but adults are buying childhood favourites to escape their troubles, research suggests.A falling birth rate, the cost of living and fewer big hit film franchises have combined to push the value of sales down 3% on the previous year.But sales to…