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...well? First, they cost less than $10, a price that is right for the times. This season, families are looking for small, low-cost collectible toys instead the big-ticket item. "There isn't a hell of a lot of high technology in the Zhu Zhu Pets," says Sean McGowan, a toy-industry analyst at Needham & Co. "That's how they are so damn affordable." (See pictures of people shopping on Black Friday...
...even if the idea of a lifelike rodent crawling around your carpet creeps you out a bit, you must admit that the critters are kind of cute. "They have a degree of realism to them," says McGowan, who predicts the Zhu Zhus will spur the biggest toy craze since Tickle Me Elmo was on shelves in 1996. "They appear to be thinking about what they are doing. That's endearing...
...past few months, Cepia has opened three new factories in the Shenzhen area, which now gives the company four facilities. Not that the supply shortages necessarily hurt the brand. "Zhu Zhu Pets have crossed that tipping point, where scarcity is part of the appeal of the product," says McGowan, who predicts the pets will rack up $70 million in sales by year's end. "Getting it gives you some extra social standing. 'Yeah, I got my hamsters. I worked the system. I know...
...vegetarian or vegan. I’m just really curious,” said Amanda E. McGowan ’13. “And the food was really good...
...thought his suggestions were really enlightening, and politicians should pay more attention to them,” Amanda E. McGowan ’13 said...