>>6859521Well, shit.
http://theweek.com/articles/761124/how-vulture-capitalists-ate-toys-rKnowing Bain and similar venture capitalist's modus operandi from other gutted companies, this squares up as the closest to the truth. I can't imagine SW merchandise being a huge factor because in 2015 and 2016 they had the largest share of the market. SW toys only slumped off in the last year or so.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lukethompson/2017/12/21/why-arent-star-wars-toys-selling-as-well-this-year/Shame, but it's nice that there is still an increasing market for toys in general, so production shouldn't be impacted for long. Losing a historical distributor will just be a minor hurdle.
