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Article: British Supermarket Giant Says Pogo Sticks Outselling Harry Potter.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- December 21, 2001
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Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Dec. 21--Sales of traditional toys such as Barbie dolls and pogo sticks have outsold the latest Harry Potter merchandise, says supermarket giant Asda. It has sold 500,000 pogo sticks in the run-up to Christmas.
Harry Potter is still hugely popular and has been a leading line at rival Marks & and Spencer which has also witnessed a penchant for children's dressing-up clothes.
But kids also want latest hi-tech gifts. Computer games and DVDs have been selling like hot cakes. Mobile phones are not so popular this Christmas. "Almost everyone who wants a phone has got one," says Bryan Roberts ...