Care Bears have easier time getting to U.S. from China

Business is largely back to normal along the global supply chain, including where it all begins for the Care Bear: the factory floor in China. Anward Shen, owner of An’Best Toys in China, which produces the plush toys for U.S. retailer Basic Fun!, said the cost of making a Care Bear is back to where it was before the pandemic. He said his factory in the northwestern city of Ankang produces a million Care Bears every month. Covid exposed weaknesses throughout the system, and so it took much longer, cost considerably more and led to tighter inventory availability for some time. During the global supply chain disruptions in 2021, Shen…