A representative survey of the 215 member companies showed that 83 percent of the manufacturers would see price increases as an option in addition to energy savings. The energy crisis endangers the business activities of 45 percent of the companies surveyed "strongly to very strongly", another 38 percent saw them as "moderately" threatened.

Brobeil also emphasized that there could also be delivery problems with individual items because Far Eastern components were missing. But there is currently no general delivery problem. "In the case of particularly sought-after toys, I still advise you to stock up on them early on," says the managing director.