Slowdown in US LEGO Sales?...TLG's 2013 Annual Financial Report

Ed Mack · 2014-02-26T12:03:03.000Z

I just finished scanning my morning Twitter feeds and came across this Wall Street Journal tweet about an article by Clemens Bonsdorf... The popularity of "The Lego Movie" may be coming at just the right time for the Danish toymaker, as the company is expected to report an abrupt slowdown in its U.S. business in 2013 after several years of heady gains. Closely held Lego will publish its 2013 financial performance Thursday, after the company issued a press release saying, "Our U.S. sales growth last year was more moderate than the... I do not have a WSJ membership, so if any of you do and want to fill us in, it would be greatly appreciated. Very curious development though, considering LEGO sales were up 9% in the first half of 2013. Maybe their change of policy(in the middle of 2013) dealing with purchase limits has really affected sales. Maybe the LEGO investor and reseller has more power than LEGO thinks. I can't wait until LEGO's financials are released tomorrow...