In the Corona-crisis, apparently, many people have discovered their passion for Puzzles. The demand for the patience play is currently “violently”, says the spokesman for the game manufacturer Ravensburger.
The business is currently comparable to the run-up to Christmas. “Many of the Puzzles are out of stock.”
The production of the course, and attempts to support the increased demand, “but It comes to wait times,” he says.
Puzzles are due to Corona in hot demand
Most of the classics will demand 1000 Parts, “with a couple of afternoons to do”. Popular relaxing, calming nature motifs.
Significantly more than usual, so-called Krypt would be sold Puzzles, the hard-to-be: you have no motive, but are completely black, gold or silver colors. “Because you can only go on the puzzle form,” explained the spokesman.
Puzzle relaxed
Rebecca Wittschier from Trier says: “I enjoy It and it soothes.” You’ve already puzzled as a child like insane, but then the Hobby over the decades, forgotten.
“In the Corona of the time, where in the evening anyway not going to go away, came back to me in the sense how happy I have made the changes. And there it went,” says the 34-Year-old in front of a 3000 Puzzle of Neuschwanstein castle, where she is sitting with her mother Conny Wittschier.
“You infected me,” says this, which is also in weeks in the Puzzle fever.
Ravensburger had sold in 2019, a total of 21 million Puzzles. The were 20 per cent more than in the previous year. The proportion of Online business sales by Ravensburger sun at 30 percent.
“We hope that we will be able to absorb about online a little bit,” says the company spokesman. Because Ravensburger will be hit by the closure of the stationary trade.
“Many think we’re now the winners of the crisis, this is nonsense.”
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)
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