Fear of impending China tariffs may have actually given some toymakers a cushion against early impacts from the recent coronavirus outbreak.
Many toy companies brought extra product to the U.S. at the end of 2019 in order to get "under the wire" of future tariffs.
"We're heavy on inventory right now, which is great," he said during CNBC's "Squawk on the Street. "If there's a delay of two, four, six weeks in getting the flow going again, we should be able to cover that. The real challenge is if this starts to creep into April, May and June. Then it's going to to really be a disruption."
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