Xin Hua Cai Jing·2025-04-21 06:33Group 1 - The core viewpoint is that "IP+AI" is driving transformative changes in the toy and trendy toy industry, with significant growth potential [2] - Emotional value, IP materialization, male economy, and AI+ are identified as new trends for the toy and trendy toy industry in the next five years [2] - The EDC toy segment experienced explosive growth on Taobao, with searches increasing by 532% and transactions rising by 345% year-on-year in 2024 [2] Group 2 - The transaction volume of derivative products on Taobao has exceeded 10 billion yuan in 2024, with a single popular item surpassing 40 million yuan in sales [3] - Taobao and Tmall have prioritized the toy and trendy toy categories since around 2017, with the trendy toy category being elevated to a primary category in 2021 [3] - The toy and trendy toy market share on Taobao and Tmall has surpassed 50%, with continuous high growth in GMV and user scale over the past five years [3]